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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Sarah Butler

Young fashion fans help UK charity shops thrive on struggling UK high streets

A woman sorting clothes into a donation box.
Save the Children reported an increase in younger people shopping and volunteering in its branches. Photograph: Andrii Lysenko/Alamy/PA

Young people inspired by secondhand fashion websites such as Vinted and Depop are helping charity shops thrive despite rising energy and employment costs.

Save the Children’s retail sales rose 3% last year, helped by a surge in December when the charity rang up 11% more than the same month a year before, raising more than £1m for its causes.

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