Charities Fear Multimillion Pound Hit to Clothing Donations

UK charities are concerned that media reports of charity clothing collection scams is reducing people’s willingness to donate items, and could cost them millions in lost income.

Bogus collectors have recently used the names of the Down’s Syndrome Association and the RNLI, and a BBC report this month exposed a company that claimed to collect for Breakthrough Breast Cancer in Kent.

David Moir, head of policy at the Association of Charity Shops, said the reports of scams could damage public trust. “It is highly possible that these bogus collectors could harm the public’s confidence in giving clothes to charitable collections, and that will have a damaging affect on charities’ stock levels,” he said.

Source: Third Sector