In Brighton and london there are a lot of community like conferences and events run - such as barcamp
http://www.barcampbrighton.org/

Barcamp is a free, community run event - and as such i am sure could make use of these… maybe you could find another mini conference or event which would welcome the use of them :)

Donate them to a women’s shelter or a children’s program. Somebody there might need them.

Offer them to a local hospital especially the operating theatres. We all use various lanyards to hold our locker keys whilst at work ~ those theatre scrubs have a tendancy to ‘eat’ keys sometimes . . .

For about a year, I was obsessed with carrying a lanyard with my key on it… of course, it was my dorm key when I lived on college campus, so it made sense, and EVERYONE carried their dorm key that way…

Then we couldn’t keep our phone hanging on the wall, so I actually finnagled the phone to a pole with my roommate’s unused lanyard.

Maybe not that applicable of an idea, but you never know what will spark a great idea!

I think I would cut the metal parts off (save them of course because they’ll be good for some other unforseen project)… and use the strap for handbag/ tote handles. You’d probably want to cover the straps with something (ribbon, fabric) since you don’t want the logos on your handbag, but the lanyard strap would give it a little bit more sturdiness.

I forgot to mention, you could also weave the straps since there are so many of them and make placemats, etc. The possibilities are endless!

Post them on freecycle, I had to pay £1 for mine to use at work!

Use them as leg straps for bicyclists. I use mine for that very purpose and it works fine.

How about using them as yarn? You could cut off the metal parts and make really sturdy coasters or iPod pockets. That’s what I would do with them.

donate them to a school where kids ned to wear id’s or prizes are needed.

i aways loose my keys but always carry a bag with my coursework in it. depending on the thickness of the material you can cut then sew the metal clippy bit onto the inside of a bag and connect your keys.

Roger, I second your idea. They’d make really great straps for homemade grocery bags, and you’ve got a key holder already attached!