A USED toilet brush was donated to a charity shop in Colwyn Bay.

Barnardo’s has revealed the weird and wacky donations to its charity shops in 2021.

Barnardo’s retail staff in St Andrew’s were shocked to receive a scorpion in a jar of formaldehyde, since donated to the university. Meanwhile in Glasgow, a handbag was donated – with a set of false teeth inside.

In rural Kendal staff were bemused to receive a farmer’s lamb castrating tool. And someone in Worksop thought that leaving a bag of moss would help raise much-needed funds.

Other bizarre health and body-related donations include: a pelvic floor exerciser (Bury St Edmunds), used pregnancy test kit (Glasgow), a packet of Viagra tablets (Rotherham), suppositories (Rotherham), a bottom wiping tool (Gravesend), a urethral catheter and urine bottle (Lincoln) and a haemorrhoid cushion (Wolverhampton).

Roy Clark, managing director of Barnardo’s Trading Companies, said:  “Most of us have received Christmas presents that may be of good quality and cost a fair bit - but are just not suitable for ourselves. So instead of putting them at the back of the drawer and forgetting about them,why not donate to your local Barnardo’s store? One hundred percent of the profits made in our stores go to improving the lives of the UK’s most vulnerable children and young people.”

People can find their nearest Barnardo’s shop here.