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We take pre-loved and new donations for children aged 0 to 16, and gift them to families struggling to afford the essentials.

08/06/2026

Families in Brighton & Hove are urgently in need of your help. If you can, please donate pre-loved and new items to our warehouse in Hove, and if you can't donate, please share this post with someone who might be able to 🧡

📍Unit 1-2 Manor Industrial Estate Newtown Road Hove BN3 7BA
⌚ Monday to Thursday, 10am - 2pm
& the last Saturday of every month, 10am - 12pm

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Pelican Parcels Our Latest Wish List
Clothing for 2 to 16 year olds
New toiletries
Towels for babies and children
Playmats
Bouncy chairs/rockers
High chairs
Prams/buggies (newborn to toddler)
Changing mats
Beds & bedding from cots to single beds
Baby carriers suitable from birth
Changing bags
Breastfeeding pillows

04/06/2026

This Volunteers’ Week, we want to highlight the impact of the amazing groups coming from a range of businesses and organisations who support us through volunteering.

In 2025, we welcomed 124 people across 27 staff teams into our warehouse. They generously gave almost 500 hours of volunteering time, equalling around 500 more parcels going out to more families in need.

If your company offers team volunteering or you are part of a team who want to help a good cause, then we’d love to hear from you.

To find out more about team volunteering and how you can support us as a business, visit https://www.pelicanparcels.org.uk/business/

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A team of volunteers smiling at the camera, they’re each holding up a cuddly toy

03/06/2026

Help us gift school uniform to families who can’t afford it.

We provide free pre-loved non-branded school uniform and PE kit, new black shoes and PE trainers for children aged 4 to 11 accessing free school meals and pupil premium at our partner schools.

Your pre-loved items and money donations can make a real difference.

We accept new or high-quality
pre-loved unbranded uniform for children aged 4 to 11. We need:

White or sky-blue polo shirts
Black or grey trousers and shorts
Black or grey skirts and pinafores
Green, navy, red gingham dresses
Green, navy, red school jumpers/cardigans
Black and navy PE shorts or jogging bottoms
White PE t-shirts
Grey or black socks
Grey or black tights

Please share our school uniform appeal with friends and local parents!

You can bring your donations to our warehouse in Hove.

Unit 1-2 Manor Industrial Estate Newtown Road Hove BN3 7BA

Monday to Thursday,10am - 2pm & last Saturday of the month, 10am - 12pm

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Photo of children raising their hands in a classroom with text at the top which says 'help us gift school uniform to families who can't afford it'

02/06/2026

It’s Volunteers’ Week and we’re lucky enough to have over 70 incredible, dedicated, hard-working volunteers 🧡

We would be nothing without their endless energy and commitment. No matter what they’ve got going on, no matter the weather, they generously give their time every week to help others.

Whether they’re sorting donations in the warehouse, sharing their expertise in knitting and crochet, or delivering parcels to families, their amazing work helps thousands of children every year, and in 2025 they helped send out over 30,000 parcels to families in need.

If you’d like to volunteer with us, make sure you hit follow to be the first in the know about when we’re next recruiting!

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Various video clips of volunteers working hard in the warehouse.

01/06/2026

Don’t forget! We’re open for donations this Sunday, 11am - 2pm

We’ll also have a stall at the Rotary Family Festival in Hove Park, 11am - 4:30pm. You will be able to make a monetary donation of any amount and take home an item of your choice.

Please note that we wont be able to take donations of items at the park, you’ll need to take them to our warehouse, where some of our lovely volunteers will be waiting to take your kind donations!

Warehouse Open Hours:
📆Sunday 7th June
⏰From 11am to 2pm
📍Units 1&2, Newtown Road, Hove, BN3 7BA

Hove Park Stall:
📆Sunday 7th June
⏰From 11am to 4:30pm
📍At Hove Park, Zone 1

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Photo of a volunteer receiving a donation in a pink bag, with text edited on top which says:
We’re open for donations
This Sunday, 11am - 2pm
Alongside the Rotary Family Festival

31/05/2026

Families in Brighton & Hove are urgently in need of your help. If you can, please donate new and pre-loved items to our warehouse in Hove, and if you can't donate, please share this post with someone who might be able to 🧡

📍Unit 1-2 Manor Industrial Estate Newtown Road Hove BN3 7BA
⌚ Monday to Thursday, 10am - 2pm
& the last Saturday of every month, 10am - 12pm
+ Sunday 7th June, 11am - 2pm

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Pelican Parcels Our Latest Wish List
Clothing for up to 16 year olds
Towels for babies and children
Playmats
Baby toys and books (0-4 years)
Bouncy chairs
High chairs
Changing bags
Changing mats
Sterilisers (including electrical)
High chairs
Prams/buggies (newborn to toddler)
Beds from cots to single beds
New toiletries

29/05/2026

“Why can’t you take pre-loved car seats?”

This is a question we’ve been asked quite a few times, and although we’re always grateful for your quality donations, there’s a few reasons why we don’t take donations of pre-loved car seats…

Firstly, we cannot reliably test or guarantee their safety:
If a car seat has been in any bump or accident (big or small) it isn’t considered safe to be reused. Even if you promise us that your car seat has never been in an accident, we have no way of verifying.

Secondly, car seats have expiration dates:
Most car seats have a shelf life of around 6 years (including the time before you bought it). This is because the plastic components of the seat can degrade over time, making the seat less reliable after the expiration date.

If you have a car seat you no longer need, some car seat brands have recycling programmes you can use, or else it might have to take it to the local recycling centre

This is the first in a series of posts answering your frequently asked questions about what we do. If you have any more questions about how we work, why we do or don’t take certain items, or anything else about what we do, please comment them below 👇

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Photo of a child using a car seat

27/05/2026

That’s nearly 10 items per day

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Every donation of new and pre-loved beds and bedding items means more children living in poverty in Brighton & Hove can have a bed of their own, which isn’t too small for them, as well as the right bedding to keep it clean and cosy for a good nights sleep!

We accept flat or fitted sheets, duvet covers and pillow slips, blankets, quilts/duvets and mattress protectors for Moses baskets, cots, cobeds and single beds.

When donating cots or beds, we must be able to pass these on with the assembly instructions. If you don’t have the manual please find it online and print a copy so that you are sure it is being donated with all the requisite parts.

Cots must be less than 10 years old, and have one of the following safety standard codes either on the item or the manual:
BS EN 716-1:2008+A1:2013
BS EN 716-1: 2013
BS EN 716-1:2017
EN 716-1:2017

We don’t accept sleepy heads, snuzpods, next to me cribs, cabin beds, or swinging cribs.

Please make sure to check our website for more information about what we can and can't donate 👇

https://www.pelicanparcels.org.uk/what-we-can-rehome/

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A photo of a child looking cosy in bed. Text edited on top says:
Last year, we gave out 3,573 beds and bedding items.
Please help us continue our work by donating bedding, cots, and toddler beds.
Unit 1-2 Manor Industrial Estate Newtown Road Hove BN3 7BA
Monday to Thursday, 10am - 2pm & the last Saturday of the month, 10am - 12pm

25/05/2026

We want to say a massive thank you to Sal's Shoes for donating a whopping 276 pairs of shoes for us to regift to children living in poverty in Brighton & Hove.

This means more children in Brighton & Hove who won’t have to wear shoes that are too small or have holes.

If you want to donate new or pre-loved shoes for children up to the age of 16, you can drop them off to our warehouse in Hove, Monday - Thursday, 10am - 2pm, or the last Saturday of every month, 10am - 12pm.

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Photos of lots and lots of shoes, some in shoe boxes, some in big bags

24/05/2026

We are incredibly grateful for all of the generous donations we’ve received since announcing our age expansion, but we still urgently need more donations to help out teenagers living in poverty in Brighton & Hove.

👕Please make sure all items are new or good quality pre-loved, clean and in excellent condition
👟Shoes can be trainers or boots, sizes up to adult 10
🪥 Toiletries (brand new & unopened: toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo, conditioner, shower gel, deodorant, sanitary products)

Items We Do Not Accept
❌ Underwear
❌Stained or worn-out items
❌ Items with football club logos
❌ Costumes
❌Clothing with missing buttons or broken zips
❌Electronic games/consoles

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Three teenagers standing in a row and smiling at the camera. Text edited on top says ‘we need your donations for 14 to 16 year olds’

Address

Unit 1-2 Manor Industrial Estate
Hove
BN37BA

Website

http://www.pelicanparcels.org.uk/

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