Shame but the lack of volunteers is really having an effect if they refuse donations because of no-one to sort them. Sue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yes there is, opposite the small (and expensive) > general Oxfam shop. > > The larger hospice shop isn't keen to take books > either. > > ETA: My granddaughters were staying with me in > August. They are 8 and 10 and both keen readers. > They get through a lot of books. > > We went through the books they had at my house to > see which ones they no longer wanted, and ended up > with a couple of bags full to take to the hospice > shop, with the intention of buying more to replace > them. > > The shop said they didn't want any more children's > books, though in the end they grudgingly agreed to > take them. But when the kids went excitedly to the > children's section to look for "new" books, there > was hardly anything there suited to their reading > ages, and empty spaces on the shelves. > > I did take this up with the person who said they > didn't want any more books, and was told it was > because they had nobody to sort the books out. > > They were both disappointed to leave without > anything at all, not even one book.