Nursery World - 'Detox toy box' (1)

Parents and carers across Britain are being encouraged to 'detox their toy box' before Christmas and donate good-quality toys and games to children's charity Barnardo's. The annual Foresters Toy and Christmas appeal seeks toys and festive bric-a-brac to sell in Barnardo's stores. Actress Linda Robson, who launched the appeal, said, 'Most people have something in their cupboards that Barnardo's can make use of, so it's a great way to have a good clean out before Christmas and help a really worthwhile cause.' For every bag of goods displaying a special sticker, Foresters, a financial services and charitable organisation, will donate another 5 to the appeal. The toys or saleable goods can be donated at any of Barnardo's 300 shops nationwide.

The toys or saleable goods can be donated at any of Barnardo's 300 shops nationwide.

Among the quirkier donations received in the past have been a Bishop's mitre in Glasgow, a pair of glass eyes in Kings Lynn, Norfolk, a second-hand gravestone with a marble cross in Selkirk, and a stuffed bison in Barkingside, Essex.

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