Tool donation
Your support can change lives
Please bring your tools, sewing machines, haberdashery items and ply wood to our Netley Marsh Workshops on Monday and Tuesdays, between 10am – 4pm. Please take a look at our ‘Tools We Need’ list to find out how your donations can best support our work.
Please note: our Netley Marsh workshop is closed Monday 27th October – Friday 31st October. Please hold onto your donations until week commencing Monday 3rd November. We are unable to accept electrical tools until January 2026.
If you are making a special trip, or travelling a long distance, please give us a call first on 02380 869697 to make sure we’re ready to help. We also have a network of volunteer collectors across the country who can collect donations – please contact us to find out if there is a collector in your area.
The Renew Store
Come along to our on-site shop on Mondays and Thursdays between 10am and 3pm or Fridays between 10am and 1pm to find a great selection of garden tools, workshop tools, power tools, haberdashery and craft supplies, with new stock added every week.
Where to find us
Want to get in touch?
Address
Tools for Self Reliance
Ringwood Road
Netley Marsh
Southampton
SO40 7GY
Contact
Tel:023 8086 9697
Fax: 023 8086 8544
info@tfsr.org
We are open Monday to Friday, 9.00 am – 5.00 pm (with a lunch break from 1.00 to 2.00 pm)
Volunteer groups and collectors
If you wish to contact any of our volunteer groups or collectors around the country please call us (or use the online contact form giving your location – home town and county – and a contact telephone number) and we will either call you or email you with the number of your nearest contact.
Potential partners
If you wish to contact us regarding a potential partnership please use the online contact form.
Please note: We sometimes get asked about sending tools to countries other than Ghana, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia or Malawi. Because we work closely with partner organisations in these countries this is where we focus our efforts.
Stay connected with us
In Africa, we fund training that enables individuals to learn a trade and earn a living. In the UK, volunteers refurbish donated tools, giving them new purpose, and we also support national projects and apprenticeships here at home.