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PRESS RELEASE: Choose Charity Shops, Charity Retail Association, 14 May 2012

For all Choose Charity Shops media activity go to www.choosecharityshops.org

Charities need to work with authorities for textile collection contracts, Guardian Voluntary Sector Network blog, 14 May

Association comments on the launch of the M&S/Oxfam 'Shwop' scheme, Guardian Online, 26 April

Clothes you give to charity shops sold for huge profits in trendy boutiques, The Mirror, 14 April

Charities attack clothes bin plan, ITV News, 23 March 2012

Charity shops make significant contribution - Alex Attwood, www.northernireland.gov.uk, 14 March 2012

Charity funds at risk from ‘privatised’ recycling banks, Evening Standard, 13 March 2012

Charity shops turn to Ebay to boost sales Financial Times, 20 February 2012

Unwanted Christmas gifts? Use our site to locate your nearest charity shop, Guardian Online, 28 December 2011

Charities: Not just for christmas, The Independent, 13 December 2011

No charity shop cap, but independents are top priority, in Portas high street review, 13 December, Civil Society

Meet the second-hand shopaholics, Express.co.uk, 7 December 2011

Campaign warns public of bogus charity collections, Civil Society, 5 December 2011

My family's charity shop Christmas, The Telegraph, 2 December 2011

Charity Retail Association denies that charity bookshops are damaging independent retailers, TheBookseller.com, 15 November 2011

Retail Week, 4 November 2011, p27
Letter to the editor from our Chief Executive, Warren Alexander, outlined why any proposal to cap the number of charity shops would not help the high street (Charity shops are not to blame for high street woes).

Town bosses call for charity shop changes, East Anglian Daily Times, 27 October 2011

The Times, 26 October 2011
Rosemary Bennett, the Social Affairs Correspondent, quoted Wendy Mitchell, Tim Danaher of Retail Week and Gerard Cousins of Barnardo’s on Mary Portas's proposed cap on charity shop numbers. Rosemary stated: "Charities are currently experiencing a boom, because they offer high-quality products and value for money in tough times."

UK Fundraising, 26 October 2011

CharitiesDirect.com, 26 October 2011

Civil Society, 26 October 2011

Third Sector, 26 October 2011

After the riots, charities have a crucial role in rebuilding communities – Society Guardian, 13 September 2011

Press coverage of Charity Retail Association’s internet sales research – Third Sector, 7 September 2011

Press coverage of Charity Retail Association’s internet sales research – p2, Financial Times, 7 September 2011

CRA welcomes local authority effort to be transparent on house to house collections, Civil Society, 16 August 2011

Shoppers cite 'value for money' as the main reason they visit charity shops, Third Sector, 15 August 2011

Warren Alexander, Wendy Mitchell and David Cryer (Association Chairman) have done several BBC radio and television interviews on the proposed cap on charity shop numbers on the high street. National stations included BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Scotland, and TransWorld Radio UK. Local stations included BBC Radio Leeds, Three Counties Radio, BBC Radio Suffolk, BBC Radio Stoke, BBC Radio Oxford and BBC Radio Lincolnshire.

Listen to Warren on You & Yours, BBC Radio 4, 26 October 2011

Listen to Wendy on Call Kaye, BBC Radio Scotland, 27 October 2011

Listen to David on James Cannon, BBC Radio Oxford, 27 October 2011 (40 minutes in)

Warren Alexander appeared on BBC Breakfast at Oxfam’s shop in Lichfield, Staffordshire. He emphasised the positive role charity shops play in the high street, encouraging footfall and adding to the mix of shops; Thursday 27 October.

David Cryer appeared on BBC TV South evening news, making similar points to those above; Friday 28 October.

Press release: New research from the CRA shows charity shops moving online to boost sales, September 2011
Also download: CRA online selling report summary

Press release: Charity Retail Awards, July 2011