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Today marks the start of London Fashion Week and this year the spotlight is on second-hand fashion. For the past 25 years we've been on a mission to make second-hand the most normal choice over new. Now with 65% of the population wearing something second-hand, we want to make that 100%. Ahead of fashion week, we took to Portobello Market Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea with the Offtrend team SCREENSHOT Media to share our Closet Clear-out Challenge with the public and to find out why more people are choosing to wear second-hand. #Traid #ClosetClearOutChallenge #PickClickCollect #LondonFashionWeek #SecondhandSeptember Hemingway Design Jack Hemingway Lizzie Hughes (D’Arcy) Jenny Houghton

A big thank you to TheIndustry.fashion & TheIndustry.beauty, FashionUnited and Trend Hunter for featuring our Closet Clear-out Challenge. Read the full articles below to find out more. TheIndustry.fashion & TheIndustry.beauty by Tom Bottomley: https://lnkd.in/ekSwbYsm FashionUnited by Danielle Wightman-Stone: https://lnkd.in/gsPpvt8J Trend Hunter by Laura McQuarrie: https://lnkd.in/gU_W4YQP #Traid #ClosetClearOutChallenge #PickClickCollect #SecondhandSeptember Jenny Houghton

Last week we launched our biggest campaign to date; Traid's Closet Clear-out Challenge. We're on a mission to achieve 250,000 garment donations this September to help us to transform fashion for the better and fund our global projects to support garment workers, their families and communities, enabling a future of change.   Hear from our fantastic supporters including Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Sharon Horgan, Sabrina Grant, Jim and Nancy Moir, Patrick Grant, Erin O’Connor, Gilles Peterson, Michelle Dockery and Caryn Franklin about why they are donating and supporting our campaign this month.   From October, you’ll be able to see our campaign results come to life across all Traid stores, where our customers and community will be able find all the incredible items donated from our generous celebrity supporters and customers. With the potential for 250,000 quality garments available to purchase, there’s sure to be something for everyone!   Find out more about our campaign and hear from our celebrity supporters: https://lnkd.in/eKMSJySM   Let's transform fashion for the better, one wardrobe at a time!   #Traid #ClosetClearOutChallenge #PickClickCollect #SecondhandSeptember

At Traid we believe that your wardrobe has the power to change lives. That's why this September we're calling on YOU to join Traid's Closet Clear-out Challenge and help us to achieve our goal of generating 250,000 garment donations this month. Did you know every second, the equivalent of a rubbish truck of textiles is buried or burned and 30% of the UK’s unwanted clothes end up in landfill? That’s around one billion garments burned or buried each year = £140 million worth of clothes. That's why we're challenging the UK to clear out their closets and do good. We have also asked a host of well known faces including Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Sharon Horgan, Sabrina Grant, Jim and Nancy Moir, Patrick Grant, Erin O’Connor, Gilles Peterson, Michelle Dockery and Caryn Franklin to donate their clothes and help us spread the word. All donations help fund our global partner projects supporting garment workers, their families, and communities. Want to join the challenge? All you have to do is Pick - Click - Collect. Pick your clothes, click to donate, and let Traid collect. Let's transform fashion for the better, one wardrobe at a time! Find out more and donate: https://lnkd.in/erR8bJQs #Traid #ClosetClearOutChallenge #PickClickCollect #SecondhandSeptember Maria Chenoweth Sophie Calderbank Hemingway Design Jack Hemingway Lizzie Hughes (D’Arcy) Jenny Houghton Saijel Minnis

Do you love second-hand fashion and want to be part of the Traid team? We’re on the lookout for great Shop Managers who love people, the planet, and doing good through selling second-hand fashion.⁠ ⁠ Find out more and apply: www.traid.org.uk/jobs/⁠ ⁠ #TeamTraid #SecondhandSatisfaction

Our 2024 global projects 🌍️: Providing care for the children of garment workers⁠ ⁠ Since 2013, we have funded the incredible work of Nagorik Uddyog to establish two daycare centres and two drop-in centres for the children of garment working mothers in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Over a decade later, we are proud to continue supporting this vital work and this year we have committed £71,925 to continue the centres’ work of providing good quality care, education, rights support, food and health checks for 180 children. ⁠ ⁠ Earlier this year we sat down with Joyeeta Hossain, the Project Coordinator at Nagorik Uddyog, to find out more about the positive impact of this Traid funded project which to date has cared for over 2000 children. ⁠ Read more about this project: bit.ly/3yQ6aNI Read our full interview with Joyeeta: bit.ly/3xzJZdE 📸⁠ 1. Children inside one of Nagorik Uddyog's classrooms, holding their school bags. 2. Children outside the planetarium in Dhaka on an school trip. 3. A physical training lesson inside one of Nagorik Uddyog's care centres. #Traid #GoodWork

Do you love second-hand fashion and want to be part of the Traid team? We’re on the lookout for great Shop Managers who love people, the planet, and doing good through selling second-hand fashion. Find out more about our current vacancies: www.traid.org.uk/jobs/ ⁠ #TeamTraid #SecondhandSatisfaction

A massive thank you to everyone who came down to our Traid Camden Summer Late last night to celebrate our store’s new look 🎉 A special shout out goes to our drink partners Dalston's Soda Co. and JUBEL and to Next Door Records for spinning the tunes. We'd also like to thank the brilliant team at Hemingway Design for our shop's fit out and for bringing our new look to life! If you haven’t come to visit our Camden shop yet, come see us soon! 📍Traid Camden, 154 Camden High Street, NW1 0NE ⏰️Monday to Wednesday and Saturday, 11am – 7pm; Thursday and Friday 11am-8pm; and Sunday 12pm-6pm. 📽️ Isaac Whitfield #TraidCamden #SecondhandSatisfaction

Traid's latest newsletter it out. Read our interview with the Grambangla Unnayan Committee's Executive Director A.K.M. Maksud, register to attend our Traid Camden Summer Late, and find out where we're retailing up and down the UK with Charity Super.Mkt Read all about it: https://lnkd.in/e2Aumj26 #TraidNews #SecondhandSatisfaction

Our 2024 global projects 🌍️: Expanding Benin’s organic cotton sector⁠ ⁠ Since 2009 we have funded the incredible work of OBEPAB and PAN UK to establish Benin's organic cotton sector. Fifteen years later this project has grown to become one of the largest organic cotton projects in Africa. ⁠ ⁠ Together with our project partners we have empowered over 6,205 farmers to make the move to grow pesticide-free crops where over 4,475 farmers are certified organic cotton growers. We are excited to continue supporting this good work and this year we have committed £336,332 of funding improve the incomes, health and soil quality for thousands of organic cotton farmers in Benin to move towards an organic future 🌱⁠ ⁠ Find out more about this project: https://lnkd.in/edXttJvf ⁠ 📸⁠ 1: Alougba, an organic cotton farmer in Benin. Image courtesy of Cotton Diaries, photographed by Gbèmèho Elisé Fanou. ⁠ ⁠ 2: Pascal, grinding maize to create food spray, a natural way to keep crop pests under control. Image courtesy of Cotton Diaries, photographed by Gbèmèho Elisé Fanou.⁠ ⁠ 3:⁠ A farmers focus group in Benin. Image courtesy of Cotton Diaries. #Traid #GoodWork⁠ Pesticide Action Network UK