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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?

Our Community Wardens will deliver your Junkbusters collection bag, stickered up with all the collection dates and information you need
Fill up your bag with your unwanted items that you want to donate
Put out your bag outside your front door BEFORE MIDDAY on your next collection date
We’ll head out on ECO-1, our environmentally friendly milk float, to pick up all your donations
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!

Junkbusters Float Collection along with Collection bags donated from the local area

Dates for this year (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? The bag delivered through your door will tell you whether your area is having Friday collections or the ones listed below.

Dates of Collection

March Collection

21^st March

Fridays

31^st May
7^th June
14^th June
21^st June
28^th June

Mondays

3^rd June
10^th June
17^th June
24^st June
1^st July
5^th July

Saturday & Sunday Collections

29^th June
30^th June

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.