HONLEY residents are being asked to be careful before giving clothing to an appeal.

A leaflet has gone round to residents of the village asking for unwanted clothes - and even perfume.

The leaflet, which says it is from Orellana Ltd, asks people to leave the donations in bags outside their doors. The bags were supposed to have been collected on Friday.

Resident John Murray wanted to alert people.

He said: "The clothing collection gives the impression that it is for charity.

"It is actually a commercial company which makes money from the clothes and perfume etc it collects.

"This is causing a loss to genuine charities like Oxfam.

Dave Lodge, division manager for West Yorkshire Trading Standards, urged people to "just be cautious, because there are companies taking donations when perhaps people think they are taking it directly to charity when they are not.

"We do get a lot of inquiries from people and without seeing the leaflet it's always difficult to know."

Mr Lodge said there were some bogus companies and he urged residents to check the wording of the leaflet carefully.