Clothes Aid are encouraging householders across Scotland to give away their unwanted clothes or shoes in order to help children in danger or distress. Collection bags will be delivered to householders across the country in order to raise funds for the NSPCC’s ChildLine service in Scotland.
NSPCC Scotland fundraising manager
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Clothes Aid, the UK’s largest commercial clothing collector on behalf of charities, is looking to partner schools across London and Scotland to raise funds as it launches its schools campaign to collect the nation’s unwanted clothes, starting this month.
Clothes Aid is offering schools the choice between raising funds for
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Press statement
Wednesday 15 February 2012
Make-A-Wish urges the public to avoid the rising ‘cash for clothes’ market
In response to the report yesterday morning on BBC Breakfast detailing how more and more people are choosing to sell bags of unwanted clothes instead of donating them to charity,
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January 2012: A huge thank you goes to the Iglesia Ni Cristo congregations at Battersea Arts Centre, London, and Granfers Community Centre, Sutton, Surrey, on Sunday 29th January for collecting over 200 bags of clothes which will go as a donation to the NSPCC.
An INC GIVING representative said: "It was a real buzz of
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Clothes Aid would like to report that a three-year custodial sentence has been handed out for charity bag theft in the case of Arnas Gasuinas, who was sentenced on four counts of handling stolen goods at Basildon Crown Court, Essex, on 23 December 2011.
The original arrests were made in Rainham, Essex, in October 2010 where
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January 2012: A huge thank you goes to the Iglesia Ni Cristo congregations at Battersea Arts Centre, London, and Granfers Community Centre, Sutton, Surrey, on Sunday 29th January for collecting over 200 bags of clothes which will go as a donation to the NSPCC.
An INC GIVING representative said: "It was a real buzz of excitement for everyone and all the teams managed to organise all the donated bags and items. It was a great event for both locations, thoroughly enjoyed by everyone!"
The Iglesia Ni Cristo, or INC as it is more often known, is an international religion that was re-established in the Philippines in the early part of last century. They have always worked with communities and with environmental projects (their initiatives are called “INC GIVING”) and so, as a first community project for 2012, the INC decided to set up the main INC GIVING event at Battersea Arts Centre supported by members of the INC from Sutton at the Granfers Community Centre, Sutton.
Entitled “Declutter & Do Good”, the events were a way for people to start the year afresh by going through their wardrobes and giving away clothes that they no longer need. The benefits to the environment are that clothes aren’t thrown away to landfill and the clothes are given a second life. The proceeds of the sale of the clothes goes directly back to the charity – in this case, the NSPCC.
“We chose the NSPCC as it is such a worthwhile cause and we really wanted our church members to get involved,” said the INC GIVING representative. “We hope through the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church of Christ) 'INC GIVING' activity, we have helped support the NSPCC to make a different to children’s lives.” Clothes were collected from 6.15pm-7pm on Sunday 29th January at the Granfers Community Centre, Sutton, and from 5pm-7pm at Battersea Arts Centre.
Thank you also to Shelley Holmes of Clothes Aid who went to the Battersea Arts Centre on the evening so that she could answer questions about how clothes collected via Clothes Aid go to help the NSPCC.
If you want tips on organising a clothes collection through Clothes Aid, please ring us on 08450 722 780 or visit the website at http://www.clothesaid.co.uk
For Clothes Aid background, please contact Jo Moulds, Press & PR Officer, on 020 7288 8538, 07968 801467 or email jmoulds@clothesaid.co.uk.
For more background about Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC), visit http://www.incmedia.org.
NOTES TO EDITORS:
• Clothes Aid was started in 1996 and is the largest commercial clothing collection company in the UK. It is a social business meaning that profits are sent to the charity partners it works with or are reinvested in the business for further growth
• Clothes Aid is a fully-licensed fundraiser compliant with all UK Charity Commission regulations concerning the collection and sale of used clothing
• On average, Clothes Aid raises over £1 million for its charity partners each year. Current charity partners are: the NSPCC; Make-A-Wish Foundation UK; Battersea Dogs & Cats Home; the Children’s Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS); Leeds Children’s Hospital and the Yorkshire Cancer Centre, Leeds; Noah’s Ark Appeal, Cardiff; Papworth Hospital Charity, Cambridge, and Zoe’s Place, Coventry, Liverpool and Middlesborough
• Clothes Aid also collects from schools and businesses. For more information, visit http://clothesaid.co.uk/specialcollections/
• Clothes Aid works very closely with police from various authorities, other legitimate clothing collection companies and partner charities to crack down on bogus collectors and sits on the City of London Police’s resource desk
• Look for the “Give with Confidence‟ tick of approval from the Fundraising Standards Board (FRSB) on leaflets and bags. Reputable clothing collection businesses and genuine charities are likely to be members of the Fundraising Standards Board, an independent self-regulatory body for UK fundraising, backed by the Office for Civil Society, The Scottish Government and the Welsh Assembly Government. The FRSB tick is now seen by the public 50 million times a year. It is the stamp of reassurance for members of the public thinking of donating to charity
About the NSPCC
The NSPCC is the UK’s leading children’s charity specialising in child protection. Our vision is to end cruelty to children in the UK and we make a difference for all children by standing up for their rights, listening to them, helping them when they need us and by making them safe. The NSPCC runs projects and services across the United Kingdom and Channel Islands, including ChildLine, the UK’s free, confidential 24-hour helpline for children and young people and the NSPCC Helpline for adults concerned about the safety of a child.
For more information about the NSPCC, visit http://www.nspcc.org.uk
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