Double the Warmth: Sponsor an Outfit

Hi everyone, We wanted to send a huge thank you again for supporting Community Closet earlier this year. Because of your support, Community Closet continued delivering free, choice-based clothing events into homeless services and community organisations across Dublin throughout the first half of 2026. We’re currently pulling together the final impact report for the January–May round and we’re really excited to share it with you next month. Even from the first few months alone, the impact has been incredible: 🧥 2,686 clothing items redistributed (Jan - April 2026) ♻️ 1,343kg of textiles kept in local reuse 🤝 8 partner organisations supported across Dublin Most importantly, thousands of items of good clothing reached people who genuinely needed them, through dignified, shop-style clothing events. We’re delighted to share that we’ve now secured a service contract to continue running monthly Community Closet events through to the end of 2026. However, the contract only covers the events themselves - not the system behind them. That means we still need funding for: collecting donations sorting and quality checking clothing storage and stock organisation preparing clothing rails transporting clothing across Dublin maintaining the weekly flow of clothing between donors and partner services So we’ve launched a new crowdfunding campaign to help sustain Community Closet from June–December 2026. We’re trying to find 500 people willing to give a tenner. So far, 135 people have already backed the campaign, which honestly means the world to us. If you’d like to support the next phase of Community Closet, share the campaign, or help spread the word, we’d be hugely grateful. Here's the link: https://www.spacehive.com/keeping-clothes-in-use Thank you again for helping make this project possible. Mary + the Change Clothes team

Hi friends, We hope you're keeping well this weather. Before Christmas you kindly donated to our Community Closet programme - so we're getting in touch with a quick update to let you know how we're getting on. Since January, we've worked with 5 of our partners, including Mendicity, Focus Ireland & MASI. In doing so, we've redistributed about 832 items of quality clothing to people in need. A particular highlight this month was our hand me down event at Focus Ireland Georges Street this month. This event was held for families living in temporary accommodation through Focus Ireland where they could access free clothing for their children. It was a huge success and an initiative that brought a lot of joy to these families. Currently, we're linking with new partners and planning to expand the programme to include a washing service. We are also extending the programme to include in-person pop-up experiences where adults experiencing homelessness can take items for free. This will continue to allow dignity to people by allowing them to choose clothing that suits them. We'll send another update soon, but for now, thanks so much for your support. Team Change Clothes.