Creative ways to raise money
Recycled Clothing Banks can help your local community to raise money through textiles recycling If your local community is dedicated to organising events for charity fundraising or financing new local projects, we can offer you an alternative that requires less...
Countdown to summer fair season 2024!
One of the most exciting events of the school calendar is the summer fair – but it takes a lot of hard work to plan, implement and achieve maximum fundraising. Here at Kids Just Recycle, we are always looking for new ways to help PTAs come up with new and exciting...
Homelessness in the cold months – what you can do to help
As our winter weather worsens with torrential rain and plummeting temperatures, this genuinely poses a life-threatening challenge to our homeless community. Homelessness isn’t always a choice; it is mainly a series of uncontrollable external factors that include lack...
Supporting a new charity in 2024?
Projections indicate a sustained cost of living crisis extending possibly until 2028, causing heightened apprehension amongst fundraisers. Are you an organisation who chooses a charity of the year? Are you finding it harder to get your supporters to part with their...
Pre-loved clothes can significantly help charities
Textiles recycling supports charity organisations, reduces the strain on our planet and provides vital support services According to the most recent Charities Aid Foundation report for 2023, and from over 13,000 interviews conducted, over half (55%) had not recently...
Prop hire for TV and marketing campaigns
Did you know that Recycled Clothing Banks provides production companies, fashion houses and marketing agencies with our textiles bins for their on-screen productions and marketing drives? When it comes to prop hire for TV programmes and other promotional events, it’s...
Sustainable clothing in fashion and how we can recognise it more easily
Join the movement to ensure clothing is manufactured with consideration for the environment, social responsibility and ethical labour practices. The fashion industry is one of the world’s biggest that has a bad rep; the production of textiles over many years has had...
Why there is a need for clothing banks in the UK
Where is my local clothing bank? Did you know that the UK is the third largest apparel and footwear market in the world? We come in just behind China and the United States of America by spending around £45billion on clothing and textiles every year. Most of us will...
How to help the environment through recycling
Recycling is the way forward in helping the environment by reducing waste, conserving resources, and minimising pollution. There is no doubt that this summer, so far, has seen some very strange weather fronts across the globe. Global warming is definitely hotting up...
Do you need new ways to raise money for your charity?
Post-Covid, the charity sector is still trying to recover, so the team at Recycled Clothing Banks has come up with a few fresh ideas for raising much-needed funds. As we know, the charity sector is immensely diverse; some are tiny and entirely reliant on volunteers...