Making a Difference Event – Clothing Poverty: Exposed

On Friday 11^th February, in collaboration with the School of Social Sciences, the Law School hosted a Making a Difference event which saw the public screening of the film ‘Clothing Poverty: Exposed’ and welcomed Sharewear to the University of Manchester.

Sharewear is the UK’s largest and leading provider of free clothing to the clothing deprived and the film screening sought to give visibility to this hidden issue. Following this, Dr Luke Graham (Lecturer in Public Law and Human Rights) presented briefly on the relationship between clothing deprivation and the right to adequate clothing. Dr Louise Cooke, the founder and CEO of Sharewear, and Dr Graham then fielded questions.

Both clothing deprivation and the right to adequate clothing are underexplored, however through partnership Sharewear and Dr Graham aim to illuminate both of these issues. Towards this end, this event was the first of an ongoing partnership between Sharewear and the University of Manchester and Friday saw many student attendees volunteer to become involved in this important work.

There is a donation bin for clothing outside the Roscoe Building until Wednesday 16^th February 2022. Donations of clean, undamaged, but unwanted clothing are welcomed.