Charity Shops

[apricot]

Is there any guide as to what charity shops can use?  Will they sell clothes without labels for instance?  I cut all my labels out as the fabric irritates my skin but then there is no size or washing instructions.  Anybody out there who can help?

[teddy]

Charity shops will take any clothing..what they can't sell in their shops to the public they sort out and sell as rags to the trade. 

[kags]

There are regulations about sale of electrical goods in charity shops - they have to be tested before sale, and I believe they can only sell upholstered furniture if it has a kite-mark to show it is fire retardent. I don't however, know of any regulations about clothing. I used to volunteer in a local charity shop, and if there was no label we would guess at the size. And as teddy says, the shop sold anything it couldn't sell as a garment, as rags, and made decent money from that. I am sure your local shop will gladly accept your unwanted clothes, even without the labels.