# Argos donates 20,000 stock items to In Kind Direct

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/04/17/argos-donates-20000-stock-items-kind-direct/
- Published: 2008-04-17T12:16:10+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Multi-channel retailer Argos has donated 20,000 items of stock from across the
country to In Kind Direct, the charity that co-ordinates and encourages manufacturers
and retailers to donate high quality goods for use by good causes.**

The donation is one of the largest In Kind Direct has received since it was founded
by the HRH Prince of Wales in 1996. It has taken eight deliveries over four days
to deliver the two hundred pallets of items to [In Kind Direct](http://www.inkinddirect.org)‘
s distribution operation in Oxfordshire. They now take up around 10% of their warehouse
space.

[Argos](http://www.argos.co.uk) has donated products from across its catalogue, 
from coffee tables to the latest in mp3 players.

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Over the coming months, the goods will be reorganised into packs and listed on the
In Kind Direct online catalogue: its charity partners can then select the packs 
they need, which are then delivered to their doors by In Kind Direct’s transport
partner DHL Exel Supply Chain.

One of the first organisations to benefit from the Argos donation is Darnall Community
Nursery. Based in Sheffield, the community group are moving into a new centre at
the end of April and needed a chainsaw and gardening tools.

Linda Edwards, community co-ordinator at Darnall Community Nursery, said: “I know
it is uncommon for a children’s nursery to request a chainsaw and gardening tools,
but they will be invaluable for recycling the felled trees to make furniture and
play areas for the children.”

www.argos.co.uk

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