Irish Charity Shops Association

Welcome

Find a Charity Shop near you with our map feature or type your location in the box above
Find a Clothing or Book Bank near you and make your donation to a registered
ICSA member charity  
If you are a charity shop customer, want to make a donation, work in a charity shop or just want to find out more about charity shops and what we do, then you'll find more information here.
We'd love to hear from you with any comments or queries - please contact us
Last updated: 19th June 2013

Latest News

Abi Lawlor and the Bubblegum Club

30, May, 2013
Bubblegum Club

Nine year old Abi Lawlor suffers from an extremely rare condition which means at night time her body literally forgets to keep breathing. She is nursed 24 hours a day and is the only child in Ireland to suffer from this condition.

She appeared on the TV 3's Morning Show with her Mum, Rosie, to tell us about her daily life and about the trip organised for her by the Bubblegum Club. 

Watch the clip here, the piece comes up first after the adverts


Sunflower Recycling launches Eco Mattress Project

24, May, 2013
Sunflower recycling

Sunflower Recycling are delighted to launch their new Eco Mattress project which provides a completely traceable, sustainable, dismantling and recycling of mattresses. Agreements with IKEA and BargainTown are already in place to take all of their old mattresses and it is estimated that they will recycle 400 mattresses a week. 
Click here for more information
Tel: 01 8560251 E-mail: sunflow2@eircom.net 


Cancer Focus NI seeks Retail Developement Manager

23, May, 2013
Cancer Focus NI

Over the past 2 years Cancer Focus NI has been implementing an ambitious Retail Development Plan focusing on improving our appearance and delivering on business improvement across our network of charity shops. As part of this development we are currently seeking to recruit an outstanding Retail Development Manager to join our enthusiastic target driven team. Click here for more information


"Security at clothing banks not an issue" - Oxfam

27, April, 2013
Oxfam logo

OXFAM Ireland has moved to reassure the public about the security of its donation banks, after an investigation revealed criminals are targeting donations of second-hand clothing, writes Mark O'Regan in today's Irish Independent.

Trevor Anderson, of Oxfam Ireland, said there was no evidence to suggest that any of their banks had been targeted by criminals. "They have been meticulously designed to ensure security," he said.

Read full article here


Charities to review deals with private clothes bank operators

27, April, 2013

Charities which run clothes banks in partnership with private operators have pledged to review their arrangements following criticism that most of the profits generated are not going to charitable causes, writes Carl O'Brien in today's Irish Times

The move follows a report by RTÉ's  Prime Time which reported that the vast majority of money generated from clothes banks run by Breast Cancer  Ireland and the  ISPCC was going to private operators.

Read the full article here