A huge consignment of clothing has recently arrived at Dressability, with our fantastic volunteers taking on the task of carefully removing embroidered company logos so the garments can be put to good use again.
The clothing was generously donated by Osnic Embroidery & Printing, a family-run business established in 1991 specialising in embroidered and printed workwear, teamwear and promotional clothing.
Rather than allowing perfectly good garments to go to waste when they can no longer be used for their original purpose, the team at Dressability is carefully de-branding each item by removing the embroidered logos.
It is a time-consuming process, particularly when removing embroidery without damaging the garment underneath, but the end result means coats, fleeces and other items can be given a new lease of life.
Once de-branded, suitable clothing can be passed on for reuse within the community, helping people who need it while also reducing the amount of usable clothing that might otherwise be discarded.
The project is a great example of how the skills of our team and volunteers can be used not only to support our local community, but also to make a positive environmental difference through reuse.
The scale of this latest donation has certainly kept everyone busy, and we are incredibly grateful to our volunteers for giving their time to work through such a large quantity of clothing.
A huge thank you goes to everyone at Osnic Embroidery & Printing for thinking of Dressability and for their incredibly generous donation.
With plenty more garments still to work through, our volunteers will be kept busy for some time yet, but every item successfully de-branded is another perfectly good piece of clothing with the opportunity to be used again.
