Planning A January De-Clutter? Ways To Get Rid Of Stuff And Give Back
Perhaps one of the most rewarding ways of clearing out your closet is by giving to charity. iCollectClothes is a one-stop shop that will send someone to come and pick up your clothes to donate to a charity of your choice.
TRAID also collects from people’s homes and distributes to 1,500 of its clothes banks and charity shops, diverting around 3,000 tonnes of clothes from landfill and incineration every year. The service is available in London, Brighton, Slough, Windsor, Surrey and parts of Hertfordshire including St Albans and Harpenden.
For people who have a load of clothes with tags on that they don’t want, Alicas is a social venture which aims to collect 10,000 items of new and unused clothing, which will then be gifted in 300 parcels of 30 items to women in crisis across the UK and Europe. You can donate by sending items to: Alicas, F10 Internal, Edinburgh Palette, 525 Ferry Road, Edinburgh, EH5 2FF.
Got a group of friends who are roughly the same size? Pick a day when you’re all free and host a clothes swap, where you bring items you no longer wear and swap them for something your mates no longer want. It can be a cheap and easy way to update your wardrobe – and it’ll bring them a bit of joy, too.