WEEE Charity

A small Warrington charity that takes in unwanted electrical and electronic equipment, repairs or refurbishes what it can, and uses the proceeds to relieve local poverty.

About WEEE Charity

WEEE Charity is a small, community-based organisation in Warrington, Cheshire. The letters WEEE stand for waste electrical and electronic equipment, which means anything with a plug or a battery, from old laptops and kettles to televisions and phones. Many of these items are thrown away even though they still work or could be repaired. The charity collects them, and items that can be repaired or refurbished are sold back to the community, while anything beyond repair is recycled. The money that comes in is used to relieve poverty locally, so a broken or unwanted gadget helps someone nearby.

The charity's stated aim is to relieve poverty in the local area by recycling electrical and electronic equipment. It describes itself on a fundraising page as a new charity, and says it depends greatly on volunteers from the local community. Donations are intended to fund future community events, projects and fundraisers. It is registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales under the name WEEECHARITY, although the register pages could not be read when we checked. We have not found a founder's name, so we have not named one, and we found no written mission statement beyond that stated aim.

The charity is based at St Mark's Church on Longshaw Street in Warrington, WA5 0DY, in the north-west of England. People who want to donate electrical waste can contact the charity to arrange a collection. A search for the charity also returned a local news item about a training organisation donating technology to a national charity, but we did not confirm whether it relates to this organisation, so we have not used it. The charity does not appear to run a large shop network and no UK-wide structure is stated.

Volunteering is the main way the charity says it works. It says volunteers gain skills and knowledge in a safe working environment, and that it has links to companies that support people facing disability or unemployment. That suggests an inclusive, practical culture where learning on the job matters, though this is the charity's own description, and we have not read independent accounts of it. The page we read does not name courses or staff, and it showed no money raised in 2026, so this appears to be a very early-stage or low-profile organisation.

Even a small repair and reuse charity involves many kinds of tasks. Someone has to collect and sort donated items, test them safely, repair or refurbish them, wipe computers of personal data, price and sell the goods, keep records, run social media, and manage volunteers. These are the same skills used by larger repair and recycling businesses, and they can be a good first step for anyone interested in electronics, IT support or community work. Before relying on this profile, check the Charity Commission register and the charity's current page, as information was limited.

What they do

• {'desc': 'Collects unwanted electrical items, repairing or recycling them.', 'title': 'Electrical and electronic recycling'}
• {'desc': 'Sells repaired or refurbished goods locally to fund poverty relief.', 'title': 'Refurbished items for the community'}
• {'desc': 'Volunteers learn practical skills in a supervised setting.', 'title': 'Volunteer skills'}

Key facts

• Based at St Mark's Church, Longshaw Street, Warrington WA5 0DY
• Aims to relieve poverty locally by recycling electrical and electronic equipment
• Depends on local volunteers, with links to organisations supporting people facing disability or unemployment
• Registered with the Charity Commission as WEEECHARITY (register page could not be read)

Website: localgiving.org/weeecharity