Charity shop donation Vs doorstep bag donation

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So, I'm having a massive clearout. And gave accumulated about six large bin bags of clothes / shoes that I want to get rid of.
My question is what is best. Taking them to a local charity shop or putting in those bags that get put through your letter box.

About 2 bags are higher end clothes, boden, whistles, hobbs, reiss, LK Bennett etc And there are a number of items that have never been worn / have tags on - impulse buys by Daughter 🙄

I'm really keen that charity gains from them but I'm not sure of the business model associated with the bags?

Any thoughts?

A lot of the bags put through the door is mainly businesses pretending to be a charity, or only partially giving to a charity. I know actaul charity shops have their costs, but more will probably go to the charity. Depends how much you can be bothered though. Worth looking at the clothing banks in supermarkets car parks- again read the info to see if its for charity or not.

Charity shops.

The bags are scummy cons. Look at the small print - they’re businesses who give. 0.1% of proceeds to charity or something.

Not the doorstep collection. Vinted for the good stuff and give some money to charity?

Oxfam do donation by post if that makes things easier, you bag it up and drop it to a Yodel drop off point. Free of charge. Others may do the same, I just know about the Oxfam one. www.oxfam.org.uk/donate/donate-by-post-for-free

Where I live, British Heart Foundation will collect bagged/boxes of donations. There is a notice on the shop door giving the number to call. That is in case you are concerned about getting the bags to the shop!

The British Heart Foundation will collect from you. Just go online to book or phone your local shop

Thank you - this was my concern - how much makes it to the actual charity? I know the ships have costs but somehow it 'feels' better......

So I did think of Vinted but I really don't have time or the tenacity if I'm honest.

There is a collection service you can book and select your chosen charity from a list, we have used them a few times when we had large quantities. The charities often include smaller, lesser known charities https://anglodoorstepcollections.co.uk/

I've used the Oxfam donate by post which is super easy as you get the bag and then drop off at a Yodel collection point. There's also Thrift+ where you can choose to donate your % or take it as credit or cash.

Definitely charity shop, those bag collection get paid by the weight & who knows what happens to it all

Decent stuff to the charity shop and only stuff like used socks or bobbled t-shirts in the doorstep bag.

I use the charity Skips at my Tesco Extra. I think they are currently for The Salvation Army Shops, but they change charities every so often.

Same as a PP I use a collection company who collect from the door step/front door

They give you a rough 2 hour time slot on the day if you don't want to leave them outside for long .

I bag everything up up in the free bags that come through the door to save on my black bags !

Having a set date for collection really helps with the planning !

Bags don't have to left in the hallway , waiting to be taken to the shop!

The bags are usually terrible deals for the charity. Sometimes they'll just pay a tiny flat rate per tonne collected as a fig leaf to make people think it's "for a good cause". Sometimes they word it to look like it's charitable when it's not at all. Sometimes the charity/"good cause" being raised for is very iffy.

Pick a shop you think looks well run, that raises funds for a cause you approve of, that has parking nearby if necessary. Bag it up and drop it off. Sorted.

I didn’t realise that about the bagged collections. I was planning to use one that came through my door today but I have now read it and it says ‘will donate £100 including VAT per tonne of goods received.

Does anyone know if the big donation boxes in the supermarket car park are okay for donations (I think they are usually Samaritans)?

I’d recommend Redonate who will arrange collection. They support charities. More details here https://redonate.uk/?gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIzOfS8LqmhgMVMppQBh1yRQ2VEAAYASAAEgIJZ_D_BwE

I use https://www.icollectclothes.co.uk/. They need very little notice, unlike Anglo Doorstep collections. They take books and kitchenware as well. I do not know what percentage goes to charity but, even if they make a profit, it is better than going to landfill.
I do not have a car so cannot carry to a charity shop or use Oxfam by post. Sometimes you can find a charity shop that collects but it is rare. BHF do not collect clothes here, only selected furniture. They are very fussy.

If you have an All Aboard charity shop locally they will collect.

I use Anglo Doorstep collections. After costs they give 60% of proceeds to charities. So not 100%, but our time and petrol also has a cost to us as we live rurally and finding shops that will actually accept donations is becoming harder.

So this seems a fair compromise. I've always found them very reliable.

I also use Anglo doorstep collections, really easy to book a slot online and they're really reliable too.

Thankyou so much for this link - I like how you can choose a charity too, I've just booked a collection.

Door step collections:
Items go to massive warehouse for sorting. Charities only get a percentage per ton of clothing. DONT give your good stuff to that outlet.

Charity shops:
You know how that works.
If it’s a log of stuff, spread it around several.

Skips in a car park:
Same as doorstep collections.

Is there a sharewear place nearby this is a charity that gives clothes to the most needy people that are referred by social workers. My local one has drop off points on certain days at church’s or food bank places.