# Uber to collect donated items for Save the Children’s refugee crisis appeal

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/09/09/uber-to-collect-donated-items-for-save-the-childrens-refugee-crisis-appeal/
- Published: 2015-09-09T00:03:10+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Transport service Uber has responded to the European refugee crisis by partnering
with Save the Children to support is Child Refugee Crisis Appeal.**

Today, between the hours of 12pm and 8pm, Uber will collect for free any goods donated
by the public, to be sold at one of Save the Children’s nationwide shops. The company
is accepting all high quality unwanted clothes, books, homeware, toys, music and
films that can be sold by a local Save the Children shop.

In this way the company will be using its technology “to help Uber riders and partner-
drivers to raise funds to support refugees in Europe”.

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## “Helping to move Europe when Europe is moved”

The UBERGIVING campaign is a pan-European response to the refugee crisis. Uber is
partnering with charities in 20 European countries.

To donate goods via Uber today:

1. Open the Uber app during the initiative and swipe the slider to ‘GIVING’

2. Request a car – there is no charge – to pick up your donations within minutes

3. Donations will be delivered to Save the Children for sale in their network of
shops

Uber added:

> “We know our riders are overwhelmingly generous. Therefore, if we receive too 
> many donations for Save the Children to take for their shops, we reserve the right,
> in conjunction with Save the Children, to agree other appropriate registered charities
> to receive additional donated items.”

> Thanks to [@UberUK](https://twitter.com/UberUK?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) for using 
> their cars to collect goods for our charity shops! [#UberGIVING](https://twitter.com/hashtag/UberGIVING?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> [http://t.co/RicN1WsBBd](http://t.co/RicN1WsBBd) [https://t.co/T3BmQ3qkGY](https://t.co/T3BmQ3qkGY)
> — Save the Children UK (@savechildrenuk) [September 8, 2015](https://twitter.com/savechildrenuk/status/641257329774755840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

 

**UPDATE 11 September 2015**

The response to Uber’s campaign was so great that the company extended the campaign
to a second day yesterday.