If convenience is your top priority at a difficult time Anglo Doorstep Collections is a business that ensures items are kept out of landfill and will generate some money for good causes.
They don't make clothes available for the needy - they collect free second-hand items, sell them commercially (usually in bulk) and often export them in bales to international second-hand markets for retail sale overseas.
They allocate a (small) portion of the profit to their partner charities. Whilst a small proportion it of course is money the charity wouldn't have if they hadn't partnered with the business.
If your goal is to make a real contribution to a charity, then dropping items off directly at a local charity shop means they will have 100% of the proceeds.
Some charities do have clothes banks for people in need too. The Salvation Army for example helps people via their "lifehouses"
You could give them a ring maybe?
High-quality items are sold in charity shops will raise money for your chosen charity though.
I would do your quiet sorting and bagging and, if you can't face it, ask someone else to drop them off at a charity shop.
I am sorry to hear your sad news.
Both my mother and my mother-in-law found some comfort in supporting charities who had a link with my father and my father-in-law.
Mum liked to think that the money raised went to a particular heart charity.
I think I feel like this.
If you are overwhelmed though, please don't add to your pain and do exactly what works for you.
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