Give Books

Giving books is a great way of helping out the community, donations of books that can be distributed to those in need, or sold in opportunity shops can make a great difference to an individual or organisation.

GiveNow.com.au has compiled the following register of places and organisations where you can donate your unwanted, good quality furniture. Click on your state below to find a local organisation you can donate to.

Salvation Army

Where/How to donate: There are 165 family stores located all across Australia. If you have any books which you feel are too good to simply throw away you may bring them to your nearest family store. You can also arrange for large quantities to be collected through The Salvation Army Family Stores home collection service by ringing 13 72 58, or filling in the form at: http://www.salvosstores.salvos.org.au/donate/#SalvosStoreForm

What happens with your donation? Family Stores: Assist the community by providing reasonably priced, quality, used clothing, furniture, books and other household goods; Provide free goods to families referred by a welfare officer of The Salvation Army Family Support Services; Contribute to the protection of the environment by recycling waste and providing industry with recycled cleaning materials.

Phone: 13 72 58

Website: http://salvos.org.au

St Vincent de Paul Society

Where/How to donate: To arrange for collection, please contact your nearest Vinnies depot or store.  [Note: Not all areas in National are able to collect furniture, food and/or white goods, or supply Vinnies bins.]  Your donation of any of the following items will be greatly appreciated: Furniture; White goods; Books; Household goods; Bric-a-brac; Clothing; Toys; Blankets; Food (non perishable) - not past the expiry date please. Or you can drop in your books to your local St Vinnies Centre.

What happens with your donation? Families in need are given these items free of charge while surplus items are sold at Centres to support our activities.

Website: http://www.vinnies.org.au

Email: onlinedonations@vinnies.org.au

Lifeline Australia

Where/How to donate: You can donate material goods to our Lifeline shops or book fairs. Items which might be accepted by your local Lifeline Shop include; clothing, books, furniture, blankets, household items and bric-a-brac. Goods accepted at different Lifeline Shops do vary.

Check http://www.lifeline.org.au to find out where your local material drop off points are, to access contact numbers for collection of materials and to locate a Lifeline bin near you.

What happens with your donation? Lifeline Centres raise up to 80% of their annual operating costs from fundraising and retail activities. The goods that you donate are resold in Lifeline Stores to raise funds to operate services such as the 24-hour telephone counselling line and other community programs.

Offenders Aid and Rehabilitation Services of South Australia (OARS SA)

Where/How to donate: Our Adelaide stores are located in Pt. Adelaide, Woodville, Christies Beach and Elizabeth North, as well as Angaston in the Barossa Valley. You can donate books to your local store directly during store opening times, or call 8210 0830 to arrange collection within the Adelaide metropolitan area. We are generally able to arrange collection the week following your request. Please call the number above to confirm store opening times.

What happens with your donation: Book donations are distributed to the Op Shops, with the majority going to the Christies Beach and Elizabeth North Book Exchanges. The Op Shops provide the community with a source of good quality second-hand books at very reasonable prices. Funds raised by the Op Shops help to assist our programs.

Contact details:

Phone: Head office on 8210 0830 or 8210 0811

Website: http://www.oars.org.au

Modbury Hospital Foundation

Where/How to donate: To arrange for collection, please contact Modbury Hospital Foundation directly on 08 8161 2626. Or you can drop your books into the Gift Shop at Modbury Hospital. The Foundation holds trading table books stalls regularly within the Hospital to raise much needed funds selling second hand books, magazines and puzzles.

What happens with your donation? Books are sold on our regular trading tables to raise funds for the Hospital. Books are sold within our Gift Shop at reduced price, providing resources to Hospital patients and families.

Contact details:

Website: http://www.mhfoundation.org.au

Email: info@mhfoundation.org.au

If you haven’t found a group here in your area, you could also talk to your local library about donating your unwanted books to them – they will often gladly take them off your hands.

Are you a community group wishing to add your name to the register?

If you want your details listed, please provide them in the same format as above and send them via email to donations@givenow.com.au or call Hannah Schwartz on 03 9320 6838