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Dressability was thrilled to have a visit by HRH The Princess Royal at their premises in Swindon yesterday, in celebration of Dressability’s 25th Year Anniversary.
Staff, volunteers, Trustees and clients of Dressability were honoured to welcome HRH, The Princess Royal greeted by the Lord -Lieutenant of Wiltshire, Mrs Sarah Troughton and saluted by a Lord Lieutenant Cadet, Cpl. Theo Adamczuk (Army ACF).

Dressability also welcomed VIP guests, Cllr Barbara Parry, The Mayor of Swindon; Cllr Jim Robbins, The Leader of Swindon Borough Council; Catherine Roper, Chief Constable/Wiltshire Police; Roger Jefcoate CBE DL, Roger and Jean Jefcoate Trust; Mr Nigel Lugg, Chair UKFT (UK Fashion and Textile Association).

Dressability would also like to thank Rachel Weeks, Lieutenancy Officer and Paul Mountford, Lieutenancy Officer for all your help and advice prior to the visit.

Can we help your charity?

As part of Dressability’s ongoing community services, we de-brand new, unworn clothing that would normally be going to waste.  

The clothing is kindly sent to us as donations from a variety of businesses who have imperfect items, or from retail manufacturers who have unsold end of season clothing or sample clothing.  Most are very happy to find a good use for these items. 

We are always delighted to take delivery of such items, as not only is it recycling to help with sustainability but offers much needed warm clothing for individuals.  We distribute these items, de-branded, to a variety of charities who offer the de-branded garments to homeless, refugees and others in need of clothing.

If you are a charity who would have a need for such items of clothing, please do get in touch as we’d love to help.  Call Sharon Tombs for further information.

At Dressability we are always on the look-out for fabric, haberdashery and unused zips and buttons .  If you or someone you know have anything they wish donate we would love to hear from you.  Anything our dressmakers cant use will be taken to our next de-stash sale on February 10^th to raise funds for our work.

Dressability are very adept at producing beautiful, colourful drain bags to patients needing a drain post op. The bespoke drain bag holders they create provide a safe, secure and discrete place to store drains, allowing individuals to have peace of mind to leave the house and carry out day to day activities.

Sian (as pictured) was delighted to drop the bags off at Great Western Hospital Breast Clinic. They were received by happy staff members who were thrilled by their efforts. Dressability work on many projects within the community and can only do so by raising funds and receiving generous donations which enables them to help those who need their services.

Thank you for all your support throughout 2023. Wishing you all a very Happy Christmas and looking forward to your continued support in 2024.

We will be closing at 3pm on Wednesday 20th December and re-opening at 9am on Thursday 4th Jan 2024.

For the past few months some of our volunteers have been making drain bags for our local breast care unit at GWH.  These have all been hand made in colourful designs to carry drain bottles following surgery.  We are so proud to continue to provide these to GW Hospital which we hope makes a little difference for individuals receiving treatment.