MILDURA RSPCA Op Shop is calling for more people to clean out their wardrobes as demand for affordable warm clothes surges.
RSPCA Victoria op shop network supervisor Liz Irvine said the shop needed more donations to meet demand during the winter months.
"We find that in the winter people aren't cleaning their homes and doing spring cleans," she said.
"Traditionally donations do drop, and it has been a particularly cold winter so people just aren't decluttering."
Ms Irvine said the current economic climate may have also had an effect on people's choice to donate.
Volunteer op shop manager Wendy Cochrane said people were also a lot busier since the end of lockdown and they didn't have the time to declutter as much as they did before.
"People are holding onto their stuff more now instead of changing the lounge or whatever every 12 months," she said.
Ms Cochrane said the op shop had noticed a recent increase in its number of customers, as well as an increase in the number of younger customers.
"Since changing from the old store to this one (we'd had) a lot more (customers), but the last three or four months has been big," she said.
"I found that our range of age groups has become quite younger, we are getting early 20s right through where before it was 35-40 above."
Ms Irvine said it was great to see more younger people coming in and shopping sustainably, while supporting the RSPCA.
"The younger generation are into sustainability and recycling and also getting something a little bit different and not fast fashion and that is where op shops across the whole network are awesome for that," she said.
"We've found that a lot of people are in for '80s clothing because of the Stranger Things phenomena and Top Gun.
"It has been great to have younger people in continuing that sustainability through another generation."
Ms Irvine said it was great that when locals donated they donated good-quality items.
"We are really lucky that the people in the Mildura region, when they donate, they do give us really good-quality items and our landfill is very minimal," she said.
"The volunteers here are really conscious of that so they want to make sure that everything goes."
Ms Cochrane said about 95 to 98 per cent of donations were of a good quality.
She said the team were always after items, but men's clothing, kids' clothing, blankets, books, pet stuff and bric-a-brac always sold fast.
"We want things like clothing, bric-a-brac, not stained or ripped or chipped," Ms Irvine said.
Customers are able to bring their pets into the store while shopping and donations can be dropped to the store at 105 Lime Avenue between 9am and 4pm Monday to Friday and 10am to 1pm Saturday.
Ms Irvine said the store was also in need of volunteers. Anyone interested can inquire at the store.
Please note that Mildura RSPCA Op Shop will not accept electrical goods.
