# Ladbrokes donates its staff uniforms for reuse

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2013/02/02/ladbrokes-donates-its-staff-uniforms-reuse/
- Published: 2013-02-02T07:00:20+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Betting shop company Ladbrokes has donated 7,500 of its new staff uniform shirts,
following a rebranding, to be distributed to charities in Asia, Africa and Eastern
Europe.
Rather than dump the clothing, the company donated them via the East London
Community Recycling Partnership (ELCRP). The charity will de-tag the shirts to remove
logos and name badges and then distribute them. The shirts were collected from 540
Ladbrokes shops throughout East London and the South East. 

The not-for-profit ELCRP said that the project had also created employment opportunities,
providing jobs to the long term unemployed and people with learning difficulties.

Ladbrokes has been working with ELCRP on other projects too. In Newham, 17 of its
shops are trialling an ELCRP scheme which collects its waste food and paper/cardboard.
Compost produced is used directly by the local community in gardens, parks and open
spaces. Meanwhile, any profit from the organisation is reinvested or spent improving
the local community.

## Advertisement

www.elcrp-recycling.com

 * **[Airport plastic bottle donation scheme raises funds for charities](https://fundraising.co.uk/2013/10/03/airport-plastic-bottle-donation-scheme-raises-funds-charities/)**(
   3 October 2013)
 * **[RNLI raised over £100,000 last year from recycled cartridges and gadgets](https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/01/14/rnli-raised-100000-last-year-recycled-cartridges-gadgets/)**(
   14 January 2014)
 * **[Plastic bags, unanswered questions and a sector in need of a champion](https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/01/16/plastic-bags-unanswered-questions-sector-need-champion/)**(
   16 January 2014)