Pack for Good Campaign raises over £60,000k to fund life-saving British Heart Foundation research
A huge thank you to students and local residents in Bath who supported the 2024 Pack for Good campaign!
Preloved items donated to the British Heart Foundation by students and members of the local community has meant that over 32 tonnes of waste has been diverted from landfill and £61,230 has been raised to fund heart and circulatory research.
The British Heart Foundation’s annual Pack for Good Campaign is run in conjunction with the SCP’s Moving Out campaign, and is designed to encourage students to part with good quality, unwanted items at the end of the academic year.
By doing this, students’ second-hand clothes, utensils, electronic equipment, and books can all be resold to help fund research and, at the same time, cut down on waste going to landfill.
Donation breakdown:
| University of Bath | 13.8 tonnes diverted from landfill – equivalent to 13,776kg CO2 emissions | £25,830 |
| Bath Spa University | 4.4 tonnes diverted from landfill – equivalent to 4,368kg CO2 emissions | £8,190 |
| B&NES (SCP) | 32.7 tonnes diverted from landfill – equivalent to 32,656kg CO2 emissions | £61,230 |
| Bath total* | 50.9 tonnes diverted from landfill – equivalent to 50,800kg CO2 emissions) | £95,250 |
* includes additional purpose built student accommodation.
The annual campaign runs throughout the summer and provides a convenient way for students across the city to recycle any unwanted items as they pack to leave their accommodation at the end of the academic year.
To find out more about British Heart Foundation donation points see https://www.bhf.org.uk/shop/donating-goods/book-furniture-collection-near-me.
We will be supporting British Heart Foundation and other local charities once again in summer 2025 as part of our annual Moving Out Campaign, but don’t forget you can donate items to all local charities throughout the year. More information on local charities in Bath can be found using our donations map.