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 of money, relationship breakdown, immigration, physical or mental health issues, trauma, grief, addictions and abuse. Homelessness is rarely a
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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 hard-earned cash? Is the current cost of living crisis having a detrimental affect on
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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 interacted with a charity shop in 2022, whilst nearly a third donated clothes or goods to
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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 and trustees, while others run highly complex national or international
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It may well be May now and relatively summery outside, but it won’t be long before the colder months are back and these come around all too soon for the homeless people on our streets. You may be wondering why we are writing a blog so early about winter but this is the perfect time
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