Charity Shops + Collections News

New research from the Charity Retail Association has found that the national love affair with charity shops is thriving in Britain, with charity shop income at an all time high of nearly £1 billion, and £30 million more spent in British charity shops in the last year. This represents growth of 3.6 per cent year on year, as charity shops buck the high street trend. Consultants JRA Research found the recession playing a part in this, as nearly 1 million more people from hard-pressed middle class groups are shopping in charity shops since June last year.

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Yorkshire Air Ambulance is the latest air ambulance service to issue a warning that bogus clothing collections are still being carried out despite three collection companies being shut down by the Insolvency Service at the end of last year.

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British Heart Foundation has today revealed that its charity shops division had its most successful year to date by making a profit of £31m in 2011-2012.

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After 100,000 fake charity clothing collection bags bearing the charity name Cancer Relief UK were seized in Dover, the area manager for trading standards has said bogus charity collections are a "booming industry".

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Crown Prosecution Service says they belong to the householder until collected, so taking them without permission is stealing

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Offering possessions to charity shops is the most popular way to give, according to new research.

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The Salvation Army’s trading arm has bought commercial contractor Kettering Textiles Limited for an initial £2m, and has agreed to pay £12.75m in total depending on future earnings of the company over the next three years.

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Forty-nine per cent of people do not purchase from charity shops, online or at market stalls, according to research by YouGov SixthSense

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British Heart Foundation, which has 709 shops in the UK, says administration of Gift Aid for donated goods costs it about £150,000 a year

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eBay’s charitable partner Missionfish UK has selected eight charities to receive grants totalling £73,398 to help develop their online sales.

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