Until I put my glasses on I thought it said 'Ben Dover's outside charity shops' and I thought blimey even he's fallen on bad (I was going to say 'hard') times now.

Seriously though, it's a shame that most of the people who donate are probably working during the charity shops' opening times so they have no option than to drop-off like this.

A really good, albeit a long-shot, solution would be to have a local scheme whereby, say once a month, an honest and genuine person with a van could spare a few hours on a Saturday to make pre-arranged collections from local residents with their stuff going to their chosen charity shop in the town centre.