What will happen with Charity Shops?

[Meckity1]

I mean, they are mainly staffed by the elderly, and I'm not sure they can stay open, certainly not through a lock down.

But I am clearing stuff out, and I'm sure I'm not the only one, so people will want to donate. And if the layoffs are as bad as it looks, then I think people will be glad to have somewhere less expensive (on the whole) to shop.

Does anyone have any idea what will be going on?

I was thinking this earlier. I’ve had a clear out too and have a huge pile of bags that I could really do with not being in the house for much longer!

We’re lucky to have a great charity shop in our little town but that’s staffed by mostly elderly ladies. It doesn’t seem wise to pass on potentially ‘contaminated’ items when we are potentially ‘contaminated’ ourselves!

As much as I want rid of them, I think they’ll have to go in the loft for the foreseeable and just hope there’s somewhere for them to go after this!
Most of them are run by volunteers though so no wage bill to worry about... of course there’s other overheads to consider but that’s one less thing for them to worry about I suppose.

I've been desperate to sort stuff out, and this is a great opportunity, but I feel quite poorly and if it isn't the big baddie, it's still nothing I want to pass on.

Though I don't thinkit lasts long in fabric

You’ll just need to hold onto it for now. Of course they’ll close, like other shops.

Ours closed last week. They are not a necessity at the moment.

Cancer research has closed all theirs. Just bag stuff up and put it somewhere for later. Months later!

The ones in our area are all closed.

We donated Today it was very much welcomed.

Landfill it is.

Just put it somewhere safe until they are open again. No need for landfill!!

We've closed our charity shop. And had to give a valuable member of frontline staff the job of passing by every day to remove all of the bags of donations that'll inevitably be left outside.

Can't you put it in one of the clothes bank bins? Most supermarkets have them

Landfill? Why can't you bag it up and leave it in the corner of a room?

Just keep it at home until they re open. Why would you even consider putting it out for landfill? The stuff already exists in your house/flat so it's not like you can't have space for it.

All the charity shops closed last week near me, I’ve just left it in a pile in the loft I’m not going to throw perfectly good clothes and toys in to landfill.

A relative of mine is the manager of a charity shop. He was told yesterday by Head Office it's closing until further notice. He's still getting paid for now thankfully.

I have a bag of clothes to donate. I'm keeping it in the cupboard under the stairs until they reopen again. Also need to sort through my cookbooks but that can wait. For now just keep hold of things.

Launder it, keep it packed up clean
Someone will be grateful for it later
By autumn people already living in poverty will need your kids' outgrown winter clothes and local charities I know will be desperate for them

Landfill???

Bloody hell, people are losing jobs, struggling to find food & you'll just chuck stuff away?

Please don’t put it in landfill. There are other options.

What about the charity clothes bank bins? There are a few around here.

Someone from an RSPCA charity shop here put a message on our town FB page to say she would pick up bags of clothes, shoes and bags from people by prior arrangement.

I dropped some stuff off this morning because I couldn't bear the thought of it hanging round for weeks.

The lady in the shop said loads being dropped off but sadly no one was buying anything!

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I'll be sorting, tightly packing into bags and boxes and putting those bags and boxes away(ish) somewhere until there's somewhere to donate them again.

I certainly won't be sending perfectly good things to landfill, just because I've finally got round to sorting them out.

I think the charity shops will be inundated with items after this is all over though. Mind you, a lot of people will also be rather hard up. Maybe they'll adopt a sensible pricing structure and it'll be win win. Not going to hold my breath though.

Can you not offer stuff free on Facebook, then arrange to leave it on the doorstep for collection?

All closed near me.

I am assuming they will be inundated with stuff after this nightmare.

My stuff for donation is all bagged and stacked in the corner of our bedroom and it'll stay there until it's ok to drop off. Even if that is months away.

Keep your stuff. Those that have been forced to stay open by gobshites high up who can work from home in their big houses are being put at risk by every single idiot going into these shops to drop potentially contaminated stuff off.

Just bloody stay at home.