My dear best friend and fellow GNer had a bag full of donations taken from her step before the charity van arrived to pick it up, so that's another scam to be aware of.
I did once sort out a lot of things for an Age Concern charity collection when DMIL died. They didn't turn up and it rained heavily. I dried it all off and they agreed to collect it the next day and the same thing happened. Since then, we take our donations to the shops ourselves.
NHS U turn on trans terminology
The Republic of Ireland and their tensions with migrants.