Bag2School warns of bogus collectors
Howard Lake | 2 March 2007 | News
Fundraising recycling company Bag2School is warning that other operators are claiming fraudulently to be collecting donated clothing on behalf of Bag2School.
North Yorkshire-based Back2School has warned the schools, nurseries, colleges, Scouts and Guides groups that it helps fundraise for that “some unscrupulous operators are illegally purporting to be B2S.”
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It advises them to that “if you have not arranged a collection through our call centre on either 0870 242 1212 or 01609 780222” and/or “if you did not receive a computer generated cheque + certificate” then they have not been dealing with the legitimate Bag2School.
Bag2school collects donated good quality second hand clothing which it sells on to wholesalers in Russia, Latvia & Lithuania where the clothes are then sold for individual use. It pays the charities and organisations who provide the donated items on a per kilo basis.
According to its website, Cottenham Primary School in Cambridge has raised the most so far, at £1,020.
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.