# GOSHCC loses "£500,000" through thefts of donated clothes

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/09/08/goshcc-loses-quot500000quot-through-thefts-donated-clothes/
- Published: 2006-09-08T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Clothes Aid, the company that collects donated clothes for Great Ormond Street Hospital
Children’s Charity, estimates that profit-making textile recycling organisations
are stealing £500,000 of donated clothing in GOSHCC bags from doorsteps each year.

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