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-===== Stuff for Hacking =====
+===== Hackracks and Donating =====
-Donated Stuff for Hacking is our evolving collection of stuff that anyone can use in their projects, however they see fit.
+Hackracks are spaces for members to donate useful or interesting things for others. They comprise an ever-changing collection of items that anyone can use in their projects.
-This stuff is stored in the following places:
+Our Hackracks are:
+  * The Main Hackrack, in the upstairs workshop.
+  * The Woodshop Hackrack, for timber and wood fixings.
+  * The Metalshop Hackrack, for metal stock and metal fixings.
+  * The Electronics Room Component Drawers, for labeled, sorted components.
+  * The Textiles Room Scraps Bins.
-  * On the Hack Racks on your left as you enter Room 1.
+==== Using Items on Hackracks ====
-  * On the materials Hack Rack, immediately on your right as you enter Room 1 (behind the door).
-  * In the following places in the Electronics Area:
-      * The component drawers.
-      * In boxes under the benches
-      * On the cable reel rack.
-  * In the two 'Stuff for Hacking' drawers in the Wood Shop.
-==== Donating Stuff for Hacking ====
+You are welcome to take anything from a Hackrack and use it however you see fit.
-Our stock of assorted useful stuff is one of the things that makes Hackspace special, so we encourage everyone to donate surplus stuff for others to hack.
+==== Donating items to Hackracks ====
-Please remember when donating - this is an opportunity to support other members’ projects by giving them cool and useful stuff. It is not an opportunity to get rid of your rubbish!
+We appreciate donations of genuinely useful or interesting stuff to our Hackracks, it's one of the things that makes Hackspace special, but you must follow the donation guidelines below.
-Thus, we encourage donations of:
+We encourage donations of:
-  * Common parts, hardware, components, and materials.
+  * Sorted useful parts, hardware, components, and materials.
-  * Stuff which can be easily stripped for valuable parts.
+  * Unusual or interesting stuff.
-  * Weird or interesting stuff.
-We don't want:
+Things you should not donate:
-  * Junk, household rubbish, scrap, etc.
+  * Cheap or broken consumer electronics.
-  * Stuff with no valuable easily-strippable parts, like old TVs, VCRs, and broken laptops.
+  * Unusable scraps of materal.
+  * Unsorted unlabelled jumbles of components, fixing, parts, etc.
   * Stuff we already have lots of.
+  * Printers. Seriously, no more printers.
-When you donate something hackable, you should store it in one of the areas listed above. These areas are partly organised into labelled boxes, drawers, and bins, so try and put your donation in the right place, if that place exists.
+You should also not donate anything on our banned item list, which includes:
+  * Explosive materials.
+  * Highly flammable materials including motor fuels.
+  * Biohazaderous materials
+  * Pressurised containers, except domestic products such as WD40.
+  * Lithium Batteries, except in the original consumer device and undamaged.
-If there is no room for your donation, or it doesn't fit on the shelves, please take it away again. You can offer it to other members via the group instead. **Never leave donations anywhere else in the space, especially the workshop**
+Please don't leave donations anywhere other than on or in a Hackrack. If there's no space, take your donation home and offer it on the forum instead.
+**Remember: Donating things is as an opportunity to support other members’ projects by giving them cool and useful stuff. It is not a way to avoid taking your waste away or a solution to your hoarding crisis!**