St Andrew's- a previous recipient group picture
2024-2025
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Islington
Textiles

St Andrew's are a parish church in the heart of Islington, they serve the community through worship and community-inspired events. 

St Andrew's Church have a well establish weekly clothing swap event partnering with various local and national charities. The group's target community are those residing in hostels, children in need and homeless individuals. The funding was used for equipment and promotional materials to support the events.

With the funding St Andrew's were able to:

  • Redistribute 6kg of clothes to local charities each month 
  • Accept 40 kgs of donated clothing weekly
  • Facilitate 5 kg of clothing swapped each week
  • Welcome 25 adults and 6 children (on average) per week
  • Train and work with 5 core volunteer staff members

For more information visit their website.