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.

Perhaps you could look whether there are so-called public bookcases / free swap libraries in your area.
These are for example repurposed shelves/cases (often with a glass door), where anyone can add books and anyone can take them for free. They are very big in some countries like Germany and there often funded by the community as a proper bookcase with a glass door, or for example hosted in public or community buildings, such as in the entrance area. But there are also many which are created in a DIY-way.
I've seen a similar idea taking hold in the US under the term "little free library", with small bookcases in front gardens.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_bookcase

Alternatively perhaps (depending on the topic), they might be suitable to distribute in homes for the elder for their own libraries, school libraries (if not too outdated, if non-fiction), anywhere where institutions might need interesting reading material and are short on funds.

Supermarkets often have a bookstall where you leave books or make a donation to charity when you take one. I've seen them in Tescos, Morrisons and Sainsbury.

National Trust is quite badly captured I think.

We have a hospice shop in town with a very good book department. Also one of the banks has a book swap area with suggested donations to a decent local child-related organisation. OP it's likely there is something similar near you.

The NT are very very deeply captured.Don’t beleive that they’re not. As an ex employee I can truthfully say it was bonkers

I left my volunteering job for the NT when I had to start monthly training on safeguarding and diversity. I had to attend courses, take on line training and do tests.

My volunteering job was as a gardener, pulling weeds. I worked two hours a fortnight before the property was open for the day so no public were present.

Nothing against safeguarding and diversity but fucks sake.

Thank you again for all your suggestions.

My local station has a bookcase where people can leave or borrow books, but it's really for lighter-weight reading than the books I have. Sadly, my local library won't accept books to sell, as they used to. I haven't seen any book donation points in my local supermarkets, but there's a larger one a bit farther away that might have.