Clothes Aid are encouraging householders across Scotland to give away their unwanted clothes or shoes in order to help children in danger or distress. Collection bags will be delivered to householders across the country in order to raise funds for the NSPCC’s ChildLine service in Scotland.
NSPCC Scotland fundraising manager
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Clothes Aid, the UK’s largest commercial clothing collector on behalf of charities, is looking to partner schools across London and Scotland to raise funds as it launches its schools campaign to collect the nation’s unwanted clothes, starting this month.
Clothes Aid is offering schools the choice between raising funds for
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Press statement
Wednesday 15 February 2012
Make-A-Wish urges the public to avoid the rising ‘cash for clothes’ market
In response to the report yesterday morning on BBC Breakfast detailing how more and more people are choosing to sell bags of unwanted clothes instead of donating them to charity,
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January 2012: A huge thank you goes to the Iglesia Ni Cristo congregations at Battersea Arts Centre, London, and Granfers Community Centre, Sutton, Surrey, on Sunday 29th January for collecting over 200 bags of clothes which will go as a donation to the NSPCC.
An INC GIVING representative said: "It was a real buzz of
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Clothes Aid would like to report that a three-year custodial sentence has been handed out for charity bag theft in the case of Arnas Gasuinas, who was sentenced on four counts of handling stolen goods at Basildon Crown Court, Essex, on 23 December 2011.
The original arrests were made in Rainham, Essex, in October 2010 where
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Clothes Aid would like to report that a three-year custodial sentence has been handed out for charity bag theft in the case of Arnas Gasuinas, who was sentenced on four counts of handling stolen goods at Basildon Crown Court, Essex, on 23 December 2011.
The original arrests were made in Rainham, Essex, in October 2010 where six men were arrested by the Metropolitan Police. However, it was felt at the time that there was not enough evidence to bring the perpetrators of the crimes to justice. The case went to appeal to the Crown Prosecution Service after Clothes Aid submitted more evidence to the Metropolitan Police and, after seven men were re-arrested, there has been the first ever custodial sentence handed out.
Arnas Gasiunas will serve three years in prison and, from Clothes Aid’s point of view, this sends out the message that this type of crime will not be tolerated, with police authorities up and down the country now taking action.
Shelley Holmes, Collection Protection Co-ordinator, Clothes Aid, says: “We have been working so hard to prevent the theft of charitable donations and this sends the signal out to thieves and would-be thieves that it is not worth stealing charity bags. We work with all the police authorities around the country, the income from charity bags really is of great benefit to our charity partners and it is important that the public knows that giving clothes really does help charity. In just over two years, we have raised £2m for the NSPCC alone, which is a very significant amount. We want the public to know not to let thieves steal your charitable spirit.”
Clothes Aid gives the following advice for people wanting to donate to charity from their doorstep:
• Always look for the Fundraising Standard Board’s (FRSB) ‘Give with Confidence’ tick logo
• Look for a registered charity number and, if in doubt, check on the Charity Commission website: http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk
• Look for a landline number and try calling the number. Clothes Aid’s Helpline answers over 20,000 calls each year and is open Monday to Friday 9am-5pm: 08450 722 780
• Legally, charity bags must say how much they will give to charity per tonne. This is another notification on charity bags of which to take note
• You can also collect clothes for charity through Clothes Aid’s Charity Champions’ scheme. For more details, visit http://clothesaid.co.uk/specialcollections/charity-champions/
For more information, please contact: Jo Moulds, Press & PR Officer, Clothes Aid, on 020 7288 8538, 07968 801467 or jmoulds@clothesaid.co.uk.
NOTES TO EDITORS:
• Clothes Aid was started in 1996 and is the largest commercial clothing collection company in the UK. It is a social business meaning that profits are sent to the charity partners it works with or are reinvested in the business for further growth
• Clothes Aid is a fully-licensed fundraiser compliant with all UK Charity Commission regulations concerning the collection and sale of used clothing
• Clothes Aid works very closely with police from various authorities, other legitimate clothing collection companies and partner charities to crack down on bogus collectors and sits on the City of London Police’s resource desk
• Look for the “Give with Confidence‟ tick of approval from the Fundraising Standards Board (FRSB) on leaflets and bags. Reputable clothing collection businesses and genuine charities are likely to be members of the Fundraising Standards Board, an independent self-regulatory body for UK fundraising, backed by the Office for Civil Society, The Scottish Government and the Welsh Assembly Government. The FRSB tick is now seen by the public 50 million times a year. It is the stamp of reassurance for members of the public thinking of donating to charity
Find out more about how your old clothes help our charity partners across the UK.
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