LOST PROPERTY: HOW LONG WE KEEP FOUND ITEMS

Replace each part in square brackets with your own policy.

HOW LONG WE KEEP ITEMS
[Site name] keeps items handed in to [desk or office] for [number] days from the date they are found.
Bank cards and identity documents: [what you do, for example returned to the issuer or destroyed after a set number of days].
Food, drink and items that are unsafe or unhygienic are not kept.

WHAT HAPPENS AFTERWARDS
After [number] days, unclaimed items are [donated to charity, recycled or securely destroyed].
Personal data on phones, laptops and papers is destroyed before an item leaves us.

HOW TO ASK ABOUT AN ITEM
Contact [desk name] at [phone or email], or visit [place and opening hours].
We will ask you to describe the item and may ask for identification before we return it.