Smalls for All

Please send donations to Five Sisters Business Park or try our buy-to-give scheme
January 2025 – Talking Pants
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Thank you for your PANTASTIC donations!
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Smalls for All

14 hours 26 minutes ago

We’re on eBay! 🛍️
Sometimes we receive items we can’t donate or are given things to sell, so we list them on eBay to raise funds for our charity and keep these items out of landfill.
Maria
charity.ebay.co.uk/charity/i/Smalls-for-All/281669

Smalls for All

1 day 15 hours ago

Since our last Talking Pants, we’ve provided new pants to 3 organisations:

🧡 1,266 pairs of pants to The School Bank, West Lothian.
🧡 1,029 pairs of pants to NPAC who will be delivering them to a project supporting women and girls in Zambia.
🧡 446 pairs of pants to Care4Calais Slough/Heathrow for people seeking asylum in the area.

If you'd like to donate new pants or new or gently worn bras, please send donations to the address below or use our buy-to-give page (link in bio)

Donations of new pants and new or gently worn bras can be sent to Smalls for All, Five Sisters Business Park, Westwood, West Calder, EH55 8PN

Don't forget to include your email address in the parcel so we can acknowledge receipt.

Maria 🙏

Smalls for All

2 days 15 hours ago

I’ve been talking pants again!
Read about which organisations you've helped this month and our big plans for 2025!
You can read it here - www.smallsforall.org/talking-pants-january-2025/
Maria 🩲🧡🙏

Smalls for All updated their cover photo.

3 days 5 hours ago

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3 days 6 hours ago

Thanks to you, we were able to provide underwear to Too Little Children last summer, a charity that aims to provide enough for the child who has too little. We’ve recently received this pantastic feedback from the organisation’s Caroline Kouns:

“Thank you so much for all the underwear donated to Too Little Children's Pad Project, it was amazing! The Pad Project was able to sew 18,000 reusable sanitary pads which all need to be accompanied by underwear in order to use them. In 2024 we supported 9,000 women & girls in 19 different countries. Too many girls in developing countries still don't have access to adequate or appropriate feminine hygiene products and are unable to effectively manage their periods each month. This leads to the girls falling behind at school through missed school days. This puts the girls at risk of being placed into early marriages or falling prey to men who persuade them to engage in sex in exchange for disposable pads. Attached [is a photo] from a pad distribution initiative we were involved with in Sierra Leone, visiting 5 different high schools to deliver pads, underwear & menstrual education.

“Without the generosity of Smalls for All in supplying pants, Too Little Children would struggle to be able to reach the amount of underwear needed to make our pad kits useable & help women & girls in need! We're extremely grateful for all the fabulous pants you so kindly supplied to us and we have been able to make a donation of £150 to ensure your organisation can continue to carry out the essential work you do! Thank you so much for your kindness, your donations are life changing!”

Thank you for helping us to help them,
Maria. 🩲🩳🙏

Donations of new pants and new or gently worn bras can be sent to Smalls for All, Five Sisters Business Park, Westwood, West Calder, EH55 8PN
www.smallsforall.org/buy-to-give/

Smalls for All

1 week 13 hours ago

Starting the new year with a clear-out? 🌟 Give your old ink cartridges a second life with Recycle4Charity! Simply choose ‘Smalls for All’ as your charity, and they’ll transform your cartridges into something amazing—refilled for reuse or recycled into plastic ‘wood’ beams. 🌍

Each cartridge can earn up to £2 for Smalls AND reduces landfill waste.

Sign up today and make a difference.

Maria 🧡

www.recycle4charity.co.uk

Smalls for All

1 week 1 day ago

Hello! 👋
As we have lots of new followers we thought it would be a good time to talk about who we are, what we do and why we do it.

Smalls for All is a charity set up in 2010 and created following a series of trips to orphanages where founder Maria Macnamara worked as a volunteer.
“Each volunteer trip was a huge learning experience for me and holds lots of memories, not all good. When I first visited Ethiopia I stayed with a host family and worked in an orphanage. I met a little girl called Elsa who was clearly very ill. Like many people would, I felt a real need to take action, perhaps pay for a doctor or even bring her back home for medical attention. I discussed this with one of the sisters but she told me a doctor had seen Elsa and said she would ‘expire on the operating table’. So she just lay there waiting to die. Each day I would go to work, wondering if she would still be there.

When I got home I was always very aware that following my trips, I’d left behind many children who had got used to me and come to rely on me. I was very worried that perhaps I was doing more harm than good by spending two to three weeks with them, then leaving for home. So I realised I needed to do something more sustainable that would have longer-term benefits.
Then I remembered about the lack of underwear and the problems this can cause. It’s a health and hygiene problem for many poor African communities, as women often only own one pair of tattered pants or have none at all. It’s also a matter of dignity.
And that’s how Smalls came to life as a registered charity: to help adults and children in Africa by providing them with underwear they otherwise wouldn’t have access to.”

In 2019, we changed our constitution to also support those in the UK who have a need for underwear.
We have a trustee board of knowledgeable and committed individuals who bring wisdom and clear vision to our cause. We also have the support of many volunteers, without whom we wouldn’t have achieved what we have to date.
Today, Smalls and our supporters help to collect and distribute underwear, both new pants and new or gently worn bras, to adults and children in Africa and the UK who need it most.
You can help by donating new pants or new or gently worn bras to...
Smalls for All,
Five Sisters Business Park,
Westwood,
West Calder,
UK
or via our buy-to-give page- www.smallsforall.org/buy-to-give/
Thank you! Maria

Smalls for All

1 week 2 days ago

Many thanks to Lynda Wallace, pictured along with some of the club members from the Inner Wheel District 22 (Notts & Derbyshire), for collecting over 1,200 pairs of new pants! The pants will be making their way to women and girls in Zambia in the near future courtesy of The National Police Aid Charity.
Thank you for helping us to help them.
Maria 🧡🩲

Smalls for All

2 weeks 13 hours ago

🧡 What to donate to Smalls for All 🧡
Please donate new pants and new or gently worn bras.

By ‘gently worn’ we mean bras in good condition that still have good wear left in them. Please wrap or box up your donation and send to: Smalls for All, Five Sisters Business Park, Westwood, West Calder EH55 8PN.

Don't forget to include your email address in the parcel so we can acknowledge receipt.

Maria. 🩲
www.smallsforall.org/get-involved/donate/

Smalls for All

2 weeks 1 day ago

Thanks to you, we were able to provide underwear to Happy Baby Community recently.

The organisation’s Rohan Ochera told us, “We support women seeking asylum in this country, who are pregnant or have young children. Many of them have been trafficked. One of the things we do for the pregnant women, who usually have next to nothing, is send them a ‘hospital bag’ which includes some essential items that most of us take for granted. Knickers are included in the bag.”
As an example of what this means to those mums, Rohan gave us this anonymous feedback, “The package of clothes and the hospital bag arrived yesterday. I wanted to thank you very much because you relieved me of a stress. Now in a few days I am ready to give birth and thanks to you I have everything I need for me and the baby.”

Thank you for helping us to help them,
Maria. 🩲🩳🙏

Smalls for All

2 weeks 6 days ago

Please share...🙌
Kick off the New Year by helping others—spread the word about how to support Smalls! The more people we can engage with our cause, the more people we can help.
There are so many smart ways you can help Smalls – some of them at no cost whatsoever.
✨ Buy to give
We’ve set up a buy-to-give wish list so that we can buy pants wholesale. Simply ‘buy’ from us and we purchase on your behalf, saving postage and giving access to keener prices - www.smallsforall.org/buy-to-give/
✨ Donate money
There are some things pants can’t buy. A wee donation of ‘virtual knicker’ can make all the difference, as we always need funds to support our work.
✨ Donate underwear
We accept donations of new pants and bras, any size– for women, children and men. You can buy and send them to us yourself or buy from an online retailer who will deliver to us.
✨ Organise a collection
Our pantastic supporters often help us make a pile of pants (and bras!) by organising a collection at their office, club/social group or school/college/university.
✨ Organise a fundraiser
Whether you’re taking part in a marathon, danceathon or sponsored walk, you can pledge your sponsorship money to Smalls.
✨ Shop online
By using the Easyfundraising platform, you can help Smalls receive a cash donation every time you shop or book online. For FREE!
✨ Shop with us
We have a wee website shop with some branded Smalls merchandise as well as on eBay site.
✨ Recycle stuff
You can raise money for us by sending your empty ink cartridges to Recycle 4Charity who donate the proceeds to us on your behalf.
✨ Send an e-card
Send a Smalls e-card to a friend, colleague or loved one, helping to spread the word about our charity. While there’s no charge, if you’d like to make a small donation we’d really appreciate it as every little helps.

Smalls for All

3 weeks 1 day ago

Happy New Year!

This year you've sent us 18,593 parcels and bought 11,676 pairs of pants through our buy-to-give scheme. Thanks to your incredible support we've provided 123,513 items of underwear to those in need, restoring dignity and comfort.

Here’s to another year of compassion, impact, and making a real difference together!

I hope that 2025 is full of peace, happiness and good health for you all.

Maria 🙏

Smalls for All

3 weeks 6 days ago

Got some new underwear for Christmas that aren't quite right for you? We accept donations of new pants, any size!

📦 Donations of new pants and new or gently worn bras can be sent to Smalls for All, Five Sisters Business Park, Westwood, West Calder, EH55 8PN

Don't forget to include your email address in the parcel so we can acknowledge receipt 😊

Maria 🧡

Smalls for All

4 weeks 2 days ago

Wishing you a joyful and peaceful Christmas filled with love and gratitude 🎄
Thank you for your unwavering support—it’s because of you that we can continue to give more people in need in Africa and the UK the gift of dignity.

Maria 🧡

Smalls for All

1 month 3 days ago

Thank you for sending us a pantastic 1,419 parcels in November.

Since our last Talking Pants, we’ve provided new pants and new & gently worn bras to 7 organisations:
🩲1,800 pairs of pants and bras to the AMUKA foundation, an organisation working with the remote villages of Karare, Marsabit County in Kenya.
🩲191 pairs of pants and bras to the Cyrenians, a homeless charity in Edinburgh.
🩲 1,800 pairs of pants to Chifundo UK, an organisation working with women and girls in Malawi.
🩲 1,686 pairs of pants to Diamonds in the Community, who run a clothing bank for the Monklands and greater North Lanarkshire area.
🩲 970 pairs of pants to Freedom4girls, a period poverty charity that makes dignity kits for girls in Kenya.
🩲 120 pairs of pants to Care4Calais (Brighton), an organisation supporting people seeking asylum in Brighton and Hove.
🩲 130 pairs of pants to The Simon Community, who work with the homeless in London.

If you'd like to donate new pants or new or gently worn bras, please send donations to the address below or use our buy-to-give page (link in bio)

Donations of new pants and new or gently worn bras can be sent to Smalls for All, Five Sisters Business Park, Westwood, West Calder, EH55 8PN

Don't forget to include your email address in the parcel so we can acknowledge receipt.

Maria 🙏

Smalls for All

1 month 4 days ago

I’ve been talking pants again!
Read about which organisations you've helped this month and the lovely feedback we've been given.
You can read it here - www.smallsforall.org/talking-pants-december-2024/
Maria 🧡

Smalls for All

1 month 6 days ago

If you’d like to give back a little this Christmas, your support can make a big difference. Our buy-to-give wish list means you can purchase pants to donate on our website, meaning we can get exactly what we really need – sizes, quality, styles – at any time to be able to fulfil the underwear requests we receive.

Every contribution helps bring comfort and dignity to those in need.
Maria 🎄
www.smallsforall.org/buy-to-give/

#GiveBackThisChristmas #SpreadKindness

Smalls for All

1 month 1 week ago

Thanks to you, we were able to provide underwear to Uganda Youth Soccer Academy in the summertime.
At the time, the organisation’s Ivan Kakembo told us, “You can make a big difference, make a magic transformation for children who do not have any social relatives that can support them. Children who mainly live as orphans in the slum and streets around the Academy training field, with no school, and only one meal a day, not existing and totally forgotten by any authorities, and a very poor future with no access to basic needs like clothing. We are fighting day and night to open up the eyes of organisations around the world and people everywhere, to see that there are children here in really need of basic needs and everyone who cares, can change the future and write a new story. The children involved in our project have nothing and need everything.”

Ivan has since sent photos from the distribution of the underwear, saying: “Some recipients were shy to be photographed as it was a donation of under garments, but everyone involved was very grateful. Once again, thanks for all your help and support.”
Thank you for helping us to help them,
Maria. 🩲🩳🙏

Donations of new pants and new or gently worn bras can be sent to Smalls for All, Five Sisters Business Park, Westwood, West Calder, EH55 8PN
www.smallsforall.org/buy-to-give/

Smalls for All

1 month 1 week ago

It’s the last day of our 12 Days of Underwear and what better way to finish than this - as of the 20 Nov, thanks to you, we’ve distributed...🥁
2,263,673 items of underwear!!!

The demand is greater than ever to help collect underwear for people in need. Every pair makes a difference. Please help share this post so we can reach more people to help our cause,
Maria 🙏

Smalls for All

1 month 1 week ago

Volunteers are at the heart of what we do at Smalls! We’re so grateful for our incredible team who generously donate their time to help us provide essential underwear to those in need.

We have a number of people who play a really important part in running Smalls, from the people at our warehouse who open, sort, count and bag the underwear to our remote volunteers helping ensure our admin processes and virtual ‘shops’ run smoothly.

The contribution of all our volunteers makes such a difference to the smooth running of Smalls and the amount of help we’re able to give. A huge thanks to all!

Maria 🩲🩳🧡

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Please send donations to Five Sisters Business Park or try our buy-to-give schemeJanuary 2025 – Talking PantsDonate for free when you shop onlineThank you for your PANTASTIC donations!Donate for free when you recycle ink cartridges

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We collect underwear
for people in need

Please send donations to Five Sisters Business Park or try our buy-to-give scheme
January 2025 – Talking Pants
Donate for free when you shop online
Thank you for your PANTASTIC donations!
Donate for free when you recycle ink cartridges