‘Donate Don’t Dump’
Cancer Research Wales is part of a national campaign to urge people to donate unwanted clothes to charity rather than throw them away.
“Donate Don’t Dump’ day – dubbed ‘D Day’ – is being held annually by the Association of Charity Shops. The scheme encourages people to think again about what they do with their unwanted clothes – and instead of leaving them to gather dust or dumping them in the bin, it asks them to take the items to a charity shop. Clothes which cannot be sold in-store can be sold to textile merchants to raise money.
If you’d like to hold a D-Day collection in your office or workplace, call us on 029 2031 6976.
We’ll update our supporters to let them know when the next D-Day is but you can take unwanted clothes – regardless of their condition – to our four shops at any time. Full contact details for each shop and directions to them can be found here.
‘Donate, Don’t Dump’ also raises awareness of the environmental benefits of giving unwanted items to charity shops. Throwing away any item of clothing increases landfill waste. If each household in the UK donated only one extra black bag of clothing, we could save 25 million bags from ending up in landfill and raise over £740 million for charity.
The ‘Donate, Don’t Waste’ campaign is being supported by 100 charities across the country.
