Feeling the cold? They say it’s not the bad weather that gets you chittering, it’s not having the right clothes on when you venture out.
If you don’t have a heavy coat or an anorack or a jacket that would keep you warm outside and beat the Dumbarton weather, then here’s a chance to stay warm. Winter’s far from over yet. The solution could be … Shop with Purpose at Food for Thought’s Charity Shop
Looking for a bargain while making a difference? Visit Food for Thought, your local foodbanks small affordable charity shop where all clothing is just £1-£2
Every purchase helps us provide emergency food to those facing food insecurity in our community. Refresh your wardrobe without breaking the bank! Choose from a wide variety of gently used clothes for all ages.
Every penny of profit goes directly back into the community purchasing essential food supplies for families in need. Join Our Community Together, we can combat hunger and make a positive impact. Shop, donate, every little effort counts.
Help us turn your clothes into meals and be a part of something bigger. Together, we can nourish hope in our community.
Shop Location ; Artizan Shopping Centre Dumbarton
Opening Hours ; Mon 10-3 Tues 10-3.30 Wed 10-2 Thur 10-3.30 Fri 10-3
We are also taking in clothes donations if anyone doing a wee clear-out think of us please 
In our corporate driven consumer society where not everyone is a fully cash endowed to participate in free and relaxed buying when desired or needed, charity shops provide a real societal benefit.
Clothes, often new and unused can be bought for peppercorn money compared to retail prices. For people struggling on low income or benefits using the charity shop makes so much sense. Additionally charity shops deliver other benefits too.
In this regard charity shops make profit which they then give to much needed charitable concerns. But in addition, charity shops also recycle perfectly good things that people might otherwise just throw out. So the environment is benefitted to.
And the key take away is that folks with items that are perfectly capable of re-use should take these items and give them the charity shop of their choice. And lastly, if the giver is a tax payer then they can say that they want their gift to sold as part of the Gift Aid scheme where the charity can claim tax from the government as a percentage of the products sols.
What not to like – give!