Sort through all your surplus Christmas gifts and move them on to someone who might appreciate them more than you. It’s good for your soul and your space. And for someone else, too!

Most of us have more than enough stuff and when we acquire more things, we rarely choose to let go of something else. But a lot of the time our extras or duplicates can be of use to someone else. Remember: one person’s trash can truly be another’s treasure!

And, if you feel you can’t part with pressies you’ve just been given, what about going through all that stuff you had in the first place. Could you get rid of some of your old clothes, now you’ve been given new ones? Who might be able to make better use of those books you have read over and over?

There are around 6,500 charity shops in the UK. And the re-use and recycling aspects of the work of charity shops often goes unrecognised. For many years, charity shops have been recycling in large volumes, ensuring that large quantities of clothing and other goods are re-used which is good news for people who rely on charity shops for their clothing – and good news for the landfill sites.

An alternative to charity shops is organisations working with refugees, homeless people or victims of domestic violence many of whom are grateful for donations of clothes and in some cases household goods.

Or why not offer items on generous style websites like Freecycle.

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