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  • A Whole New Wardrobe to Meet an Urgent Need

    2 pairs of jeans, 1 pair of shorts, 4 T-shirts, 2 long-sleeved shirts, 2 short-sleeved shirts, 2 jumpers, 1 hoodie, underwear, 2 pairs of trainers and a waterproof coat. Plus matching bedding, a single duvet, 2 pillows, 2 bath towels and 2 hand towels.  That was the contents of the emergency delivery we made today following […]

  • The Lord Mayor of Nottingham Brings Good News to Sharewear

    Today at Sharewear we received a visit from The Lord Mayor of Nottingham, Cllr Jackie Morris. Jackie had come to accompany Anna Chandler from Freeths Solicitors. Anna was representing the charity St Mary’s Relief in Need, who have granted £250 to our scheme. We would like to thank them for this very generous donation, which […]

  • South Nottingham Catholic Academy Trust Clothe the Naked in The Year of Mercy

    All the schools of the South Nottingham Catholic Academy Trust recently set themselves the challenge for their ‘Day of Mercy’ of every child bringing in an unwanted item of clothing from home.  This was to fulfil the work of mercy known as ‘clothe the naked’  in the Catholic Church. Today Tom Baptiste, Chaplain across all […]

  • Sharewear Gets Set for Promotional Events

    Today we got well and truly ready for a series of promotional events which are upcoming in the next few weeks by taking delivery of our new advert, leaflets and business cards. Now we are ready for business! Thanks to Chris Burrows for sorting it out.  

  • Nottingham Trent University Staff Donate Children’s Clothing

    Following our recent appeal for children’s clothing, the staff of Business, Law and Social Sciences at Nottingham Trent University responded to a call-out for donations from their colleague Claire Lane. Here are Claire and colleague Dean handing over the eighteen carrier bags which had been donated. These clothes will go directly to families in economic […]

  • Serving others on Good Friday

    Today at Sharewear, although not officially open, we clothed three Nottingham families in need. Since the start of 2016 we have now clothed 300 people in Nottingham, thanks to the wonderful generosity of our clothes donors. Our founding principle was, and will forever remain, the guide laid down in the Gospel, “I was naked and […]

  • Asian Women’s Project Becomes First Distribution Point for Sharewear Clothes in Berridge Ward

    What a productive day at Sharewear!! Well done team!! We clothed 11 people, including an unborn child who is due any day, and Mum got lots of baby bedding and other baby products. She arrived completely lacking what she needed for the birth and left on cloud nine, totally prepared!! One of the refugee families […]

  • Two Years of ‘Clothing the Naked’

    Sharewear is celebrating its second birthday this month! In March 2014 we opened to service users for the first time with just one rail and a few plastic boxes of clothes. Our logo to start with was this: Although, these days we have a new, more corporate logo and we have a website and social […]

  • Deliveries and Sale Preparations

    This week at Sharewear we clothed 10 people and prepared 20 packs for delivery next Friday. We also received large donations of clothes ready for us to distribute to venues in Berridge Ward in the coming weeks. This is at the request of the Berridge Ward councillors, who are helping us to reach even more […]