# Oxfam raises £1.8 million in first year of M&S Clothes Exchange

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/01/30/oxfam-raises-18-million-first-year-mamps-clothes-exchange/
- Published: 2009-01-30T16:01:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

 

![Oxfam and M&S Clothes Exchange](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/files/u11/oxfam_mands_clothing_exchange.
jpg "Oxfam and M&S Clothes Exchange")

 

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The Marks & Spencer and Oxfam Clothes Exchange has raised over £1.8 million for 
the charity in its first year, and saved nearly three million garments weighing 
1,400 tonnes from going to landfill.

 

 

 

The partnership between the UK’s biggest clothing retailer and the country’s biggest
charity shop network was the first initiative on the high street to reward shoppers
for recycling clothing.

 

 

 

Consumers who bring back M&S clothing to Oxfam shops through the exchange receive
a £5 M&S voucher redeemable when they spend £35 or more on clothing, home or beauty
products at M&S. In the Republic of Ireland, consumers receive €7 M&S vouchers off
€50 spent on M&S general merchandise.

 

 

 

Over half a million shoppers have now recycled their clothes through the scheme 
and received £2.5 million in savings at [M&S](http://www.marksandspencer.com/plana).

 

 

 

David McCullough, Oxfam’s Director of Trading said: "The reason it has succeeded
so well is that British consumers love it – you can save money; reduce, reuse and
recycle; get rid of clothes you don’t wear; declutter your home and do something
for charity. It’s the recession-proof way to an ethical 2009."

 

 

 

www.oxfam.org.uk

 

 

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