News analysis: Clothes theft is fashionable crime

Third Sector, 5 September 2007

Charities are calling for action on bogus collectors, which cost them £3m a year, reports Emma Rigby.

Charity clothing collections are a lucrative fundraising activity, bringing in £550m a year in the UK. But bogus collections are on the increase and now cost genuine charities an estimated £3m a year, according to Clothes Aid, which collects for Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity. Veterinary charity PDSA saw...

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