Donate Money

The Library of Stuff is proudly brought to you by Mullum Cares Incorporated.  An organisation that supports the community to think hard about the stuff it buys.  Buying cheap consumer goods that don’t last long wastes water and energy and creates landfill and emissions that, as communities, we are striving to reduce. The problem with our purpose is that we don’t want to sell stuff people don’t need and our membership fees must be affordable so we are still working on financial sustainability.  We really need financial support from our community in the meantime.

After the floods in early 2022 our loans per member doubled and the pressure on volunteers become too much.  On July 1st we had to restructure into a Co operative so all people who are personally benefitting from the share activity must equally contribute time and money to keep the doors open.  We still sponsor local non profit organisation, community group and school requests to avoid commercial hire rates to hold engaging waste free events. 

Money donated to the Library of Stuff would be used to pay local young people to help with waste free events.  These types of orders require us to be sure the stock is really clean and safe for the event to use so we have a partnership with the Community College where we have access to a commercial dishwasher so stock for the event can be washed and sanitised ready for these sponsored orders.  We still ask the org/group/school to contribute what they can in terms of funds but they never offer enough to pay our young people a fair wage so we need to get these funds elsewhere or risk not having capacity to say yes to all requests for support.

Whether you are able to make a one off or regular donation, require a tax deductible receipt or not, we are very appreciative and reliant on the generosity of our community to make the most of sharing our stuff. 

For donations requiring a tax deductible receipt head to our donation page courtesy of our auspice partner, Mullum SEED Inc. here.   If you don’t require that type of receipt you can help us avoid additional admin and charges by donating straight to our bank account at Southern Cross Credit Union BSB 722 744 Account # 100 134 855.

If you have any questions please contact us via email to info@libraryofstuff.org.au.

Donate Stuff

The first question to ask yourself when considering donating items to our share library is:

“Would it be likely that someone would like to borrow this item for one week?”  That is the best test of whether it’s likely something that would work well for our membership.

The second question is:

“Is the item in excellent condition?”  Now that we have been operating for a number of years our maintenance team have their hands full keeping our aging items in good working order so we don’t accept new inventory that need fixing before use.  The Repair Cafe Mullumbimby is a great community resource to look to if you have items that you want to keep out of landfill that just need a small fix.

If you answered yes to both questions then please consider our donation policy in full below and then we suggest you send us a text or give us a call to see if we can accept your donation.  Thanks for thinking of us!