Junkbusters

What is Junkbusters?

Junkbusters is a joint project between the Guild of Students and the University. Every year, we hit the streets of Selly Oak and collect your unwanted clothes, books and household items to raise money for The British Heart Foundation. We collected £32,000 worth of donated items last year and have raised over £135,000 for the charity since 2011.

How does it work?

1. Our Community Wardens will deliver your Junkbusters collection bag, stickered up with all the collection dates and information you need
2. Fill up your bag with your unwanted items that you want to donate
3. Put out your bag outside your front door BEFORE MIDDAY on your next collection date
4. We’ll head out on ECO-1, our environmentally friendly milk float, to pick up all your donations
5. Your unwanted items will be sent to the British Heart Foundation where they’ll turn your junk into thousands of pounds worth of lifesaving cardiovascular research. Everyone wins!

What can we collect?

• Clothes and shoes
• CDs & DVDs
• Books
• Kitchenware
• Stationery
• Small electrical items in full working condition (other than rice cookers)
• Knickknacks and other saleable items
• We will accept unopened, non-perishable food at our drop off points as well for B30 Foodbank!

Collections in 2019

If you live in the Bournbrook area of Selly Oak, we’ll be collecting from your doorstep every Monday in June, and will be holding drop-off points on Coronation Road every Friday in June.

Not sure if you live in Bournbrook? Here's a list of roads that are under the Bournbrook area. These roads will be collected from every Monday between 12pm-2pm.

• Arley Road
• Alton Road
• Bristol Road
• Bournbrook Road
• Croydon Road
• Coronation Road
• Dawlish Road
• Dale Road
• Dartmouth Road
• Exeter Road
• George Road
• Grange Road – Including Liberty Park
• Harrow Road
• Hubert Road
• Heeley Road
• Luton Road
• North Road
• Raddlebarn Road
• Rookery Road
• St Edwards Road
• Selly Hill Road
• Teigmounth Road
• Tiverton Road – Including Douper Hall

Bournbrook Collection Dates

Group 1 Collection Dates -  31^st May, 14^th June & 28th June  

• Liberty Court
• Metal Works
• Selly Oak Court (329)
• Lottie
• Elliot
• Katie
• Winnie
• Gleave
• Boldmere Terrace (off Katie)
• Sturge Close
• Langleys
• Oak Tree Lane

Group 2 Collection Dates - 3^rd June, 17^th June & 28th June

• Warwards Lane
• Milner
• Westminster
• Umberslade
• Gristhorpe
• Cherington
• Oakfield
• Selly Park
• Elmdon Road
• Eastern Road
• Selly Wick Road
• Elmdon
• BISH (Birmingham International Student Homes)
• Asbury Overseas House

Group 3 Collection Dates - 7^th June, 21^st June & 28th June

• Gibbins
• Frederick Road
• Lodge Hill
• Church View
• Goss Croft
• Rachel Gardens
• Harborne Lane
• Harborne Park Road
• Metchley Hall
• Rebecca Drive (off Harborne Ln)

Group 4 Collection Dates - 10^th June, 24^th June & 28th June

• Charlotte
• Maryvale
• Bourneville Lane
• Lea House
• Victoria
• Oxford Street
• Regent Street
• Bond Street

If you don’t want to leave your bags outside for a collection why not drop them off at one of our collection points?

• Guild of Students (front car park)
• Community Living Hub (Bournbrook Pavilion)
• Or visit it the drop-off stall every Friday throughout June from 12pm-2pm (corner of Coronation Road)

Bedding Donations

The British Heart Foundation will not except any kinds of bedding as it cannot be resold in their shops. Instead of donating these to the BHF we will be donating all bedding to Spring Housing who help individuals who are at risk of homelessness secure housing and employment. Your bedding will be donated to to help people move into their homes. Please do not put any bedding into BHF bags (red and white bag) as it may end up going to the BHF shops and will be thrown out. If you have any bedding please put this into a normal bin bag next to your BHF bag with a note attached letting us know it contains bedding. You can also bring any unwanted bedding to the Guild of students - ask for the Community Wardens at reception.

Food Donations

If you have any food donations we have partnered up with a local B30 food bank to take any unwanted food items. Please only donate food items that are still in date. Food Donations cannot be put into the BHF bag for Junkbusters collections as they will not be accepted. Please bring any food donations to our drop off stall every Friday in June or leave with the food bank collection in Guild Reception.

Did you know...

• 1 donation bag could be worth as much as £15 to the British heart foundation
• 10 donated bags of unwanted items could fund one full day of BHF Heart Nursing Care
• 100 donated bags could fund a young scientist for a week to help find a cure
• 1000 donated bags of unwanted items could help up to 40 young heart patients regain their confidence

Volunteer with us

Volunteer for us, bust some junk, and help change lives! If you are available to help on any of the collection days above, or if you’d be interested in delivering our collection bags to houses, contact us via any of the means below.

Contact:

If you need some more bags or are interested in volunteering with us, please contact us:

Email: community@guild.bham.ac.uk

Or call: 0121 251 2502

Alternatively, pop into the Guild and collect from Guild Advice.

You can follow the project on social media by:

Liking our Facebook page or following us on Twitter