Red Cross Shop City Walk Canberra

kate davenporty★★★★★April 2025Report

Love the shop; I bring all my donations here as I love to support a good organisation who genuinely helps society; most staff members are very grateful and friendly.Nice place to shop on occasion aswell, although price randomness is bewildering; some things are crazily cheap but many things are very expensive and that's fine if new or near new but I refer to things clearly well-worn selling for $30 etc; this would be offputting for a lot of people.What is TRULY REPREHENSIBLE though is the fact that they throw to landfill your good quality donations (I sadly discovered this fact way too late) just because they are more casual and less elitist clothing types; never mind that my worn only once t-shirts were from Redbubble and NOT cheap; once I bought a brand-new bra there only to re-donate it unworn but this too was binned and I was told on a separate visit that they "cannot accept underwear" (well,naturally!) but this was new and unused,seems to be very arbitrary as subsequently I observed clearly used swimwear in the shop! I don't appreciate my good faith and good quality donations ending up in landfill! Just one other thing would be great: not everybody celebrates "Christmas" so if staff could remember and be mindful to not make assumptions and wish customers/donors a "merry christmas" it would be respectful and much appreciated; obviously the intention is good but it's time society as a whole acknowledged diversity.

PRASHANT CHANDRA★★★★★December 2022Report

Australian Red Cross is a well known and respected organization that needs no introduction and amongst its many voluntary initiatives - Op Shops managed by dedicated volunteers