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Moving out of halls? Donate your unwanted items and help future students
23 May 2025
UCL Accommodation have expanded on last year's successful trial to launch a check-out donation scheme. Before you move out, donate your unwanted items and help future students move in.
Each year, a significant amount of waste is generated during move-out – whether that is fresh food, furniture, books or clothes.
In 2023, during the check-out weekend alone, we collected an extra 15 tonnes of recycling, 20 tonnes of general waste and 3 tonnes of food on top of the normal monthly waste collections. Combined, that’s the weight of 20 cars or more than 12 times the weight of all 54,250 tennis balls that are used at Wimbledon each summer!
With your help, we can turn this challenge into an opportunity for positive change.
Here's what you can do with your unwanted items:
1. Donate it
We want your move-out experience to be simple and sustainable.
From Tuesday, 27 May until Friday, 20 June, hand in your unwanted items to staff at your hall’s reception, and it will be reused by future students or donated to charity.
It's a simple act that makes a difference for others, and saves you from unexpected check-out fees.
The following items are accepted (must be clean and in working condition)
- Clothes, fashion accessories, shoes
- Books
- Small electricals
- Kitchenware (sharp objects, such as knives must be in a box)
Donations will only be accepted during hall reception opening hours. Security cannot accept donations for you.
- Monday to Friday: 9am-6pm
- Saturday: 10am-4pm
- This donation scheme is only available in the following halls:
- Ann Stephenson House
- Arthur Tattersall House
- Astor College
- Denys Holland House
- Endsleigh Gardens
- Frances Gardner House
- Ian Baker House
- Ifor Evans Hall
- James Lighthill House
- John Adams Hall
- John Dodgson House
- John Tovell House
- Langton Close
- Max Rayne House
- Neil Sharp House
- New Hall
- One Pool Street
- Prankerd House
- Ramsay Hall
- Schafer House
If your hall isn't part of the trial, or the things you want to donate aren't accepted, read our full guide on moving out sustainably for other places you can donate to:
> A guide to moving out sustainably
2. Sell it
If you’d rather earn a bit of money while keeping your items in use, try selling them through the Hazaar app.
Hazaar is a marketplace app at UCL just for students, that allows you to buy and sell your items from other students directly on campus - with no postage or packaging.
3. Store it
Not sure about donating, but can't take everything with you? UCL Accommodation has partnered with LOVESPACE to provide storage solutions. LOVESPACE offers a storage-by-the-box service - they’ll collect your packed items, store them for as long as you need, and deliver them back to you anywhere in mainland UK. You can even order packing materials in advance!
UCL students get £10 off with the code LOVEUCL (Offer is valid until 31 December 2025).