Footwear Trade Belief helps these working in all elements of the footwear trade which are experiencing monetary hardship.
The organisation, established in 1836, provides grants to assist with important prices equivalent to home equipment, incapacity tools or important repairs for these working within the footwear trade for greater than 5 years.
FIT will likely be elevating cash via its longstanding partnership with Drapers Footwear Awards, which is going down on 26 June at Grosvenor Home, London.
Drapers needs to encourage companies within the sector, and past, to donate prizes for a raffle which is drawn on the night time of the awards. These serious about donating ought to contact Gabi O’Sullivan, secretary of FIT: gabi@footwearindustrytrust.org. The charity additionally accepts financial donations via its web site.
David Lockyer, chair of trustees, mentioned: “The Footwear Trade Belief (FIT), is likely one of the oldest commerce charities and has been serving to each present and former workers in all elements of the footwear commerce who’ve fallen on onerous occasions for 189 years.
“In current occasions we have now seen a big improve within the requests for our assist because the rising value of dwelling and withdrawal of presidency advantages has put rising stress on people who’ve very low incomes. Now we have been the Drapers charity associate on the Footwear Awards for a few years and are delighted that they permit us to carry a raffle on the occasion to boost funds for the charity.
“For the raffle to be a hit we’d like an ideal collection of prizes and something you are able to do to supply a prize could be a lot appreciated. As well as, donations from corporations and people are all the time properly obtained. All cash obtained from occasions and donations goes to our beneficiaries.”
