How the story began...
ApparelXchange CIC was established in 2018 by our Founding Director Izzie Eriksen, a mother of two, who was experiencing first hand the huge volume of clothing waste generated just from school uniform.
This inspired her to set up ApparelXchange, which combines sharing knowledge and enabling people to take responsibility and action for the clothing they use.
The vision is to create a sustainable clothing system for young people, integrated in every community.
Social Enterprise with a mission
Our mission is to reduce the impact of clothing on our planet by providing sustainable clothing services and influencing consumer behaviour through knowledge and empowerment.
We hope to disrupt traditional retail formats by showing that preloved items can benefit both the planet and your pocket, and that sustainable fashion should be an option for everyone.
How we work
We use unwanted clothing and footwear donations as a value resource. Nothing should go to waste.
Donations are quality checked, cleaned and prepared for resale on our bricks and mortar shop and our online store.
Families can then shop secondhand with us & receive free clothing from us when times are challenging.
Schools can get support from us, share education opportunities with us and grow greener alongside us.
Social Mission
As part of our social mission, we create employment opportunities, support families in need by providing clothing packages and work strategically to influence the clothing sector’s inequalities in the UK.
We are a real living wage employer, provide long term unemployed opportunities and support personal skills development through our volunteering programme.
Out clothing & footwear package service is subsided using public and private funding along with our own resources to cover the costs of these preparing and distributing the packages.
We also aim to educate and influence policy makers and
consumers about consumerism and socio-economic challenges linked to the fashion industry, empowering everyone to make a difference.
OUR TEAM
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SAM WALKER
Warehouse Assistant
warehouse@apparelxchange.co.uk
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JEN KERR
Director
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CLAIRE JOLLY
Volunteer Coordinator
volunteer@apparelxchange.co.uk
