Are any Charity Shops accepting bric-a-brac yet?

Marge__Simpson

Particularly in Scotland ... I have so many boxes of bric-a-brac to donate, but finding it difficult to give them anywhere.
I realise that charities are following CV19 guidelines they have been given, but perhaps someone knows of somewhere which is starting to accept donations.
It is very frustrating, knowing I have lots of items people could make use of. I just can't bring myself to put it all into landfill.  

sheramber

I donated to the local hospice charity shop. You had to place the goods where they asked and they did not touch them for 3 days.
Try a local charity rather than the national ones.

Savvy_Sue

Our local household recycling / waste disposal centre has set up a Re-use Shop within the tip, and I believe there are others across the UK.

Obviously it's likely to be closed at the moment anyway, but they are possibly able to accept goods. Worth a call, anyway.

However the OP first posted in September. Hopefully they were able to find a charity shop between lockdowns. I found some were accepting donations and others weren't, and others again might accept early donations but stop doing so once they had enough.

luvchocolate

When  charity shops are open bric a brac will be welcome as it will be washed in hot soapy water and it sells very quickly. 
They are obviously losing a great deal of money while closed 

Savvy_Sue

Except that most have limited space for storage and sorting, and I know that since the first lockdown most of the ones I've been to have had signs about this. They want and need our bric a brac, but can't process too much at one time

Marge__Simpson

Thanks for all the recent comments.
I found a warehouse reasonably locally which is able to take bric a brac for registered charity, so have thankfully been able to take goods there. We aren't locked down at the moment in Scotland, but yes all those limitations add to the difficulty of passing on used items.