Alternative charity bookshops to Oxfam?

[Zita60]

I've been clearing out a lot of books in recent years, and I've mostly taken them to the local Oxfam bookshop.

That nasty little Pride video of theirs is the last straw, and I won't support them any longer.

I still have hundreds of books to give away, and many of them wouldn't be suitable for the charity shops on my local high street, which mostly seem to stock fiction and light non-fiction.

Oxfam bookshops stock a wide range of books, including the types of books that I have. That's why I've donated most of my books to them.

Does anyone know of other charities that also have bookshops that I could donate them to instead?

I sometimes visit Dorset, where there is a brilliant charity called Weldmar Hospice Care: https://www.weldmarhospicecare.org/

They have a bookshop in Dorchester stocking books on a wide range of subjects, and I've donated some books to them. But I can't take all my books to Dorset - my poor little car wouldn't cope with the weight!

I'm in south-east London so any worthy charities with bookshops in this area, or in Kent, would be good.

British Heart Foundation have a bookshop in Streatham.

Sam Beare in Weybridge

Thank you. I didn't realise they had bookshops.

Thank you, that looks like a good charity.

You could try seeing what they are worth in the Ziffit or Music Magpie apps. You just scan the barcode and it tells you what they will buy it for. Bog standard fiction is worthless, but specialist books can go for a surprising amount. If you agree with the pricing you can download a shipping label, box up and drop them off at the nearest agent. If you want to donate the money to a suitable charity then it is up to you.
I made over £50 with some old reference and text books once, donated to the school ptfa.

Sam Beare also have a bookshop in Egham.
Best charity bookshops around!

A lot of National Trust properties have bookshops these days and they seem to offer a wider range of books than most charity shops.

Might be worth checking with your local libraries, ours sometimes takes donations for their book sales?

Haven't the National Trust succumbed to idiocy? They've introduced "gender neutral" i.e.mixed sex toilets at some properties.

Sell them to a secondhand bookseller and then give the money to a different cause close to your heart. There are loads of secondhand booksellers with and without shops in London.

The National Trust succumbed to this idiocy some years ago, as a poster here reminded us yesterday. Poster's father was an 80yo volunteer being obliged to wear the rainbow lanyard while he was working for free.

I read about the NT doing that before I got into the gender identity war, so over 5 years ago.

You could also just give your books to any charity shop - maybe one supporting a lcoal charity rather than the nations/internation ones as these seem the most woke? They probably have a relationship with somewhere why they sell books by the kilo regardless of subject so they get some money for the books anyway. I live in a town with lots of charity shops and you see the van from We Buy Books appear pretty much weekly collecting from the shops. It is not ideal but all charity shops get too many books and at least they get some money for the books.

That's possible. I know they won't take donations to go into their catalogue, because they say it would take too much effort to process them. I can't remember whether I asked them if they'd take them for sale.

Thanks. I've seen the adverts for Ziffit on TV, but wasn't sure how legit it was.

I didn't realise charity shops might do that. That's worth knowing, thank you.

I'm going to a National Trust place later this week and they have a second hand bookshop, so I could take some books there. They don't seem as captured as organisations like Oxfam are.

I sold a few hundred books to a local second-hand bookseller a few years ago, but he wasn't very interested in a lot of them. The books he was really interested in were the art books on my shelves that I didn't want to sell!

Thank for your suggestions everyone!

Red cross.

St Christopher’s Hospice shops?

Thank you for the suggestions of the Red Cross and St Christopher's Hospice. Their shops in my local high street only have a small, general selection of books. Their nearest specialist book shops aren't very close, so might be difficult to get to.

I was in St Christopher’s the other dat and I think they do have a central department for specialist items - but agree, though good, the shops aren’t book centric.

They will send them on I think?

There's also Better World Books. They are a for profit business but they raise funds for literacy. They've got collection points in London.

services.betterworldbooks.com/individuals/

Ziffit is definitely legit, I’ve used it a lot.