# Arlene Phillips launches BHF’s charity shop stock appeal

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/09/14/arlene-phillips-launches-bhfs-charity-shop-stock-appeal/
- Published: 2015-09-14T11:00:02+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Director and choreographer Arlene Phillips is fronting this year’s British Heart
Foundation stock donation appeal Bag It. Beat It which runs throughout September.**

She is inviting the public to find unwanted items and donate them to their local
BHF shop.

## Clear-out statistics

Research for British Heart Foundation found that there is plenty of potential for
donated items. The charity claims that:

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• the average person in the UK has at least three items of clothing that have never
been worn, and six items that no longer fit

• 10% of people admit to hanging on to more than 16 items of clothing that no longer
fit

![Arlene Phillips supporting British Heart Foundation](https://www.fundraising.co.
uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/arlene-phillips-bhf-bagit-binit.jpg)

Arlene Philips invites the British public to Bag It Bin It for the British Heart
Foundation.

Arlene Phillips said:

> “It was really therapeutic clearing out my wardrobe and finding items to donate
> to Bag It. Beat It. Every week around 2,000 families lose a loved one to heart
> disease, but with continued support from the public, the BHF can fight harder 
> to reduce this figure. I’d encourage everyone to get involved this September and
> turn their unwanted stuff into life saving heart research.”

The charity’s [Bag It. Bin It.](http://www.bhf.org.uk/bagit) campaign is looking
for good quality clothes, shoes, books, handbags, DVDs, CDs, bric-a-brac and children’s
toys.

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