vgrant

I would say the nascent boom in popups have to more to about gentrification, distoprtion of the retail market stock and the electronic commodification of experience and discovery.Sure the food is good though.

jesus christ. Dont you poltroons realise that street art ceased being quirky/edgy decades ago ? FFS, even the dulwich estate simperinmg lackeys have done this

Clothes for causes Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hello all > As the director of Clothes for Causes I want to > apologise firstly for not responding sooner. > Feedback is very important to us as is the general > public knowing what we are trying to achieve. I > hope I can answer some very important points here. > There are lessons to be learnt from our > perspective and believing in total transparency I > will start from the beginning. > I have personally invested a large sum of an > inheritance into a new venture I have extensive > experience with but most importantly am hugely > passionate about. > Clothes for causes was born from frustration, > collectively myself and the board of trustees also > with current experience within the charity sector > have a vision and mission to pioneer something we > think is special, unique and not being done within > the charity sector currently. > We currently have three shops with plans for > further openings this year, each of our shops are > and will be registered in their own entities as > ltd within companies house in order to safeguard > Clothes for Causes. This is normal practise. > We as a 100% non profit charity are also 100% > volunteer led from directorship to the volunteers > running shops. We are in the process of applying > for charity registration with the Charity > Commission, once this process is completed as > there are many factors involved we shall as any > charity be able to display the number. > I am very proud of our team for what we have > achieved in such a short time 3 shops in as many > months, each shop within a budget of 5k using > local trades and materials. > Our experience has enabled us to call on many > links equally excited about our plans that have > supported us with some incredible donations to > start this venture, more importantly the support > from the local communities in which we trade has > been enormously positive and generous and well > received. > What we are trying to achieve is ambitious and not > easy, we want to be innovative and raise as much > funds to support our local communities which we > believe are forgotten. We want and are > collaborating with the local authorities in the > boroughs in which we reside to identify local > causes wether they be charity based or individual > that really need our help with no other means of > support as long as they fall in line with our > articles and directives to help with the relief of > poverty and welfare. The funds we distribute after > operating costs must not be for governance, admin > but have real tangible results. We believe working > in partnership with the local authority's is a > more professional and authentic way to distribute > funds. We also want to build a network of skilled > trades wanting to donate a little time to offer > their services in a voluntary capacity to our > local communities which is the heart of what we > aim to achieve. > As a 100% non profit charity not business, we are > totally reliant on donated clothing, we do not buy > clothing. We do however buy in some new goods not > clothing this is no different to the major high > street charities who buy in new goods to sell. It > is part of an offer we believe is part of our > niche of not your average charity shopping > experience and in line with the charity commission > regulations. We sell these goods at a much lower > mark up than others. As part of our community > vision we have a discount shop in Eltham which > means we don't recycle clothing to the rag trade > but further support our community by selling > through in this format. > Our website is under construction and we are > working to get this ready very soon where there > will be a wealth of information and links to > partnerships. > Volunteers and donations are the life blood of our > charity, we know there are training issues, each > volunteer is inducted fully but obviously we have > work to do. Trying to explain our vision is > complicated as someone mentioned earlier it would > be easy to pluck a popular cause and back but that > is not what we are trying to do. > I am very encouraged and humbled by the enthusiasm > from the general public that want to get on board > and have offered their services, even a local > lawyer in East Dulwich has expressed an interest > to join the board which is just fantastic and I > look forward to this coming to fruition. > There are of course many things for us still to > do, wether it be finishing details within the > shops to printing materials detailing our vision > and further information. > I welcome any feedback as we are constantly > learning, as we grow we hope to get it right, our > foremost thoughts are to raise as much money as we > can to be the change we want to see. > I am available most days at the East Dulwich > branch and can be contacted on 07447014694 at any > time to answer any questions. > Kind regards. > Veronique Most of this is filler and does not answer any of the questions raised here

Savile

Seeing as we all now support plucky little israel on the boards, why not use their example as our inspiration - encircle the whole of Dulwich Village with a big concrete wall to keep the riff raff out and the gentlefolk safe.

weak

Remember that the first option you are given is not a fait accompli. Places come up at Kingsdale right through the summer and into the first time. I know of a couple of ED children who changed school at October half-term and Chirstmas and have settled into the school really well. Pastorially it is brilliant. if it is Kingsdale you want, just go for it and keep pestering that waiting list until you get in. It will happen.

I would argue that this may have a veneer of femininism, but the Nordic model is driven by a number of factors - an immensely conservative inward looking deferential society(forget about Swedish liberalism - this is a myth) & base xenophobia at its root are major constituent parts.I would go as far to say that this is a class issue above all. Anecdotal evidence- and I hate to use anecdocal but its hard to wade through the propaganda that back up the Nordic model ,suggests that though the offical numbers of users of sexual services etc are down as a result of these laws, it has driven the trade back into the underground. Johns are more jittery, Women in the trade have less protection, risk taking is more prevalent than ever. I am not taking any kind of stance of the feminism debate here BTW, that a seperate debate

Where are the rest of the reactionary sock puppets to back Steveo up when he needs them ? poor show

so how long can this continute with an attrition ratio of 30:1 ? We are gonna run of Palestinians soon.

I know you are a happy shopper troll learning the ropes, but come the glorious day, you will be one of the first against the wall.You are on my list.

cordsm Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Personally, I find the Swedish policy very hard to > argue with....although understand both p.o.v. > > "In Sweden, it is understood that any society that > claims to defend principles of legal, political, > economic, > and social equality for women and girls must > reject the idea that women and children, > mostly girls, are commodities that can be bought, > sold, and sexually exploited by men. To > do otherwise is to allow that a separate class of > female human beings, especially women > and girls who are economically and racially > marginalized, is excluded from these > measures" The Nordic Model is not what it seems

savile

fuck off

Savile

lh20202 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > We do a lot of beer research too - got a couple > more projects in this area coming up so do watch > this space. And just to say, we always provide > alcoholic drinks for participants in every group, > whatever the subject matter... ! People find the > sessions fun, we get a lot of great insight and > clients are usually very happy. As you say - > everyone's a winner. Beer doesnt have any societal collateral impact does it ? How about a sarin gas group session for the Syrian government - should be loltastic.

lh20202 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > @vgrant: does your taking time out of your day to > harass people on a thread that has no relevance to > you make a difference to the world? Our respondent > fees make a difference to the people taking part > and I get my job done - everyone is happy. > The corporates you pimp for create the malaise of insecurity and self doubt which is cultivated to sell more products we dont need. Well done, you get your salary.

Tiger, the Danish chain store in the unerringly grim Lewisham centre sells them

duplicitous behavior, morally bankrupt, akin to stealing from the the charity chops that do exist in the area.

How do these people look themselves in the mirror each morning knowing they are using the charity tag to run a business? Disgusting and vile practice.Support the real charity shops in ED (Just dont breastfeed in them)

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is this focus group for skincare likely to make any difference to the world or is is just a means to carefully target more shite we dont need by exploiting peoples insecurities, doubts and fears ?

more please

keep digging

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