Clothes Aid's campaign cuts collection bag theft

By Hannah Jordan, Third Sector, 6 August 2008

There has been a 30 per cent fall in the number of collection bag thefts since the launch of a government awareness-raising initiative six months ago, according to research by Clothes Aid.

The company, which carries out doorstep collections for charities, delivered leaflets to thousands of households in December (Third Sector Online, 4 December 2007) as part of a government campaign to stop criminals stealing the bags before official collectors arrive. This type of theft costs the sector more than £2.5m a...

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