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WHAT DO WE DO?

  • We recycle unwanted toys and give them to children who need them
  • We encourage learning through play by funding Lego workshops, art workshops and storytelling
  • We raise money to fund projects such as toy and book libraries, murals and community events
  • We educate children about recycling and supporting others

WHO DO WE SUPPORT?

  • schools and nurseries
  • hospitals and hospices
  • bereavement centres
  • community centres
  • migrant, refugee and women’s refuge centres
  • prisons and children and families of prisoners
  • homeless families
  • looked after children
  • children with complex needs
  • children and families in need
  • families who are struggling financially

We support children in London and the UK and also send toys to India, Africa and the Caribbean. Find out more about the initiatives we support by visiting our ‘Projects’ page. Click here if you think your organisation is eligible for our support.

HOW DO WE DO IT?

We accept donations of both new and used toys from individuals, local children and families and businesses. We receive funding from sources such as the National Lottery, Islington council, the Arsenal Foundation and London funders and are supported by Arrow Valves and MONAT. We raise money through our shop by selling some of our donated toys.

OUR HISTORY

The TOY Project was founded in 2013 by Jane Garfield and Angela Donovan.

Through her role as a primary school teacher, Jane could see how some children had more toys than others and how schools needed resources but had little funds for sourcing them. It was through this that she began collecting unwanted toys that she could then distribute to those most in need.

Angela wanted to provide toys and resources for bereaved children through supporting play therapists with toys to use in their sessions with children who had lost a parent, a sibling or a close friend.

The TOY Project started life as a part-time operation run out of Jane’s living room, but it soon outgrew the space and was moved to a small storage room in a community centre in Finsbury Park.

In 2016 we opened a pop-up shop on Junction Road, Archway to raise money to keep the charity going. At the shop, local children and families could now donate their ‘old’ toys and buy ‘new’ ones. Our shop was a big success, and we decided to make the ‘pop-up’ shop into a permanent feature of Archway.

We thrived in our new home but quickly outgrew the space and a year later, we moved a few doors down into our new home at 81 Junction Road in Archway. The larger shop provides more retail space and dedicated areas for sorting and storing toys, such as all the Lego required for our weekly Lego workshops we run at a community centre around the corner. We also rent a small warehouse nearby to store new toys we give as gifts for Christmas and birthday presents

HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT US?

  • Visit our shop
  • Donate toys to our shop
  • Become a volunteer
  • Make a financial donation
  • Purchase a toy for a child in need through our Amazon wishlist
  • Hold a fundraising event
  • Organise a toy drive at your school or workplace
  • Follow us on social media
  • Spread the word about our charity

ANNUAL REPORT – NOVEMBER 2017-18 

ANNUAL REPORT – NOVEMBER 2018-19 

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The amount of tax we claim will be 25% of the total value of your donations in that tax year. Furthermore, if you are a higher taxpayer, you are also entitled to claim the difference between the basic rate which we will claim and the amount of tax you have actually paid. For further details on how you can do this, please contact your tax office. If your tax situation changes and your gifts will no longer be eligible for the Gift Aid scheme please contact us and we will amend your record accordingly.

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CHARITY NUMBER 1164282

SHOP

81 Junction Road, Archway N19 5QU

OPENING TIMES
Monday 11 – 6pm
Tuesday 11 – 6pm
Wednesday 11 – 6pm
Thursday 11 – 6pm
Friday 11 – 6pm
Saturday 10 – 5pm

Sunday – closed

 

Email:

j.garfield@thetoyproject.co.uk

Tel  +44 (0) 207 503 9590

The TOY Project recycles unwanted toys and raises money through toys to provide toys to children, families, communities and organisations such as hospitals and schools.

 

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