Recently 'cash  for clothes' points have appeared across the United Kingdom which sell clothes for a profit abroad. Second hand clothes mean big business to some. This means the local charities are losing out.

The idea of charity  and charity shops is deeply ingrained in the British psyche. If charities don't get donations of clothing this means that people on a low budget no longer have access to good clothes at an affordable price, because all the clothing is going directly abroad.

Local charity shops will have to close down and charities will no longer be able to work for the good of society.

You may wonder what happens to the goods that are not saleable in a charity shop. They are sold on for recycling to the ragman, but only after customers have had a chance to buy them. At that point even the rags are a source of income for the charity shops instead of going into a landfill.

By selling your clothing you may get a small amount of money for a lot of clothes which most likely is far too little compared to what you spent when you bought them in the first place. But imagine how much your clothing and other goods could help others. Have you thought about the feel-good-factor making a donation may give you?

Donate your clothing - save the charity shops.