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Making a Difference
by 55 North
Nisa retailers raise over £5,700 for charity via clothing banks
Any warm clothes donated are currently being sent directly toUkraine and Poland to support refugees and others in need due to the conflict.
Nisa retailers have raised thousands of pounds for good causes through Making a Difference Locally (MADL) clothing banks.
Since their launch to Nisa partners last May, the clothing banks have raised more than £5,700 for local causes, with 42 units currently situated outside Nisa stores.
The clothing banks enable Nisa partners to accumulate additional money into their MADL fund, in turn enabling them to provide further support to their local communities, while helping to reduce the environmental impact of unwanted clothing and textiles.
MADL clothing banks are available free of charge to Nisa retailers, in partnership with Nathan’s Waste Savers, and every donation is either sold, reused, or recycled.
The banks require no maintenance from retailers as they are installed, serviced, and emptied regularly free of charge. Once clothing banks have been weighed and emptied, funds raised are banked into the store’s MADL account and donated to a local good cause of the store’s choosing.
In addition, any warm clothes donated are currently being sent directly to Ukraine and Poland to support refugees and others in need due to the conflict.
Somerset-based retailer Gwilliams of Edington has had MADL clothing banks sited in its customer car park since June, which have raised almost £850 for local causes to date.
Store manager, Jo Hellier, said: “The MADL clothing banks have gone down really well since we introduced them, so much so that we now have three of them and they can raise up to around £140 in a month as they’re so popular with the locals.”
Kate Carroll, Nisa’s Head of Charity, added: “It’s great to see preloved textiles being given a new lease of life and making a difference for good causes rather than ending up in landfill, and wonderful to see so many Nisa partners and their customers getting behind the initiative.”
