Exclusively exhibitors are invited to donate products at the end of the show to In Kind Direct, helping communities all around the UK. Already supported by many housewares suppliers and retailers, In Kind Direct believes that everyone deserves access to life’s essentials and that no usable product should go to waste.
Much needed housewares donations will help charities, community groups, foodbanks and schools across the UK who need essential products to support a wide range of social issues. Zinc Arts, one of the charities supported by In Kind Direct, reports: “The items that we order from In Kind Direct are for those in our temporary accommodation, being homeless and with little or no income. The high-quality items are both useful every day, as well as boosting confidence and self-esteem.”
Forest View Primary School has also accessed cookware through In Kind Direct and explained: “The products have been a fantastic help to us. We use them for our pupil cookery sessions, and they have enabled the children to be able to access and complete the cookery elements of the school’s curriculum.”
Addressing housewares companies, Eva Leaner from In Kind Direct’s Corporate Partnerships team states: “In Kind Direct ensures your products support a huge variety of causes, in turn making a positive impact on thousands of people’s lives. If you want to discuss one off donation or ongoing partnership opportunities, please contact us at donations@inkinddirect.org and, of course, please bring along some products at the end of Exclusively.”
Donations will be collected and delivered with the help of Progressive Housewares magazine, HousewaresNews.net and AMPM Transportation.
* Donors: please bring a product to the mezzanine steps at Exclusively on August 25, Wednesday morning at 8.45am for a photo with In Kind Direct and Progressive Housewares Please bring product donations at the end of the show on Wednesday – an announcement during the show will confirm which room.
Top: Exhibitors supported In Kind Direct in 2019. This year’s photoshoot takes place at 8.45am on Wednesday August 25 – again, on the mezzanine steps at Exclusively.
