Policy, Terms and conditions
Our aims and objectives: Our aim is to raise money for charitable causes and aid work through handmade arts and crafts. Our objectives are to invite and encourage donations of handmade arts and craft items and supplies to made4aid; to sell all such donated items online; to give all proceeds to charitable causes; to enable artists, crafters and others to contribute to charity through creative work whether their own or that of other people. Our organisation: made4aid is run by a small team of volunteers - you can learn more about the history and background of made4aid here. made4aid is organised online via our website, blog and email. We aim to be transparent in explaining our aims, methods and the way we organise this project and we welcome questions, suggestions and other kinds of feedback. We are committed to working collaboratively and hope that the made4aid team may grow in the future both in the size of the team and in the number and range of countries/continents involved - made4aid is based in the UK, with postal centers in the UK and the USA. Donations can be sent from anywhere worldwide and items can be bought and mailed worldwide. We hope that as we grow we may in the future have postal centers in other parts of the world. We are committed to equal opportunities and are open to contributions from and collaboration with anyone who shares our interests and aims. We are a non-profit-making organisation and are registered with the National Council for Voluntary Organisations, Membership No. 11190. The costs of setting up made4aid so far have been contributed as donations from the made4aid team. We hope to register formally as a Charity in the future when and as our finances allow for this. You can find more information on our charitable giving and status here. Terms and conditions Giving: 1. Please only donate items which are in good saleable condition.
2. If you email us your listing details and post to the buyer yourself: Please be willing to ship worldwide, but let us know if you cant do that so that details can be included with the item details. If your item doesn't sell, we will relist a 2nd time, and if you want us to a 3rd time with a reduced price. If your item still doesn't sell we can either reduce the price further, or you can withdraw the item. 3. If you mail the item to us for us to list and post: We welcome donations which meet the criteria given on this website. If you send an item which doesn’t meet these criteria then we will email you explaining this, but we accept no responsibility for returning the item to you if you've mailed it to us, although we are willing to do so if you first send postage costs. If you are unsure about whether or not your work or item is suitable, please email us first – we want to avoid misunderstanding or disappointment! Items donated are accepted as a gift to made4Aid and we reserve the right to dispose of unsuitable or unsold items (which will be done through local charity outlets). We invite you to suggest a starting price for your item, but this will also be determined by consideration of similar items on eBay, Etsy etc. See Donating art and crafts for further details. We will try to ensure that items sold are of good quality and are described accurately. Handmade items will often have irregularities or unevenness which are not flaws, but which are part of the nature and character of hand-made work. Because of the fund-raising nature of this project, we are unable to accept returns or give refunds for unwanted items once bought - but if you are unhappy with what you have bought, please let us know and we will see if there is any way to resolve the situation. Buying
arts and crafts for charity