Volunteer Work

St Roccos - Sorting Centre

St Roccos Hospice is a charity specialising in end of life care. Their services are free of charge and so they rely upon donations and fundraising.

I volunteered at their sorting centre helping, where I sorted a wide range of donated items including clothing and homeware. Allocated items to relevant shops and eBay based on relevance and value. I also assisted with the general moving of stock around the sorting centre, and helped to save items from landfill by sending them to a textile waste recycler.

For more info about the charity, please visit www.stroccos.org.uk.

Knot Waste

Knot Waste started as a creative health hobby and as a means to help reduce clothes waste. I took my own old clothes or shopped pre-loved to customise and re-sell, with the goal of donating 50% of its profits to charity.

Knot Waste is now an Insta account sharing my iPhone photography documenting the mess ‘we’ are making with litter and what we’re doing to counteract it.

See the gallery here, or follow @knot_waste Insta.

Tech Manchester - Mentorship Programme

Tech Manchester provides specialised early-stage support for tech-focused startups, offering mentoring, PR, communication resources, and work spaces to foster growth.

I took part in their mentorship programme, to gain skills and guidance to help develop my freelance business. This also led to developing a newsletter for Green and Social Entrepreneurs: ‘Creative Inspo Trips’ to improve your career, wellbeing, or world around you. 

For more info about the mentorship, visit www.techmanchester.co.uk.