Charity Bags

Guess what has just come through my letter box!

If you read the small print, only a proportion of the money raised usually goes to the charity that is all over the front of the bag.
Or sometimes they are obscure and slightly suspect "charities".
Suspect that clothes get shipped to other countries for profit.
Oxfam get all my cast offs.
I never give to small charity shops either, having once seen what can go on behind the scenes (mounds of mouldering clothes, to cut a long story short)

I do the same!

Thanks Ladies for your comments. It seems I'm not the only one having these problems. I will take my stuff to the local charity shop in future.

I never use charity bags delivered at the door I am suspicious whatever they say, I take my stuff to a local charity shop then I know its going to the charity of my choice and not lining some scammers pockets.

I have given up on leaving bags outside now as they where never collected on the due day.The Charity shop I help at has it's own van and we can arrange with customers when they have a large amount to donate that the van will be sent to collect Wed/Fri at a time to suit.Anything unsuitable is put in bags and taken to the clothes recycler and the Charity receives x amount of £s per 10kgs so all the articles of clothing are used in the long run.

I use the bags to take goods to the local charity shops, since I rarely get supermarket plastic bags any more. The Age UK shop is handily placed so their bags just go back to them. I also use them to take things to the Salvation Army bin at Tesco.

I have left bags on the doorstep for Age Concern which I think is now called Age Scotland where we are, and on both occasions it was pouring with rain and they weren't picked up; I telephoned the headquarter and complained bitterly and eventually they disappeared. I won't be giving to them again. It's easier to actually deliver them to your charity shop of choice, although a bit of a pain trying to park outside Elegran I use the bags for storing items in the garage, taking stuff to the recycling and also for bins - I think on average I get about 3 a week but charities are so fussy these days as to what they do and don't want; I just put everything in and they can sort it out if they want to

I'm suspicious of some of them - I doubt that the charity is genuine, and they are just a cover for a business.
Not that that is necessarily a reason not to put stuff in them, you are still recycling I suppose.
St Oswald's Hospice in Newcastle will actually send their van out when you ask them to, so they tend to get most of my stuff.

I had two this week. They are very useful as bin liners.

I get those bags through my door as well , I don"t fill them , if we have any thing to get rid of just take it down to local charity shop .