Could you help with my charity shopping research?

charityresearch · 4 September at 11:50AM

Hi everyone,

Hope this is okay to post here. I’m doing some independent research into people’s experiences of charity shopping and donating, and I’m looking for people who shop in charity shops to help me out.

I’ve put together a questionnaire covering things like how people shop for second-hand items, looking for specific things, prices, donating, what works well and what can sometimes be frustrating.

I’ve had a really good response so far, but I’d love to get a wider range of opinions rather than just relying on people in my own circles. There are no right or wrong answers and I’m genuinely looking for honest experiences — you definitely don’t need to tell me what you think I want to hear!

Responses are completely anonymous and are being used for my own independent research and development. They won’t be sold or used for marketing.

If you shop in charity shops, even just occasionally, I’d really appreciate your help.

I can’t post clickable links yet as I’m new to the forum, but if you copy and paste the address below into your browser it should take you straight to the questionnaire:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScSXa_NPSi72EVh9qb1UX-iZD2raTlvQ_IpCKgftBSuC0hcNg/viewform?usp=publish-editor

Also, if anyone here works or volunteers in charity retail, I have a separate questionnaire specifically for people with first-hand experience of working in charity shops. If that’s you and you’d be happy to help, please comment below and I can send you the link.

Thanks so much to anyone who takes the time to do it 😊

Pam