Proud pioneers of second-hand clothing on a mission to change fashion for the better. This account is no longer active.
London, UK
Joined January 2009
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Make your unworn clothes do good.
Your wardrobe has the power to change lives. This September we're calling on YOU to join Traid's Closet Clear-out Challenge to help us achieve 250k garment donations. Let's change fashion for the better, one wardrobe at a time. Find out more 👉️ bit.ly/4dO1gjk
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Yesterday we were back in #Blackburn filming with @paddygrant for @TRAID, London's leading fashion charity for a special campaign taking place throughout September!
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Are we your favourite charity shop? 🛍️ Nominate us for 'The UK’s Favourite Charity Shop Award' by the @CharityRetail Association! Get your vote in before midnight on Monday 15th July by filling out the form👉️bit.ly/4eJ8V3s
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Learn how to mend your clothes at our upcoming Repair Café with @harrow_council🧵Bring along your garments that are in need of repair & our expert menders will teach you how to mend them.
🗓️Saturday 6th April
📍Victoria Hall, HA1 6QT
⏰11am-2pm
Register: bit.ly/4aCMD0w
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Join us this Saturday at our upcoming Repair Café with @Hillingdon & learn a new sewing skill 🧵Bring along your garments that are in need of repair & our expert menders will teach you how to mend them.
📍The Great Barn, HA4 7SU
⏰️10am-2pm
🎟️ bit.ly/4cuNrGy
Traid retweeted
“Charity retail is in a state of flux,” says @mariachenoweth the chief executive of sustainable clothing charity @TRAID. “Are we the alternatives to sustainable fashion? Are we fundraisers?
bigissue.com/news/environmen…
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Join @TRAID in commemorating 10 years since the Rana Plaza disaster and help raise funds for the Bangladesh Centre for Workers' Solidarity by shopping ow.ly/vs3v50NysRB
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Joining us at @CharityMkt in @OracleReading is...
@age_uk @The_Blue_Cross @CatsProtection @CharityDEBRA @HavensHospices @HelenAndDouglas @mariecurieuk @ShawTrust @Shelter @Sue_Ryder @thameshospice @TRAID
Volunteer with them👇
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🗓️ 24 Mar - 30 Apr
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👉 Celebrate @CircularLondon Repair Week
😍 FIX your
🚲bike with @CycleConfident
🧵clothes with @TRAID
⚡️electrical items with @HackneyFixers - book your free repair bit.ly/3jQ29RM
😍 DONATE items you don’t need and take items you do
hackney.gov.uk/reduce-reuse-…
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Inspiring talk from Sophie Calderbank, Head of Comms @TRAID on sustainable fashion & clothes production and the work Traid do across the globe to support education and workers rights, particularly for women. #secondhandfirst ♻️🙏
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We're collaborating with Traid and collecting unneeded clothes and electronics, passing them on to people who need them, or recycling them if they're beyond repair ♻️
📅 Sat, 25 February
🕐 10am – 11:30am Heston Farm Estate Comm. Hall
🕐 11:30am – 1pm 136 – 143 Harlech Gardens
Traid retweeted
🛍️🛍️ We absolutely LOVED heading down to the UK's first charity supermarket (@CharityMkt) to find out how it's supporting multiple charities.
The month-long pop-up is in @brentcross_sc.
We had a chat to @mariachenoweth, CEO of @TRAID to find out more about it.
Have a peek ⤵️
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Join us for @CharityMkt launch party🎉
Shop 2nd hand fashion, enjoy drinks & live DJs, all whilst supporting incredible charities.
Make a clothing donation on the door.
No donation, no entry!
Grab your FREE ticket👇 eventbrite.co.uk/e/charity-s…
🗓️26 Jan
⏰6-9pm
📍@brentcross_sc
Traid retweeted
😍 Come and join us at Sustainability Day today!
👚🚲👩🏾🔧🧵 We're at Hackney Town Hall and Hackney Service Centre until 3pm, with face painting, bike repairs, preloved clothes, £1 reclaimed paint, furniture upcycling, recipe demos, fruit decorating and much more!
ALT A man repairing a household item for Hackney Fixers
ALT £1 reclaimed paint tins from Forest Recycling Project
ALT Preloved clothes from Traid!
ALT Free hot drinks with a refillable cup
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We have partnered with @TRAID to offer a free home collection scheme, which you can use to donate clothes, shoes, or accessories.
This service is open to all Bexley households, including flats, and allows you to book a collection on a day that suits you.
➡️bexley.gov.uk/news/recycle-y…
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West London residents can get their textiles & small electricals collected through @TRAID home collection service. To book a free collection visit traid.org.uk/wlwa/
❌ We've noticed some bins have been contaminated with textiles recently. If you're throwing away unwanted clothes, bag it up in a clear plastic bag and put it on top of your refuse bins on your bin day for our recycling collection. Or donate it to @TRAID orlo.uk/pBYMB
ALT pile of clothes, hangers
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The window displays are great. Francesco is a star. Latest creation in Kilburn.
ALT Picture of traid window display.
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We've noticed some bins have been contaminated with textiles recently. If you're throwing away unwanted textiles, bag it up in a clear plastic bag and put it on top of your refuse bins on your bin day for our recycling collection. Or donate it to @TRAID orlo.uk/3dgxC
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Help us fight textile waste by donating the clothes you no longer wear. Use the @TRAID collection service to get your clothing collected for free. You can also include a bag of small electricals for recycling alongside your main textile donation
Book now: bit.ly/bookfreecollection
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Yesterday I called for the implementation of a fashion watchdog.
Introducing this will create a better foundation for good working conditions . I will be working on the development of this with several other MPs. Thank you to @traidcraftexch for their support in raising this.