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?

The good thing about donating direct to a charity shop is that if you are a taxpayer you can register for Gift Aid with them. The charity can then claim back from the government some of the income tax you already paid, increasing your donation to the charity at no cost to you.

Hello . I want to donate clothes and don't want to just give to charity shops. I'm thinking of using I collect clothes and other organisations who pick up and distribute to other charitable organisations . Are these good companies to use?

Since I read about icollectclothes on here, I've used them regularly (every couple of months) and they are brilliant!
You choose your charity and book a date and also add in a preferred date for if they can't accommodate you.
They send you a confirmation and on the morning of your collection, they send you a time slot and keep it updated if it changes due to traffic etc.
The vans are very clearly marked and they use a handheld tracker to accept your donations.
I've just sent some stuff to Remus Horse Sanctuary yesterday and I've been kept informed the entire way.

Another good thing is that if you're unsure if your chosen charity will accept a certain item (as a lot of my donations are modern thriller books that have literally just been read once but a lot of charity shops don't like accepting books and then last Summer I bought a pram and then decided it wasn't right for us but I didn't want the faff of refunding it, so I contacted Remus and asked if they would like it and sent photos of it boxed and unmarked wheels).......it's easy to contact your preferred charity first, so that you know you're sending something that they want and not something that'll annoy them (reading Charity Shop Sh*t on Facebook and some of the comments charity shop volunteers write about donations has made me really nervous over what I send and I no longer donate to actual shops because of the sneery comments).

You also have the option with icollectclothes to leave your donation in a safe place outside if you don't want to be disturbed for any reason.