(Lisa, two gallery systems… one above perhaps needed to address the Microsoft Edge problem… below alternative possibly easier as it uses a lightbox system that goes over the header, making the ‘next’ button easier… the one above is set to auto as the ‘next’ button makes the page jump up and down to accommodate header.. so pros and cons whichever is chosen!)
Maria Macnamara MBE, conceived and launched Smalls for All in 2009. Maria worked in financial services for 30 years and has been a children’s respite carer since 1997. In 2004 she decided to try a different kind of holiday and spent three weeks working with children in an orphanage in Brazil. This encouraged her to volunteer to work in Thailand in 2006 and Ethiopia in 2009.
It was following her experience in Ethiopia that she decided to set up Smalls for All.
In 2015 Maria was recognised as an inspirational volunteer and awarded a Point of Light Award by the Prime Minister. “Maria’s work will have had an immediate impact on the daily lives of thousands of women and I am delighted to recognise her service with this Point of Light Award.” Points of Life are outstanding individual volunteers – people who are making a change in their community. In 2016 Maria was honoured with an MBE.
Alan McCormick – Chairman
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Alan spent the majority of his career in the Aerospace and Defence industry. At the age of 50 he moved into the third sector and took on responsibility for Mission Direct, a Christian charity that builds schools, medical facilities, safe houses and homes for some of our world’s poorest in 11 countries round the world. He is passionate about supporting the vulnerable and those living on the edge.
Smalls for All captured his heart after he witnessed the amazing impact that giving someone their own underwear can have. Underwear not only restores dignity it allows the street kids to go swimming in public places, play football etc, etc.
Alan McCormick
Maria Macnamara MBE – Founder
Maria Macnamara MBE, conceived and launched Smalls for All in 2009. Maria worked in financial services for 30 years and has been a children’s respite carer since 1997. In 2004 she decided to try a different kind of holiday and spent three weeks working with children in an orphanage in Brazil. This encouraged her to volunteer to work in Thailand in 2006 and Ethiopia in 2009.
It was following her experience in Ethiopia that she decided to set up Smalls for All.
In 2015 Maria was recognised as an inspirational volunteer and awarded a Point of Light Award by the Prime Minister. “Maria’s work will have had an immediate impact on the daily lives of thousands of women and I am delighted to recognise her service with this Point of Light Award.” Points of Life are outstanding individual volunteers – people who are making a change in their community. In 2016 Maria was honoured with an MBE.
Alan McCormick – Chairman
Alan spent the majority of his career in the Aerospace and Defence industry. At the age of 50 he moved into the third sector and took on responsibility for Mission Direct, a Christian charity that builds schools, medical facilities, safe houses and homes for some of our world’s poorest in 11 countries round the world. He is passionate about supporting the vulnerable and those living on the edge.
Smalls for All captured his heart after he witnessed the amazing impact that giving someone their own underwear can have. Underwear not only restores dignity it allows the street kids to go swimming in public places, play football etc, etc.
Your April Pantastic update! 🩲Thank you for sending us a pantastic 1,644 parcels in March!Since our last Talking Pants, we’ve provided new pants and new & gently worn bras to 3 organisations including:⭐️ 700 pairs of pants to Freedom4girls to be included in their hygiene kits for girls in Kenya but also to support schools in the Leeds area.⭐️ 1,011 pairs of pants to Days for Girls to be included in their hygiene kits going to Africa.⭐️ 380 pairs of pants and bras to Sheffield Working Women’s Opportunities Project, an organisation supporting vulnerable women involved in sex work and street prostitution.Thank you so much! Maria 🩲➡️ If you would like to donate new pants or new or gently worn bras to help people in Africa and the UK who can’t afford or don't have access to any please send donations to the address below or use our 'Buy to Give' page - www.smallsforall.org/buy-to-give/📦 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 ... See MoreSee Less
Thanks to you, we were able to provide underwear to Anawim recently, a charity supporting women and girls in Birmingham 🧡The organisation’s Harpreet Singh told us, “At Anawim, most of the women we work with have suffered trauma, violence or abuse at some point in their lives – whether it’s through domestic or financial abuse, sexual trauma, homelessness, mental illness or through involvement with the criminal justice system. Amongst other things, we offer them food and clothes parcels. Often the women are in desperate need of underwear which is always in short supply.”Thank you for helping us to help them, Maria. 🩲🩳🙏 ... See MoreSee Less
