Charities who collect goods?

jessielicious

I am getting ready to move house and so have had a big clearout. I now have about 6 black bags full of clothes, books, videos etc. The problem is, BF is working in Wales at the moment so he has the car most of the time. Does anyone know of any charities who would collect this stuff? I know the British Heart Foundation collect big items like furniture, but what about the ordinary clothes & bric-a-brac?

Dora_the_Explorer_5

Help the Aged and my local hospice have a collection service in my area, they may have in yours.

cookiesncream

Can I ask what area you live in? I'd try the Salvation Army, they will most likely collect both from you but only if they have a shop in your area.

jessielicious

cookiesncream wrote:

Can I ask what area you live in? I'd try the Salvation Army, they will most likely collect both from you but only if they have a shop in your area.

I live in south London. I will try all the above suggestions, thank you.

cattie

I'm on the SE London/Kent border & we are always getting sacks from various charities such as Scope & Great Ormond St Hospital through the letter box to fill with unwanted items for them to collect a few days later.

It's very handy & ensures I have regular clearouts. : )

Savvy_Sue

I'd say it was definitely worth starting by calling any charity shops which seem to have lots of branches in your area! Our local hospice seems to have shops in every shopping street in the city, and they do a collection service.

lil_me

https://www.freecycle.org is a good way to clear unwanted items.

Would also ring local schools as this time of year is lots of summer fayres etc going on

lamb7994

i know Help The Aged are having problems collecting individual donations but are still doing the sacks through peoples doors. This is due to the cost of the collections and driver recruitment problems.

The salvation army are normally quite good for collection goods


James

full-time-mum

cattie wrote:

I'm on the SE London/Kent border & we are always getting sacks from various charities such as Scope & Great Ormond St Hospital through the letter box to fill with unwanted items for them to collect a few days later.

It's very handy & ensures I have regular clearouts. : )

On the subject of bag collections, I have noticed an increasing number of companies that look like charities but are actually profit making organisations. I NEVER leave dontations if there is a registered company number and no chartiy number.

I know that there are collection agencies out there that are used by recognised charities and collect on a commission type basis but I'm talking about organisations that sell clothes abroad and are out to make money.

I read that a lot of these organisations are, in actual fact, causing problems in their target markets as our cast offs are better quality, last longer and put local clothing manufacturers and retails out of business - I don't know how acurate this is so please don't shout at me if I am mis-informed.

lamb7994

full-time-mum wrote:

On the subject of bag collections, I have noticed an increasing number of companies that look like charities but are actually profit making organisations. I NEVER leave dontations if there is a registered company number and no chartiy number.

I know that there are collection agencies out there that are used by recognised charities and collect on a commission type basis but I'm talking about organisations that sell clothes abroad and are out to make money.

I read that a lot of these organisations are, in actual fact, causing problems in their target markets as our cast offs are better quality, last longer and put local clothing manufacturers and retails out of business - I don't know how acurate this is so please don't shout at me if I am mis-informed.

Thats true in Reading there's alot i mean at least 3 times a week we get leaflets through the door begging for clothes and they add thing like "god will reward you if you give" and "they emply lots of people so they will not have a job" i know for a fact some major charities are trying to proscecute these companies but can't talk too much about it.

James

stonsey

Emmaus Communities collect donated furniture, household goods, electrical items, bric a brac etc, which they re-sell in their shops. This provides work for formerly homeless people, who live and work in the Community, supporting themselves and using any surplus to help others in need. There's a list of Emmaus shops around the country on https://www.emmaus.org.uk - the best thing to do is call your nearest one to discuss collection.