Gift Your Gear
Adventure Starts Here
What is Gift Your Gear?
Our Gift Your Gear initiative invites you to donate your pre-loved outdoor clothing, giving it a second life and helping others to enjoy the great outdoors.
By participating, you contribute to reducing waste and supporting local community groups and organisations that encourage outdoor activities to those who might not have access to the great outdoors, or essential kit without them. Join us in breaking down barriers and promoting sustainability and adventure for everyone.
We are currently accepting donations in our shops until 9th November 2025.
Where do your donations go?
When you donate to our Gift Your Gear initiative, your contributions are distributed to a variety of community groups, charities, schools, and outdoor organisations.
These beneficiaries use the donated kit to facilitate outdoor adventures, educational programmes, and skill-building activities within their communities. Your pre-loved outdoor clothing helps to provide young people and adults with the opportunity to explore nature, learn new skills, and build confidence in an outdoor setting amongst like-minded individuals. Your donations are also a tremendous help to charities that support less fortunate individuals facing homelessness, by providing them with essential clothing items. Thank you for supporting Gift Your Gear and helping to inspire the next generation of outdoor enthusiasts. Your generosity equips and empowers communities, making the great outdoors accessible and enjoyable for all.
Since the start of 2020, we've donated over 4,700 boxes of outdoor kit!
43 tonnes of outdoor gear
That's approximately 94,000 items donated in 5 years!
What kit do we really need?
We’re in need of waterproofs, jackets, backpacks, walking footwear, warm accessories, and children’s outdoor kit.
These essential items enable individuals of all ages to enjoy the outdoors comfortably, and safely.
What to donate
If your outdoor kit is clean, useable – with no repairs needed, we’ll be happy to take it off your hands and pass it to one of our beneficiaries. Donations can be from any brand; kit such as waterproofs, jackets, fleeces, walking trousers, base layers, rucksacks and walking boots.
Excluded kit
Unfortunately, we can’t accept donations of outdoor equipment, such as that used for camping, climbing, snow sports or water sports gear. We’re also unable to accept underwear, sleeping bags and any kit that is unclean or in need of repair.
Don't just take our word for it
Ceri Evans
Crisis
" Your donations are really important for our members who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. We keep the Gift Your Gear donations and give them out to members who need it. "
Anna Whittingham-Topliss
Outdoors 4 All Together
" Gift Your Gear has been fabulous for our participants and volunteers in the past, removing barriers to participate whilst giving them quality clothing to protect them from our wonderful British weather! "
Jane Keating
Make (Good) Trouble
" Thank you to all the people who donated. There was a huge amount of clothing which was an incredible surprise! We only have a tiny office and 11 boxes filled it! "
Your donations help to equip and empower countless communities
How to donate
Getting your donations to us is simple. You can bring your kit to any Rohan shop to send it off on its next outdoor adventure. We have over 45 shops nationwide.
To find out when we are next collecting donations, we encourage you to sign up to our mailing list by clicking here. You can also stay updated on our Gift Your Gear initiative through our social media channels: Instagram and Facebook.
Read Our Latest Gift Your Gear Articles
The Past Year of Gift Your Gear
An insight into Gift Your Gear Beneficiaries over the last year and how your donated kit has been used.
A Fresh Perspective on Life
A look at how Venture Scotland has benefitted from generous donations of preloved kit.
A Growing Network of Like-Minded Organisations
How your donations of outdoor clothing has helped support the Essex Boys and Girls Clubs.