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Fashion brand puts clothes bank in pole position

CLOTHING brand Hera, whose styles have attracted the attention of celebrities including Lewis Hamilton (right), Hailey Bieber and Brooklyn Beckham, is teaming up with the Salvation Army Trading Company (SATCoL) to create an online clothing bank.

Hera customers in the UK can add a Salvation Army donation bag to their order as they check out. They then fill the bag with unwanted clothes, shoes and accessories and deliver them to their local drop-off point. SATCoL will process the clothes, and any profits generated will go to the church and charity.

The clothing bank is part of SATCoL’s existing Take Back scheme, which enables UK customers to send their preloved clothes to charity by post to be recycled.

Flood support provided by Salvation Army

A SALVATION Army centre in Hastings provided drinks, snacks, meals and a warm place to rest for firefighters, council workers and utilities representatives who were co-ordinating their response to flooding in the town.

The Hastings Citadel centre also supported residents after basement flats nearby were flooded and a number of other homes lost power, helping one woman to heat up her food and giving her flasks of hot water.