Unwanted clothing, household goods and bric-a-brac can be a great way to fundraise for Positive Action on Cancer. If you have any unwanted items there are a range of ways that you can turn these into cash to donate to PAC.
Car Boot Sale
Car Boot Sales are very popular and always useful if you are looking to sell unwanted items. Why not take all of your items to a car boot sale, take the table fee from the money taken and then donate the profit to Positive Action on Cancer. You could also put up a poster telling buyers this is what you are doing – they may even give you a bit extra for something knowing that you are supporting a charity.
Clothes Swap
Invite all your family, friends, colleagues and neighbours to bring their unwanted clothes and have clothes swap – this is a real treat for bargain hunters! As people arrive you make a small charge of about £3 and then they add their unwanted clothes to the rest of the piles and you charge say 50p per item and any clothes left over at the end of the sale are yours to keep, sell on Ebay for PAC or take to a charity shop.
Jumble Sale
If you know of a hall or local community space that you could use for free why not invite all of our friends, family and colleagues to donate unwanted items and hold a jumble sale. They are easy to run and if you can promote it in the press and the local town you will attract people looking for a bargain. You could alternatively organise a second hand book sale. The same as a jumble sale but with books!
Occasionally, Positive Action on Cancer hold their own Jumble Sale. To see if there is one planned visit our events calendar.
Auction Websites
Auction sites such as Ebay are a great way to sell unwanted items. Ebay actually has a charity facility which means you can choose to donate all or a percentage of your final selling price directly to charity. Ebay also shows buyers that you are selling for charity which should hopefully mean generous bidders. For further information click here.
