Working in the aftermath of the 2015 earthquake in Nepal
Our orphanage in India and training dalit women to sew 
Reducing children becoming involved in the drugs and sex worker trade in Mauritius
Working with the Masai in Tanzania and the infamous Bra project 
Our work with cleft lip and palate children in Sumatra 

The photos show blue skies and smiling faces but may not will not show the total hard work and dedication to achieve this and the other such journeys.

60 Postcards: Some people scatter ashes.               She scattered words.

On 11 February 2012 Rachael Chadwick lost her Mother to cancer, just sixteen days after first being diagnosed, and her world shattered right in front of her. Utterly fed up of the milestones and reminders, in December of that year she decided she would do something different and created a project based around her Mum's approaching 60th Birthday. Desperate to spread the word about the wonderful person she had lost, Rachael had the brainwave of leaving notes around a city in her memory. Deciding she would take it a step further she wondered what would happen if she could ask people to respond to her? Full of hope and energy she hand-wrote sixty postcards, each with her email address at the bottom asking the finder to get in touch. But one question remained, where should she go? 

Knowing how much she longed to visit Paris, the last gift that Rachael's mum had given her was Eurostar vouchers, and so it seemed fitting that this would be her chosen city. So off she went with a group of friends to celebrate, discover, and to scatter her memories. Filling their time in Paris with sight-seeing, food and drink, laughter, and of course postcards. 

When Rachael returned to her London home, she desperately tried to switch off, switch off from the wondering (and hoping) whether she might actually hear from a postcard finder. And then, they started flowing in…

Why Clothes Swap ?

In the face of throwaway fashion clothes swapping is one of the most environmentally friendly ways to reduce waste, contribute less to the increasing accumulation of toxic chemicals in the environment and upgrade your wardrobe without spending a penny!

As you’re not spending any money on the clothes there’s less pressure to play it safe. At clothes swaps, people often find themselves trying clothes they wouldn’t usually consider, and end up totally rocking them.

Nearly a third of the clothes in the average UK wardrobe haven’t been worn in over a year – what a huge amount! Clothes swaps are the perfect way to refresh your wardrobe whilst also decluttering it too. When swapping you give away the things you don’t want and gain the things you do, while not increasing the number of garments in your wardrobe – how amazing is that?! It can be stressful with a cluttered house and wardrobe so why not give it a try and de stress yourself and de clutter your home and clothing to help keep your wardrobe fresh whilst saving the environment.

Please bring along any clean and unwanted ladies clothing, hats, scarves bags and belts to add to the rails and let's share some fun and grab a new outfit.

I would also like to ask if a small donation for any swap would be ok ? the money raised would be passed on to Hope for Food charity who do an amazing job on clothing and feeding homeless men and women in Bournemouth. www.hopeforfood.org.uk