Those charity bags! A result!

I think you only get a message if your donations are Gift Aided, Nannashirlz, because otherwise the charity has no way of knowing who gave what. Maybe the charity you donated to doesn’t do Gift Aid, or maybe you didn’t sign up for it.

I don’t know what mine sold for I had loads of stuff picked up because I couldn’t be bothered to sell it myself all I got was a thank you for your large donation etc unless they still selling it mine went to the hospital it was for toys etc for the kids in hospital

That’s so so wonderful and a real tonic to know you had inadvertently helped with that amount of money! Congratulations x

Usernametaken

Quite a few years ago I had a clear out and donated some clothes to a charity shop, including a brown biker jacket.
Went into our town centre a couple of weeks later with my Daughter and we visited the charity shop. ( Daughter wanted a nosy). Saw a lovely jacket in brown, tried it on and bought it. Was told by Daughter, “Mother, that’s the one you got rid of weeks ago”.
Couldn’t make it up could you 😂😂😂

Usernametaken I had a similar experience to you.

My Aunt was over from the US and stayed with us. She decided to go for a wander round the local shops and she came in with a triumphant smile on her face, proudly showing me the sandals that she’d bought at one of the charity shops. I told her that she could have cut out the middle man - I’d donated them a few days earlier 🙄😆

...Saw a lovely jacket in brown, tried it on and bought it. Was told by Daughter, “Mother, that’s the one you got rid of weeks ago”....

Usernametaken 😂😂😂

We were astonished to get a letter last year from the Chest Heart and Stroke people to say the donations resulting from our decluttering had raised over £600 in their shop.

Much better than it lying unused in my house or going to landfill.

We donated a three piece suite some years ago - and received an email telling us how much the furniture had sold for. Very surprised to see that it was just £50 short of what we had paid for the suite when it was new. Well done, British Heart Foundation!

I do love a trawl around the Charity shops. Re-cycling at its best in many ways. Found some real bargains on occasion, and yes, DH and I regularly have a clear out and ring the changes by taking the bags to shops run by Local Hospice/Cancer Research/Sue Ryder/ Barnardos. We're on the Gift Aid Register for all of them, so we do get the occasional email update on how much our donations have made. Always good to hear.

Cancer Research does the same with anote of how much your donations have raised.

Well done all, I do something similar with a local homeless Charity - my goal this year so far is just under £100 including gift aid, every penny helps

BHF do that and it’s always nice to know how your old ‘stuff’ has helped. They also collect if you have a lot of items. I am wary about filling bags and leaving outside as I know they are sometimes picked up by unscrupulous people.

Quite a few years ago I had a clear out and donated some clothes to a charity shop, including a brown biker jacket.
Went into our town centre a couple of weeks later with my Daughter and we visited the charity shop. ( Daughter wanted a nosy). Saw a lovely jacket in brown, tried it on and bought it. Was told by Daughter, “Mother, that’s the one you got rid of weeks ago”.
Couldn’t make it up could you 😂😂😂

We're currently having (yet another) big clear out, some stuff destined for the recycle centre but most for our favourite charity shop Barnados. I can no longer do gift aid but DH does and we have both always enjoyed the letters telling us how much we have raised. Some things that will go to charity this time are worth a bit but I'd rather give to them to raise money and for someone to enjoy, rather than try and sell them.

That's amazing. Well done you!

I love it when something I have previously loved can find a life elsewhere, and in doing so raises money for a good cause. There are absolutely no losers.

I MUST have another rummage. There's always a bag's worth if I try.

I have just received an email saying my donations raised £61, plus Gift Aid on top for Break Charity. Not quite in your league OP, but I work for Break, so was happy to have contributed & will continue to do so.

That's brilliant!

Well done!

I too receive letters from the three charity shops I support. It's very encouraging to see how much my donated goods + gift aid raises.

Well done Foxygloves, that’s such a lot of money.

I’ve had them from either Age UK or Sue Ryder, can’t recall which.

I have had similar feedback from bags of stuff donated to BHF with Gift Aid.

Well done!