Clothing recycling banks

You can find clothing banks at a number of our outlets. And you don’t have to use one of our own clothing bags to get involved. You can use your own and donate them too. A full list of our clothing banks can be found below:

Lincoln City

•Carholme Road Food Store

•Proctors Road Funeral Home

•Tritton Road Funeral Home

South Holland

•Gosberton Food Store

•Holbeach Food Store

•Long Sutton Food Store

•Sutton Bridge Food Store

•Wygate Park Food Store, Spalding

North Kesteven

•Billinghay Food Store

•Bracebridge Heath Food Store

•Branston Food Store

•Heckington Food Store

•Hykeham Green Food Store

•Sleaford Food Store

•Metheringham Food Store

•Navenby Food Store

•Ruskington Food Store

•Skellingthorpe Food Store

•Washingborough Food Store

•Witham St Hughs Food Store

Newark and Notts

•Albert Street Food Store Newark

•Churchill Drive Food Store, Newark

•Collingham Food Store

•Lincoln Road Food Store, Newark

•Misterton Food Store

West Lindsey

•Bardney Food Store

•Caistor Food Store

•Dunholme Food Store

•Market Rasen Food Store

•Morton Food Store

•Nettleham Food Store

•Scotter Food Store

Boston Borough

•Old Leake Food Store

•Skirbeck Road Food Store

•Woodville Road Food Store

East Lindsey

•Alford Food Store

•Chapel St Leonards Food Store

•Gibbet Nook Food Store and Filling Station

•Coningsby Food Store

•Louth, Funeral Home

•Newbridge Hill Food Store, Louth

•Roman Bank Food Store

•Spilsby Food Store

•Woodhall Spa Food Store

North and North East Lincs

•Goxhill Food Store

•Holton Le Clay Food Store

Through The Salvation Army’s clothing banks, you can recycle lots of different items – clothes of every type, size and shape, any shoes in pairs, handbags, belts and linen.

Before donating, bag your clothes up and make sure they are clean. Wet and soiled materials can’t be sold and can potentially contaminate the rest of the clothing bank.

As well as doing your bit for the environment, donating textiles at clothing banks on our sites helps raise money for local good causes.

The Salvation Army splits all the money raised from our clothing banks with us and we share it amongst local good causes.

Donations are sorted and then recycled in a variety of different ways. The priority is to support the mission work of The Salvation Army, including providing warm clothing and blankets to those experiencing homelessness. The next priority is to stock The Salvation Army’s network of over 230 charity shops, providing affordable clothing in communities while raising vital funds for the charity.

Excess textiles are exported to developing countries to find a new lease of life there.

Nationally, The Salvation Army’s clothing banks collect over 40,000 tonnes of textiles per year and less than 1 per cent of donations are sent to landfill.

Money raised for The Salvation Army funds the vital social welfare work it does for vulnerable people in the UK – there’s a huge range of projects from community activities for older people to helping victims of domestic abuse.

One element you might not be familiar with is the Family Tracing Service. It helps restore family relationships by locating relatives who have lost contact with each other. It has an incredible 89 per cent success rate and on average, reunites eight people every working day.

If you spot any problems, call the helpline on 0845 458 1999 or email helpline@satcol.org