Kit Link Wirral – an opportunity to share
Welcome to Kit Link, our new and exciting sports based recycling scheme. Kit Link offers Wirral residents the opportunity to recycle and reuse new and used sports equipment and clothing.
The aim of the scheme is to provide much needed equipment to adults and children across Wirral who are prevented from accessing sports and physical activity due to the cost of clothing and equipment whilst increasing the lifespan of the goods and ultimately reducing carbon emissions and waste.
How does it work?
- Donate: Collection points are created in key locations across Wirral for residents to donate sports kit and equipment
- Reuse: The Kit is checked for viability and allocated for distribution to groups or individuals who have made requests
- Be Active: The users can engage in sport or physical activity that they couldn’t previously access and the Kit is reused.
Your help and generosity will help:
- To tackle the cost barrier which is preventing people from accessing sport and physical activity.
- To increase the lifespan of sports clothing and equipment, therefore reducing the need to purchase brand new goods.
- To reduce the need to manufacture new goods resulting in reduced carbon emissions and less waste ending in landfill.
Your donations will benefit our communities and help to make a difference to the lives of inactive children and adults across Wirral. There are a selection of items that we are unable to accept for safety, legality and hygienic reasons. View the list of acceptable and unacceptable items below before donating.
Accepted items: 
Ball sports
- Footballs, rugby balls,
- Shin pads
- Goalkeeper gloves
- Boots
- Clothing: shorts, t-shirts, team kits
Cricket 
- Cricket balls
- Bats
- Bags
- Stumps, guards
- Gloves, pads
Martial Arts
- Gloves, pads
- Martial arts robes
- Shin guards
Racket Sports
- Rackets (tennis, badminton, table tennis, squash etc.)
- Balls
- Trainers, bags
Golf
- Clubs
- Balls
- Bags
Water sports
- Wetsuits
- Swimming caps, goggles,
- Pool floats, diving toys
Athletics
- Running shoes
- Shorts, t-shirts
Misc
- Skipping ropes (untangled)
- Helmets (checked in working order)
- Fitness DVDs (checked in working order)
- Hula hoops
- Roller blades, roller skates, skateboards
- Bike pumps/other air pumps
This list is non-exhaustive. Additional items may be accepted providing they are sports/fitness related and are safe, hygienic, useable and of appropriate quality.
Unacceptable items:
- Gum shields
- Items with visible sweat stains
- Sports nutrition (protein, consumable supplements, drinks) (not suitable for under 18s)
- Martial arts, or other sports equipment deemed dangerous (nun chucks, fencing swords, shooting equipment, including bows)
- Clothing in very worn condition or with visible stains
- Footballs, rugby balls etc. with any excessive wear and tear
- Any rusted items (scooter, pogo sticks etc)
- Electronics/media of any kind
- Heavy weights (over 5kg)
- Items requiring 2 or more people to lift
- Ice skates
- Safety pads, helmets – that have been damaged or in an accident
This list is non-exhaustive. Please do not donate anything you consider to be unsafe, unusable, undesirable or unhygienic.
