Posted on: 8th December 2025

You can put your used postage stamps to good use this christmas.

Volunteers at Leeds City Mission are asking churches and individuals throughout Leeds to recycle the postage stamps from christmas cards from far and wide land which will be landing on their doormat in the run up to Christmas.

Over the last twelve months the City Mission has gathered over 5000+ used postage stamps in their fundraising efforts.  Many christian charities can use donated stamps to realise much needed cash from philatelic enthusiasts and private collectors.   Any stamps can be recyled and used – especially foreign stamps that have a higher value.

City Mission staff member Michelle Pawson explained that the City Mission will welcome any quantity of stamps.  Stamps that have been franked on the envelope are also acceptable.  All people need to do is to leave a small margin of paper around the stamps as they detach it from the envelope. 

The City Mission Compassion Centre in Mistress Lane, Armley  is open Monday–Friday, 10.00 am–3.00pm and anyone wanting to donate quantities of stamps are welcome to drop them in at their leisure.

In the new year City Mission volunteers will pack up a huge batch of the stamps which will then be passed on to other other christian causes to help them in their fund raising endeavours.   

Development Worker Andy Dalton concluded that Leeds City Mission was seeking to bring help to wide range of churches and related organisations.  This was a simple project generating some income for their gospel work.  He encouraged everyone to think before throwing their envelopes away and detach the stamps to pass on to this simple but worthwhile project.

Leeds City Mission is one of the oldest charities in Leeds being in continuous existence since 1837.  It is a multi-church Christian agency which organises a number of projects from its premises in Mistress Lane helping people at the margins of life.  Its Compassion Centre is diagonally opposite Armley Library, next to Westerly Rise flats.  Telephone for details: 0113 345 3118 or email lcm1837@gmail.com

Photographs show Volunteers (left to right) Reka Hermann, Michelle Pawson, Shaiju Kumar & Stephen Lambert helping to sort quantities of stamps already received.  Also picture of Leeds City Mission Compassion Centre in Mistress Lane, Armley, Leeds, LS12 2LJ.