BBC News
By Rebecca Wearn
image captionSara Tilston, manager of Stockport hospice charity Beechwood Cancer Care, which is only open to shoppers, not droppers, this week.
People should call and check before they drop off donations at charity shops, a trade association has warned.
Despite strong sales since shops reopened, many are being flooded with goods they cannot sell, the Charity Retail Association said.
Chairman Robin Osterley said: "We have two asks of the generous public.
"Be thoughtful - is this stuff you'd be prepared to buy yourself? And the second is to contact the shop before you roll up with armfuls of goods."