Charities
Charities
At Hippychick we strongly believe in giving back. From our earliest days we’ve been committed to supporting causes close to our hearts at an international, national and local level. Being free to do this is without doubt one of the best things about having our own company.
International
A significant percentage of all of our profits go to New Life Mexico – an award winning charity we passionately believe in – that provides support for street children, (many only primary school age), who have been exposed to emotional, physical or sexual abuse. To find out more about the work of this amazing charity go to www.newlifemexico.com
National and Local
From time to time we hold very popular end of line sales at our office (keep an eye on our website and Facebook pages for details!) with a share of sales going direct to the NSPCC, www.nspcc.org.uk and local, Somerset based St Margaret’s Hospice, www.somerset-hospice.org.uk. Three members of the Hippychick team (Julia, Frances and Rose) trained hard and took part in a Triathlon last year to raise money for the NSPCC.
We are also huge admirers of the work done by another local charity, the voluntarily run adoption agency, Families for Children www.familiesforchildren.org.uk. This inspiring organisation has in the last five years alone, placed over 200 children from throughout the UK who have experienced loss and upheaval, with stable and loving families in Devon, Dorset and Cornwall.
We try to support this wonderful work in whatever way we can. Jeremy recently pushed himself to new physical limits doing their sponsored Two Moors Walk – from the South Devon to the North Devon Coast – a whopping 116 miles in 3 days! A huge thank you to all the kind friends, customers and businesses who helped us raise thousands!
From 2012, in addition to this work, we’ll be adopting an annual charity to support each year. If you are a charity that would like to be considered for a year long charity partnership, please contact: givingback@hippychick.com.
