Bag 2 The Future

A resource for charities and fundraisers

The Bag 2 The Future fundraising scheme can be used to help Life Skills Education C.I.C. raise funds.  Working directly with us they can organise one off clothing collections or door to door campaigns.  Bag 2 The Future work by encouraging corporate supporters to host a clothes collection and can help by attending joint presentations to ensure maximum involvement in the campaign.

The Bag 2 The Future fund raising model can also be utilised by enterprises who organise community development programmes by recommending a clothes collection as one of the fundraising tips an individual can employ.  Bag 2 The Future can collect throughout the UK.  Their experience of the second hand clothes market ensures that we ensure good prices for the clothing you collect which means maximum financial return for minimum effort – plus it helps the environment too by reducing the amount of textiles going to landfill, so our appeal is: ” Don`t throw that funding away “.

Corporate Social Responsibility

When considering Corporate Responsibility as it applies to us on both a business and personal level; things we can do are much closer to home than many of us believe.  We can address these wider issues by disentangling ourselves from the global level back down to how we behave in our immediate environment – work colleagues, business infrastructure and the local community.

Bag 2 The Future believes that we can all make a huge difference by recycling and reinvesting in our communities and the environment to make a better future.

” Workplace champion ” , ” Communities Officer ” , ” Fundraising Team Co – ordinator ” – different titles but all with the same aim, to raise funds and channel business energies into support for local schemes and charities or national concerns.  In the majority of cases, the person with these titles are also working hard at their normal job as well,  that`s why Bag 2 The Future is a useful tool for your business – it`s easy to organise and we can work with you to help promote the scheme as well as supplying all the materials and logistics to make your clothing collection a fun and rewarding experience as well as raising vitally needed funds for Life Skills Education.

How much does it cost to set up a collection?

Absolutely nothing. We provide all the personalised donation bags FREE of charge.

How much do Bag 2 The Future pay Life Skills Education?

The current price is £500 per tonne, or 50 pence per kilo.

How often can we do a collection?

Most organisations benefit from a summer and winter collection, but in larger organisations we find once every three months produces the best results. Once your supporters get used to the idea, they will “save” for the collections.

We are a very small organisation, how can we do a collection?

Smaller groups usually involve the whole village and generate excellent collections as the whole community gets involved. The scheme works for all bonafide organisations.

We have limited storage, so how will it work for us?

When you book a collection you will be offered a time and a date and we guarantee to collect on that day, therefore no storage problem.

What is the difference between Reuse, Recycle and Reduce?

The majority of our clothing is Reuse, i.e.; someone will buy the clothing to wear.  Recycle is where the clothing would be shredded to the raw material and made into new products such as mattress fillings, and Reduce is where less materials and energy is used to make the product.

Which areas do you cover?

All of the UK – when you make a booking with a Bag 2 The Future co-ordinator they will schedule the nearest collector to your organisation.

What can I put in the donation bag?

Adult`s and Children`s Clothing, Bedding, Curtains, Soft toys, Shoes ( tied together please ), Belts and Handbags ( NO BRIC-A-BRAC PLEASE ).