Enfield Give and Take events
Upcoming events
- Tuesday 28 October 2025, 11am to 3pm at Enfield Library
- Wednesday 29 October 2025, 11am to 3pm at Edmonton Green Library
Our waste and recycling team carry out quarterly Give and Take events. These events promote re-using no longer needed items such as clothing, toys, books, DVDs and more.
The Give and Take events are free entry. The items are free for you to take away. This is a great way to provide a new home to your unwanted household items.
The events are like a 'bring-and-buy sale', but with no money involved. You can donate unwanted items and take away useful things from other people, all for free.
Give and Take events are a great way to extend the life of good household items which might otherwise have gone in the rubbish. This also encourages residents to waste less and save money - important during the cost-of-living crisis.
Reuse is the next best option to not creating any waste in the first place. Reuse means you’ll be reducing your waste and helping someone else pick up something useful at no cost.
How it works
You can bring all kinds of things to Give and Take days – books, photo frames, cups, clothing, school uniforms, shoes, board games and toys.
During each event, residents are able to bring along their donations and these are then logged by our team before being offered, for free to other residents.
What we accept
We only accept items which are clean and in a good undamaged condition.
We can accept the following items:
Clothes and shoes
Toys and games
Baby items
Books
DVDs
Kitchenware
Bric-a-brac
Items we cannot accept:
Electrical items
Heavy furniture
Pierced jewellery
Underwear
Nightwear
Swimwear
Bathrobes
Bedding
The Give and Take events that we hosted in April 2025 were very successful and we got a very positive response from residents, both on site and on social media. Due to the high demand from residents for more such events, we are planning to hold Give and Take events throughout the year.
Look out for information on dates and venues on the council’s social media platforms (Facebook and Twitter), and posters in Enfield libraries.
