Donating school supplies in Brisbane is a great way to give back to the community and support students in need (locally and further afield). In this blog post, we will explore the different options for donating school supplies and how you can make a difference in the lives of local students and students in other countries.
I am not sure how your school organises its school book list, but with ours, we seem to buy a lot of stuff that we never use. After three kids and over 20 years of combined schooling, I have an extensive exercise book collection and an incredible amount of glue sticks. We asked the Brisbane Kids Facebook page where they donate school supplies left over in Brisbane, and they told us this.
Where to donate school supplies in Brisbane
Stationery Aid
Stationery Aid, founded in 2020, is a Queensland-based charity dedicated to reducing waste and supporting education through collecting and renewing used and excess school stationery. Stationery Aid do this by preparing yearly school booklists that are packed by volunteers using donated and renewed resources. These booklists are then distributed to disadvantaged school students who would otherwise not be able to start their school year with the required supplies for learning. In 2023, Stationery Aid diverted over 12,000kg of stationery from landfills and provided over 540 disadvantaged Queensland students with their yearly school book lists. www.stationeryaid.org
Hope for Our Children
Provide backpacks for children facing a transition or removal from their home into foster care. Backpacks replace the garbage bags children have been seen dragging around. Hope for our Children website.
Kids4Kids Foundation
The Kids4Kids Foundation was set up to help struggling families by providing school supplies, as they believe a quality education can help prepare them to become more productive, responsible, ethical, creative and compassionate members of society. Kids4Kids Foundation website
Project Yumi
The Pass it On Project aims to stop school supplies from going to landfills and give them a second life by distributing them to children throughout Papua New Guinea. With permission from parents, Australian-based students are asked to leave behind their school shoes and pencil cases during the last week of school so that they can be collected and passed on. Project Yumi Website.
Other places to donate school stationery
- Daycares or Kindergartens
- Kids4Kids Foundation
- Project Yumi
- Local community centers
- Office Works (used stationery program)
- Local state schools
- School teachers
- 2nd hand store (Black Bird)
- Westside Community Care
- Children’s Hospital family resource department
- P&C’s at schools
- Defenders for Hope
- Webster Automotive at Brendale
- Night Ninjas (Cleveland Market)
- Local school
- School counsellor or chaplain
- P&C operated OSHC
- Lower socio-economic schools
- Weber Automotive
- Night Ninja’s.
By donating school supplies, you can help ensure every student has the tools they need to succeed in their education. From pencils and paper to backpacks and binders, you can get involved and make a positive impact in the world in many ways.
Join the conversation