TRAID Textile recycling for Aid and International Development

Above. Wearing Poverty Out brings together the individual stories and collective impact of projects funded by TRAID.

Wearing Poverty Out

For every unwanted garment that TRAID collects for reuse and resale in the UK, we can make a positive change to someone's life, somewhere in the world. 

TRAID funding has advanced health, education, employment and opportunity for people living in some of the world's poorest communities. 

We are able to fund these remarkable projects by collecting unwanted clothing in the UK, and reselling them in our charity shops.  It's a method of fundraising with powerful environmental and social returns.  In the UK, textile reuse shrinks landfill, our carbon footprint and consumption.  In the developing world, it enables us to build the capacity of communities and individuals to lift themselves out of poverty. 

The more unwanted clothing TRAID collects in the UK, the more we can do.

Download Wearing Poverty Out and find out more about the life changing impacts of projects funded by TRAID.