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Feedback from a Partner
What a nice surprise was waiting for us at Sharewear today: this ‘Thank you’ message from our partner The Health Shop. At Christmas, for the second year running, we provided them with the clothes that they distributed as presents at their annual Christmas breakfast for the homeless. We once again were easily able to provide […]
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Mascot for Sharewear Schools (Primary)
Look who dropped in for our session today!! Paddington has joined the team as our official mascot for Sharewear Schools (Primary), and will be going ‘on tour’ soon. Still haven’t heard of Sharewear Schools? Don’t miss out on this new initiative launching in March to mark our 3rd birthday. Contact us if you would like your […]
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Our Clothes Turning Around a Crisis
“What you are doing here is beautiful!” was the comment from this man when the team today were able to help him and his family with clothes and bedding. “We were really hoping that 2017 was going to be a better year for us, but so far things have just got worse. At least now we have […]
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Sharewear Schools
On a freezing cold day we clothed 4 families on site and made a big delivery to our outreach partner Nottingham and Notts Refugee Forum. On top of this, CEO Louise Cooke, gave a presentation to 400 Year 12 and 13 students at The Minster School Sixth Form. These young people are going to join […]
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Clothes Transforming Lives
Imagine the scenario: You’ve known about an interview which will get you back into work and out of crisis for weeks. You’ve passed all the pre-interview tests and already made a good impression. But then, your crisis deepens temporarily and not only can’t you buy clothes for the interview, but you lose your home and […]
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Meeting Baby’s Needs
What do you do when your health visitor advises you that you haven’t got the things that you need for your baby, and you have no hope of buying it all? Not just clothes, but the correct baby bedding and towels too. You get a referral from your support worker to Sharewear Clothing Scheme, come […]
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Partnering with National Institution YMCA
On a very busy session today we clothed five families and processed the first of our bulk deliveries to our latest partner Notts YMCA. We are so proud to have been asked to become the supplier of clothes to this wonderful institution locally, enabling some of the 300 in their temporary accommodation at any […]
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Still Recruiting Volunteers
Welcome to Stephen, our newest recruit, a Bilborough Sixth Form College student who saw an advert for volunteers in his church newsletter. One of the founding team of Sharewear was a Bilborough Sixth Form College student, Matt Cooke, so it’s especially wonderful to welcome Stephen to the team. Whilst a string of productive meetings took […]
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From Bilborough Sixth Form College, With Love
An action packed day today saw some of the clothes delivered by students from Bilborough Sixth Form College going straight to this young man from overseas, here seeking help. Thanks so much to Karl from Estates for driving down this huge donation with students Olivier and Josh. Within an hour of your drop off some […]