WELL said, Sally (Help charity with sorting — January 28 edition).

You put it a little more eloquently than I would have done. I also volunteer in a charity shop in Tavistock.

We, like you, are extremely grateful for the many donations we receive through the door, although over the past few weeks we have had bags of house clearance items together with old carpet left at our door. A great deal of it all only fit for the tip which we have to deal with.

For the sake of the charities we all support by our hours given freely we do sometimes wonder if the people who leave these items really care or just use us as a dumping ground.

Please, only bring items you would be prepared to buy.

Sue Shotter