What happens to clothes donated to a Salvation Army Trading Company clothing bank or collection bag?
The clothing is picked up by local collectors and transported to a central facility in Kettering to be checked for waste or soiled items. Happily we collect more clothes than can be used to satisfy any local or national needs identified by The Salvation Army, including natural disasters such as flooding and supplying our charity shops, so the bulk is exported to other countries, mainly in Eastern Europe, where they provide clothing that people can afford. All funds generated by the clothing collections are used in the United Kingdom by The Salvation Army.
