Lush product donations for charity

You can apply for product donations if you work with a charitable or community-organised service provider that supports vulnerable people who have little or no access to toiletries or wellbeing and care products. This includes homeless shelters, refuges, some healthcare providers, refugee shelters, and more. We can donate products to small grassroots charities and community groups that provide wellbeing and sensory activities. We can also donate to small campaign groups that are working in the areas of human rights, animal rights and environmental protection.

We cannot donate to groups that:

• Promote or support violence, aggression, prejudice, oppression or any infringement on human rights.
• Are involved in cruelty or subjugation of animals, including testing on animals for research or using animals for human gain, including the use of animals in entertainment, animal husbandry and therapy.
• Influence others to change or adopt their religious beliefs, or exclude others based on religious practice.
• Are connected to political parties, specific endorsements, political rallies or otherwise partisan in their work.
• Military related causes including veteran support groups.
• Are not making the effort to be environmentally responsible.
• Are schools, university programs, sponsored walks/runs/sporting events or fundraising initiatives.
• Are a for-profit organisation such as a business or social enterprise.
• Will sell the product donations.

Product donations are organised through Lush shops. Please contact your local shop in order to request a donation. Find your nearest shop here.
Looking for a product donation in North America? Click here.

We will most frequently donate all the surplus stock we have, such as shower gels, soap, shampoo bars, bath bombs and creams. However, all donations are subject to availability.

Yes, all plastic packaging counts toward the Bring it Back scheme! If groups, charities or individuals have a Lush store nearby, we would like to encourage them to return their empty and clean plastic packaging to the store. To learn more about the scheme, what packaging qualifies and what you can receive in return, head over to our T’s & C’s.

Products donated may not be within the dates of Lush’s freshness policy, so cannot be sold in Lush shops. However, all products will be within the ‘use before’ date which, on packaged products, you can find on a sticker on the side or bottom of the packaging. For all products, we encourage you to use or distribute the products as soon as possible so service users can benefit from the fresh effects!