Ymca Charity Shops

[newbie99]

I am trying to contact the real owner of the charity business operator. I have evidence of donated goods being fly tipped as one of their shops has no proper means of managing their stock. If is sad to see good conditions children clothes are dumped into waste bins and when heir bins are full, the clothes are fly tipped everywhere.
When the issues were raised at the shops management, they couldn't careless. So who do I contact now?

[Tilly2]

Try the local council environment department. Report the littering.

[Cloverjo]

And/or YMCA's head office. http://www.ymca.org.uk/contact-us

[newbie99]

Are these franchised charity business shops?

[gordiescotland1]

You should tip off the local press

[newbie99]

My concern is that these are franchised shops and are exploiting the good nature of charity mission. Look like they are more into profit than looking after other things.

When neighbouring businesses made complaint to the shops , often they will receive foul mouth responses and intimidation from their staff. The staff are likely to be criminal offenders.

[pastafreak]

Why do you think the staff are criminal offenders? And are these paid staff,or volunteers?

[newbie99]

These staff have been sent by the court to serve their time.

[EDDIE51]

there are organisations that collect unsold clothes from charity shops and pay for them by weight. This shop is just throwing money away.
Report them to the head office link you have been given.

[EDDIE51]

Courts do order people to do unpaid work in charity shops but there should only be 1 or at the most 2 offenders in one shop a time. They are required to be supervised at all times. Do you know which court sent them? if so report the shop to the court.

[wolf63]

I volunteer in a charity shop that sells mainly books and music.

All the volunteers fit into the categories of - old/retired, unemployed or unable to work due to health problems. We have one part-time manager.

We do throw things out, but much less than we used to, the items that we are unable to sell are sent to a company for recycling and we are paid for them.

Most of the donations are of good quality. We can't sell books that are dirty or falling apart - they get thrown out.

We also sell on-line and we have some amazing books for sale.

Newbie - if this charity shop is throwing stuff out it 'may' be that there is a reason for it. If it is being dumped where it shouldn't that is another matter - I think that it is illegal.

If there has been an approach to the shop management and they have not been willing to discuss the matter go to the head office. It is unlikely (but not impossible) that this is a franchise shop. There are various financial benefits given to charity shops (I think that they get rebates and stuff) but I think this only happens when it is actually run by the charity.