Not a good company. My brother in only his name contested our dad's Will that was left to Acorns…read moreChildrens Hospice. He won a large amount back of the money from the sale of our dad's property. But have left me out after going with all the doc's I had only 2 weeks after finding out what my brother had done. They have allowed my brother to have a large amount but I have been left out. Very professional.

The Acorns charity shop in Great Barr is one of many across the West Midlands. From ladies and mens…read moreclothing to games and DVD's, these are some of the things on offer at the charity shop. You can get some real bargains at these shops so it really is worth going to Acorns. For every purchase you make from Acorns, the money will help to care for vulnerable children in the heart of England in addition to raising awareness of environmental issues. Acorns is a charity that has close links with Aston Villa Football Club. The staff are really friendly and they will help you if you have any questions. If you do have anything you don't need, give it to a charity shop. I have purchased some items from Acorns and the staff at Acorns really appreciate the fact the money is going towards a great cause. You never know what you will find at Acorns retail shops. You might just find yourself a bargain.

The ongoing recession has seen a surge in demand for charity shops. Consumerism is still in full…read moreforce in today's society, we just do not have the funds to support it. So we are increasingly turning to charity shops to fulfill our materialistic desires. British Heart Foundation is a worthy cause. Some would suggest that the NHS should cover all areas of healthcare and charity should be reserved for issues abroad. I agree with this perspective to a certain extent, but I am also thankful for the work the Foundation does in trying to raise awareness of heart related health issues. The British Heart Foundation also puts a great deal of its money into research for medicines that save lives. The selection of books in store is not great. Expect plenty of Mills and Boon and read copies of The DaVinchi Code. The clothing selection is quite nice due to the amount of 18-35's that inhabit the area. I wouldn't have a problem finding something that suits my style and age range in here. Many charity shops operate in Kings Heath and British Heart Foundation is one worth checking out.

This is a well-presented charity shop situated on Kings Heath High Street…read more I rarely find clothes or handbags in here as the kind of stuff they get seems to be more modern, you'd be unlikely to find a novel vintage find in here. They do however, tend to get some good DVDs in although they are a bit pricier than most charity shops I've found some really rare £20+ DVDs in there for a fiver which is pretty good going! The staff are really, really friendly in here, the nice lady who normally works there likes to have a little chat and is keen to help. Another strong point is there is rarely any charity shop musty smell in here, it's very clean and usually smells very fresh!

Nice store and stock, but I thought prices were a bit steep for a charity shop to be honest,…read moreespecially for the books, which is what I was mainly in the store for. Its well set-up, everything is well labelled and organised, and staff were friendly. However the prices were a deterrent, and so I just had a bit of a look-see among the book shelves, and not finding any of the books/ authors that I was seeking, was out of the shop 10 mins later. Not sure if would return back. Yelp 17/ 2019

This is probably one of the biggest charity shops in Coventry. It does a large selection of clothes…read moreincluding childrens clothes and adults. they also usually have a selection of curtains and such like. they also sell crockery and homewares such as furniture and dvd's. They often have a selection of fairtrade gifty type items.

Say what you like about them, there's something great about a good charity shop. I don't…read morenecessarily mean good as in tidy, or even with good stuff in. It's more about a vibe, an ambience. It's possibly the sort of ambience that thrift shops and crap 'vintage' shops try and give off; but that's the problem: They try and put across that kind of atmosphere. The best thing about the best charity shops is they don't try. Wait, no. The best thing about charity shops is that no-one bothers you in them. There's no grinning, false tosspot with a 'customer journey-ladder' (or similarly ridiculous implement) shoved up their backside, trying to get you to buy stuff. Personally, if I go in a charity shop that doesn't have a retired lady behind the counter with a cup of tea, whilst a dyed-blonde, 40-something manager has a quiet fag out the back, I feel uneasy. If, like me, you yearn for spring mornings spent looking up and down racks of late-90s CD singles or wet Wednesday afternoons checking out the spines of 30p paperbacks; always seeking that elusive thing you've been after for ages, or stumbling upon something new you've never heard of (well, it's worth a go for 45p) then I could recommend many, many great charity shops in Birmingham. Sutton Coldfield's Settlement Shop gets the nod over the others, because it's one shop I've frequented for years and always fulfils my hitherto unanalysed expectations of what a great British charity shop is about. The volunteers are never less than friendly, the books are always in order (the unspoken mark of a charity shop that cares) and the records are - by and large - cheap. There's genuine warmth to the place, which makes one glad that such places and people still exist. In a time when a lot of charity shops have gone inflationary and what one might have cost 20p is now labelled at a tenner; Sutton's Settlement Shop, and all the others I've visited (including Wylde Green, Boldmere and Erdington) keep ploughing their humble, homely furrow. 1989 novelty tie? £15 stereo with twin-cassette deck? Obscure board game? Brown and cream food blender with yellowing instruction manual? Fishing DVDs? What more could the eclectic drifter and borderline hoarder want? It goes without saying (though I'm saying it anyway) that despite the customer angle of this review, charity shops exist to raise money for worthwhile causes. The Settlement Shop for instance is a Birmingham-based charity helping the poor, old and young in our city. I don't wanna get guilt-trippy on ya 'cos that's not why I go round these places but I dunno why prats like Mary Portas moan about the amount of charity shops 'cos they're doing good work for someone somewhere. That the Sutton Settlement Shop do it by providing me with endless amounts of books (in this very shop I stumbled on an expensive student edition of King Lear, which came in no end of help when studying at nightschool, for 90p (RRP: £17.50)) and gives us all a place to search for hidden treasure away from the faceless consumerism of today's retail parks is all the better.

I love trawling round charity shops on a Saturday afternoon seeking hidden treasures whether it be…read morebooks, clothes, board games or records. The Settlement Shop has to be my favourite in Sutton town centre. The stock is of a high quality, the shop is well laid out with plenty of space to move and the prices are great. If you're after glassware then pay a visit here as they have a massive selection and there's one sprightly shall we say mature lady volunteer who I swear her only job here is to polish the glasses and arrange them as every time I come in here she has a wine glass or tankard and a duster in her hands! She is very friendly and chatty and nice to have a natter to as you're perusing the shelves. However the book section is my favourite part of the shop. A lot of charity shops tend to dump their books on the shelves without any sort of categorisation. They know their alphabet here and they have sections e.g. Cookery, Biography etc. I love coming here for a browse to see what they've had in. Their classics section is usually where I head first. I don't think I've ever paid more than £1.50 for a paperback book in here. They've recently introduced a bargain section in boxes on the tables in the book department for the battered/ well loved books which you can usually pick up for 20p I recently bagged a copy of The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole for less than the price of some daily newspapers! One of the other parts I particularly like in this shop is the decent selection of costume jewellery they have displayed in the counter. I have purchased several brooches from here each were under £5, if I'd got them from a Vintage Shop I'd have been paying at least £6 or £7 each for them.

Acorns Children Hospice Charity shop is a fantastic charity shop in the centre of Bedworth town. It…read morehas always got really high quality items for sale in there at really good prices. My favourite thing to collect is tea sets, and Acorns has often got beautiful tea sets in the window. I recently bought a gorgeous 6 piece coffee set from there: 6 cups and saucers, a milk jug, sugar bowl and coffee pot, in a beautiful sweet pea design, all in fantastic condition no chips cracks of crazing, for the princely sum of £2!!! Another great thing about Acorns is that it always has a great selection of books in excellent condition and they are always £1 no matter how new / old the print run.

Halesowen is charity shop central with each one having a different feel or level of stock to…read moreexplore. This is one of the smaller charity shops but it has some good quality goodies to explore. What I particularly love is that despite their small size they make a point of creating a vintage section in the small clothing stock they have. This included accessories as well as clothing and really saved time for me scouting the store as I knew the car parking time was running out. The focus for this store is definitely on the book side of things with a good range of really old books and more modern fiction. What I would say is that the number of staff seem to outweigh the customers massively, which makes the store seem busy and more cramped as you navigate loitering staff with no real purpose.

When you live in Cradley Heath, the charity shops of Harborne feel kind of upmarket. Cradley Heath…read moreis all second hand Primark, Harborne is all rarely worn Marks and Spencer. This is a well presented and neat little shop that can turn up to occasional treasure. There's rarely much to get overly excited over, though I'm always impressed by the quality and condition of some of the wedding dresses. I saw two there on my last visit that were really pretty and priced up at £90.00. Budget conscious brideswould be well advised to pay this place a visit!

Based at the bottom end of the High Street near Iceland, this is a very well kept charity shop that…read moresells a good handbag. It also does a good range of bric-a-brac and glassware and often seems to have rather snazzy frocks - not neccesarily to my style as well the odd wedding dress. Prices are a little more expensive than some of the lesser known charities so probably comparable with Oxfam say.

This place is fairly large for a charity shop and has a pretty high turnover of stock, which means…read moreit's always worth popping your head through the door to see what's what. The front part of the shop is general bric-a-brac, and they also occasionally have small bits of furniture, or garden tools. There is a smallish book and music section that is very cheap (LPs are 50p, children's books are 25p) and large selection of kids toys and board games. As this is a charity shop they stock what they are given, so if and when you visit you might find that this information is completely wrong! However, the staff are friendly and the shop supports a good cause, so it's well worth popping in.

I usually go to charity shops to look for books, trying to avoid anything else because I know that…read moreIf I give a quick peep at the clothes or some accessories I'm going to find more than 10 items that I consider "extremely necessary" to buy, you know. I think I still control myself better here than in Brazil because the currency differences, but there is always that day when your impulsive feelings speak for yourself and "something" takes to the nearest shopping to find the bargain of your life. Well, I did have an impulsive feeling when I visited St. Mary Hospice and I'm glad I did because I found exactly what I was looking for that day ( spending some money, obviously). I have found a green denim jacket of my life for £4.95 and I felt almost like Susanna Arquette in "Desperately Seeking Susan" when she finds Susan's jacket! That was the feeling! Anyway, this shop has a good section of clothes to be checked but they also have a large variety of other items like toys, books, cds, dvds. This time I confess I gave it a miss but I do recommend to visit this St. Mary's, as soon as possible! Trust your feelings! The service is friendly and please, leave some money there because the work done in this and other Hospice shops are just brilliant!