Islwyn Labour MP Chris Evans is urging people to back their local charity shop.
Mr Evans made the call after he visited Cancer Research UK’s shop on Blackwood High Street to drop off a bag of donated goods.
New research shows that more people than ever are shopping at charity shops but many stores are not receiving enough donated goods to keep up with increased demand.
People who buy from charity shops often fund worthwhile causes; sales from Cancer Research UK stores help fund vital research into the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
Mr Evans said: “Shops like this one on Blackwood high street are dependent on donations. I hope people throughout Islwyn will join me and look through their cupboards and wardrobes for unwanted clothes, CDs and books.”
Blackwood shop manager Aaron Watts said: “We are very grateful to Chris for donating so many quality goods and I hope people throughout Islwyn will follow his example.”
I’m surprised that anybody has anything left to donate given the stupendous amount of charity begging bags that come flying through the letterboxes on a daily basis.
Charities commercialised donations with their armies of paid bag botherers and then have the nerve to bemoan the lack of donations at stores. These must be the only bags in Wales left untaxed.
Little wonder that there is a growing market for people selling items themselves. Particularly in respect of old clothing as this is what the charity bag brigade do themselves. So you can hardly blame people for cutting out the middleman.
Forget commercialised charities acting like corporations, sell or donate to a local cause.
Charity shops trade from local shops.
It would be a problem were charity shops to stop leaving all their plastic bags. Since the supermarkets started charging, from where do ou think I get free bags for my council rubbish-container ?