Canterbury Oast Trust

The Canterbury Oast Trust (COT) is a dynamic and forward-thinking charitable trust set up in the mid-1980s by a pioneering group of parents. Today we support adults with learning disabilities across Kent and East Sussex to live independently and take control of their lives.

Our Vision
Care at its best
Our Mission
To enable safe, stimulating and fulfilling lives for adults with learning disabilities
Our Values
    Respect and Recognition - We respect the contribution all people bring to the organisation
    Professionalism and Quality - The quality of our service is of utmost importance to us
    Team-working - Everyone here works as part of the same team - COT
    Integrity and Honesty - We are open and honest in all that we do
    Equality and Fairness - We are committed to treating all individuals with fairness and equality

We provide quality homes and training. We place an emphasis on supporting independence, developing skills and changing perceptions. We provide 100 individuals with a home across Kent and East Sussex, and each house is unique with its own individual character. All our houses focus on family-style living. We currently support a further 70 people at any one time to develop their skills and capacity through our Life Skills projects. And we are supporting more people all the time.

In partnership with Printer Cartridge Recycling a leading recycling company, we have developed a scheme to turn your empty inkjet cartridges, mobile phones and unused surplus into valuable funds to help continue our work.

If you would like to help us raise funds for THE CANTERBURY OAST TRUST, whilst at the same time reducing the amount of electronic waste consigned to landfill, please click the button below to start donating your items on there behalf.

Please read how this site works and what happens once you click the button below:

3 Easy Steps to use this site and donate your items –

1. Click the button to donate at the bottom of this page and you will be taken to the main site. By clicking the button, you do not need to register or create a login. The site now knows which charity you have chosen and will use their account details.
2. Using our search feature – find your cartridges and add them to the basket with the quantities that you have. If you have mobile phones or surplus unused cartridges these can still be sent in but do not need to be listed in the basket.
3. Once, your basket has all your items in, click Finish – you will need to enter your details and we will arrange with you a FREE collection or FREE courier service. This will depend on where you are located, or the weight of the items once packaged.