# Nipple tassels & a live hand grenade amongst weirdest items donated to charity

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/11/16/nipple-tassels-live-hand-grenade-amongst-weirdest-items-donated-charity/
- Published: 2017-11-16T00:01:36+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Edible nipple tassels, a stuffed adult bison and a live hand grenade are amongst
the strangest items donated to charity according to this year’s CAF survey.**

 

[Charities Aid Foundation](https://www.cafonline.org/) asked charities including
the [RSPB](https://www.rspb.org.uk/), Barnardo’s, [Marie Curie](https://www.mariecurie.org.uk/)
and the British Heart Foundation what wacky items people had donated to them in 
a survey conducted ahead of this month’s #givingtuesday.

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Top of the list were:

 

 * A stuffed adult bison, donated to Barnardo’s.

 

[⌊bison⌉⌊bison⌉[

 

 * A funeral urn, containing ashes, donated to a branch of Marie Curie.
 * A live hand grenade, donated to a [Sense](https://www.sense.org.uk/) charity 
   shop in South East London (main image). The shop was evacuated and the device
   made safe by the emergency service.
 * The Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy, along with edible nipple tassels and a whip,
   donated to a branch of Mind (sadly there’s no picture).
 * A Christmas dinner, donated to Dog’s Trust. A supporter didn’t want their sponsored
   dog missing out at Christmas, so sent a full Christmas dinner, in a jiffy bag.

 

[⌊christmas dinner⌉⌊christmas dinner⌉[

 

 

 

 * Hundreds of pairs of women’s tights, donated to an RSPB reserve. A warden requested
   30 pairs to help stop a weed from invading the reserve’s ponds, but the charity
   was inundated after the local paper covered the story.
 * A full-sized passport photo booth, donated to [Sue Ryder](http://www.sueryder.org/).

 

[⌊Photo booth donated to Sue Ryder⌉⌊Photo booth donated to Sue Ryder⌉[

 

 

 

 * A Mercedes-Benz C180 Elegance, donated to a branch of [Tenovus Cancer Care](http://www.tenovuscancercare.org.uk/)
   in Southampton.

 

[⌊mercedes⌉⌊mercedes⌉[

 

 

 

 * An antique purse carved in the shape of a samurai, donated to the British Heart
   Foundation’s eBay shop, which sold for £1154 in an online auction.

 

[⌊BHF vintage samurai bag⌉⌊BHF vintage samurai bag⌉[

 

 

 

Ben Russell, Director of Communications at the Charities Aid Foundation, said:

 

> “Charity shops are the ultimate destination for those hoping to source an unusual
> Christmas gift. From stuffed mammals to your next ride, there really is no limit
> to what you might find whilst rooting for a bargain. Last year, more than 4.5 
> million people across the UK took part in #givingtuesday, and we hope that 2017
> will be our biggest year yet.”

 

Odd donations to charity in the past have included a [ventriloquist’s dummy](https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/07/03/10-unusual-donations-british-heart-foundation-charity-shops/)
to the BHF, which sold for £670, and a [sheep’s head](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/12/23/sheeps-head-kermit-prosthetic-leg-among-weirdest-items-donated-charity/),
which was given to Sue Ryder.

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## Comments

### By: HowardLake

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/11/16/nipple-tassels-live-hand-grenade-amongst-weirdest-items-donated-charity/#comment-3192
- Published: 2017-11-16T12:44:00+00:00

[https://twitter.com/JTCHANGINGBIZ/status/931140481442025473](https://twitter.com/JTCHANGINGBIZ/status/931140481442025473)

### By: Ewan Hastings

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/11/16/nipple-tassels-live-hand-grenade-amongst-weirdest-items-donated-charity/#comment-3193
- Published: 2017-11-17T11:51:00+00:00

A pair of Liam Gallagher’s underpants, donated for a charity raffle, was the weirdest
item I have ever come across in my 23 years as a fundraiser!