The RSPCA and the Rainforest Foundation UK are to benefit from Netcycler, a new service that enables users to swap and give away unwanted items in exchange for things they really want.
The rising price of light iron, the main material component of cars, should benefit charities in whose names cars are donated, according to car donation service Giveacar.
Recycling company Environmental Business Products, which runs the mobile phone fundraising programme Each One Counts, is now offering improved rates on donated used mobile phones to charities.