Take it home

Ask local supermarkets and shops whether they have any cardboard boxes you can have to pack your possessions in to make transportation easier.

Store

Contact a storage company to arrange storage for some of your belongings over the vacation period.

Donate with Donation Drive

• You can donate unopened non-perishable food, kitchenware, small electricals and books at various locations on campus.
• Duvets, pillows and bedding can be donated in the special bins located near residence waste corrals.
• Clothes, shoes and accessories can be donated to the big red British Heart Foundation banks all around campus.

Donate directly to local charities

• Donate items to local charity shops
• Donate furniture to the British Heart Foundation.
• You can donate unopened non-perishable food to the Trussell Trust collection point in Rootes Grocery Store.
• Arrange for furniture to be collected via a Coventry City Council bulky waste collection (in partnership with Emmaus).
• Donate furniture to one of the furniture community reuse schemes in Warwickshire.
• Donate furniture, duvets, pillows, kitchenware and crockery to Carriers of Hope.

Swap, Sell or Give Away

• Clothes via Fashion Exchange at Warwick on Facebook.
• Other items via Warwick Uni Buy-Sell-Gift-Exchange on Facebook.

• Check out local marketplaces and sharing platforms such as Olio.

• List your items for sale on other sites such as Gumtree, Facebook Marketplace, eBay, Vinted or DePop.
• List your items for free on groups such as Freecycle Leamington, and Freecycle Coventry.
• Offer items to your hallmates, housemates, and friends.

Recycle

• Double-check what can go in your blue-lidded recycling bins in Coventry or Leamington, and make best use of your remaining collection dates.
• Take recyclable items to the Coventry Reuse and Recycling Centre or the Princes Drive Recycling Centre in Leamington.
• Compost any food waste by placing it in your brown-lidded bin in Coventry, or food waste caddy in Leamington Spa.