British Heart Foundation

This is an ok charity shop. Bit tight walking around in it. For a small shop it has a lot on offer. Staff are always really friendly. And the location makes it very easy to get too. Just don’t fall into the price being too high as I think some of your stuff are the same price as new.

Compared to other streets like Victoria road & byres road, Sauchiehal street seems to be lacking in charity shops.
With the British heart foundation, it’s possibly my least favourite charity shop and for the reason that it’s too crammed with clothes rails that makes the shop very claustrophobic, with any more than a few people it’s a tight squeeze.
There are not many bargains to be found here even though I have found some in the past, this shop mainly stocks clothing.
Staff members are good at thrusting a charity collection box in your face as if grudge giving you change from your purchase.

I have to admit that with so many charity shops along the road in certain parts of the city *coughByresRoadcough*, I don’t even see them anymore. I sometimes will look in, but I don’t really see anything different than any other charity shop.
I wandered into this one because I saw a bag in the window that was just what I was looking for. Inside, I found more;
Clothes, jackets, shoes (lined up and displayed properly, the opposite of which is a personal pet peeve of mine); books (alphabetised), DVD’s, CD’s, and videos.
The clothes are probably the best I’ve seen for a charity shop. Most of them are from notable high street stores, and the mistake that most charity shops make is that they notice the tag and then mark up the price. I don’t necessarily feel that’s fair considering it’s used clothing.
But this isn’t true for the British Heart Foundation. They know what they’ve got, and they modestly price everything so that neither party feels as though they’re getting ripped off.
I like that. It’s like ethical shopping.

Although this charity shop is small, they fair manage to pack an enormous amount of stock out onto their display rails!
As Katie said, there’s not really much hidden treasure in here ever. I always frequent this British Heart Foundation branch when I’m in town and I don’t know if it’s to do with the catchment area for people donating or its location on the high street, but most of the clothes are fairly new second hand clothes from the stores. This can be like gold dust if you had your eye on something in the shops for a while and it fell out your grasp, as most lines are nearly new in here (that goes for the condition of the stock, too). Nevertheless, I am a second hand bounty hunter that looks for something to be completely unfashionable and, on occasion, hideous, and nothing in here has ever really been «out there» in terms of fashion. If you’re browsing for clothes you can hope to find a lot of office clothes, including a neverending supply of pinstripe trousers. This trend has been going on in this shop for years and can be really handy if you’re looking for clothes for work!
Their ornaments and jewellery is generally unexciting. They have a sparse supply of kids toys and clothes, some videos sometimes and some British Heart Foundation branded stock. Their book collection is super handy, especially for uni students since a lot of them are last year’s textbooks, dumped here as soon as the students can afford to forget the hours they spent pouring over them. A woman came in today and said «I’m looking for Sherlock Holmes» — I was tempted to tell her she was as well ringing Baker St but I declined on the basis of my joke being terrible!
The best thing about the Heart Foundation is that on Valentine’s Day you can donate a pound and leave a message on a heart shaped card in the window for a loved one! It’s a nice exaggerated romantic gesture if you’re bored giving out corny Valentine’s cards every year.

This British Heart Foundation charity shop is a little small and VERY cramped. It has the usual selection of very unexciting charity shop clothes, and I’m afraid vintage-​hunters won’t find much joy here. It does however have some nice shoes and boots, and there was a reasonable amount of accessories on offer.
The best thing about this charity shop is the book selection. Despite the small size of the store, they actually have a very large selection of books — which is great news for all you second-​hand paperback lovers. If you can manage to squeeze through the rest of the charity shop stock, that is.
In other news, this shop sells quite a nice selection of homeware such as classes, ornaments and vases. Some is second hand, but some is new — and the new stuff is actually quite nice.
You might also be interested to know that they sell a range of new hair accessories. This includes wedding-​style «fascinators» as well as general headbands. I’d had my eye on a 1920s style flower headband for a while, but hadn’t been too keen to pay £15 for an Urban Outfitters one. British Heart Foundation to the rescue — they had one for £1.99. Bargain.

Brilliant for bargain hunters: D lovely staff