Traid blog
20 / 09 / 21
Recycling Week 2021: Charity Retail Steps It Up
20 / 09 / 21
Since 1999, TRAID has kept clothes in use for longer. We tackle the problems caused by the fashion industry by working to end clothes waste, reduce production, normalise reuse and increase the market for second-hand - all while funding global projects to improve conditions in the supply chains making our clothes. In Recycling Week 2021, Maria Chenoweth, CEO at TRAID…
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04 / 06 / 21
Honour World Environment Day: Go Second-Hand
04 / 06 / 21
5th June marks World Environment Day, a global moment to focus the attention of businesses, investors, governments, communities, and individuals on the urgent need to restore the Earth’s eco-systems. TRAID’s contribution is to support the UK public to source more of their wardrobe second-hand and pass on clothes in our charity shops, while funding global projects that benefit the people and…
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23 / 06 / 20
Welcoming back our customers
23 / 06 / 20
TRAID charity shops have been closed since March when we went into lockdown and so, it was with some delight that we greeted the recent announcement that non-essential shops - including our charity shops - could reopen. Nevertheless, the reality of emerging from this state of suspended animation is trickier and less certain than it was going in to lockdown.…
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