Tag: The Hygiene Bank

smol launches Clean Clothes Can campaign for fifth year of partnership with The Hygiene Bank

Stuart Mitchell

smol has recently launched a new campaign in partnership with The Hygiene Bank to highlight the significant lack of access to clean clothes for those experiencing poverty in the UK, with people having to regularly re-wear dirty clothes and underwear due to not being able to afford to wash them- impacting mental wellbeing, physical health and ability to work.   smol’s research has found that a quarter (24%) of adults experiencing hygiene poverty (the inability to afford hygiene products that many of us take for granted) frequently struggle to afford to…

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smol partners with The Hygiene Bank to launch Suds in Schools initiative, to help combat hygiene poverty.

Stuart Mitchell

smol has partnered with The Hygiene Bank to launch an initiative that will see the challenger brand install mini laundrettes in schools across the UK so that families experiencing the effects of hygiene poverty can clean their children’s clothes free of charge.  With a target of brining Suds in Schools to 75 schools by the end of the 2023-2024 school year, smol has already installed 50 mini laundrettes alongside committing to providing them with ongoing free washing detergent to help keep their pupils in clean clothes, and are looking to…

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Air Partner expands drive for The Hygiene Bank following success in Doncaster

Stuart Mitchell

Over 14 million people in the UK live in poverty, equivalent to one fifth of the population. Long before people go to a food bank, they stop buying toiletries to make ends meet. Over National Hygiene Week individuals, communities and businesses were brought together to tackle hygiene poverty, aviation services group, Air Partner, will be expanding its donation points for The Hygiene Bank to its Gatwick and Bracknell offices to support more local communities. The Hygiene Bank is a grassroots charity that aims to alleviate hygiene poverty by providing access…

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Unilever, Boots and The Hygiene Bank join forces to help tackle hygiene poverty

Stuart Mitchell

More than one in five people in the UK are living in poverty1. That’s 22% of the population, a total of 14.5 million people2. For people and families living in poverty, basic hygiene items such as soap, toothpaste, and period products can become unattainable.   With a shared mission of tackling hygiene poverty, Unilever and Boots are joining forces with The Hygiene Bank for the second year of their Help Tackle Hygiene Poverty campaign, a collaboration which last year supported more than half a million people access hygiene essentials. You Buy.…

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Unilever, Boots and The Hygiene Bank tackle hygiene poverty

Stuart Mitchell

One in five people in the UK are held back by poverty, which means that many don’t have access to basic hygiene at home, such as soap, to keep clean and be well which is more important now than it has ever been. Unilever and Boots have come together to help raise awareness around hygiene poverty in the UK and offer product donations for those of us affected by poverty. They will work with The Hygiene Bank to do this, who have been a charity partner of Boots since February…

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