17/06/2009 - `Tat` costs charity £10,000 a year
A charity in Dorset has revealed that the disposal of unsellable donations costs it £10,000 a year.
The Lewis-Manning Hospice in Poole says that poor quality items donated to its charity shops is costing money that could be used to help local people suffering from cancer and other illnesses.
Elizabeth Purcell, the hospice`s chief executive, said that the charity is able to provide a free service at its hospice thanks to the £40,000 a month its six shops in Bournemouth and Poole raise.
But she told the Dorset Echo: "I know that no-one who donates to Lewis-Manning would want us to actually have a bill at the end of it, but over £10,000 a year is spent paying to dispose of unsellable stuff.
"We have to get rid of so much tat it means less money towards the care of over 650 local people living with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses - that can't be right."
The issue was highlighted by the BBC programme Mary Queen Of Charity Shops, which discovered that 25% of items donated to charity were unsellable.
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