Surplus T-shirts will help bring joy to communities in Kingston upon Thames

Exodus Adventure Travels listed three boxes of new T-shirts on our platform; in under 48 hours, 13 charities had reached out to request them. Read on to find out which charities were chosen and who the T-shirts will be given to.

First donations

We were thrilled when Exodus Adventure Travels signed up with A Good Thing in October 2024. It is an adventure travel company helping people explore different countries and cultures.

The organisation’s first donations on the A Good Thing platform were three boxes of brand-new T-shirts, which it chose to donate to two local charities.

Local support

Local charity RBKares received a box of teal-blue activity T-shirts. RBKares connects the kindness and generosity of the community in Kingston upon Thames with vulnerable people and keyworkers. The charity was set up during the pandemic and focuses on providing local support to NHS staff, care homes and other vulnerable groups (including refugees and people experiencing homelessness).

The charity runs ‘wellbeing days’ during which people are supported through donations of clothing and toiletries, as well as through 16 different services covering physical, mental, financial and digital health. The charity told us that the T-shirts from Exodus would be “wonderful for some of the clients”

Christmas hampers

Kingston charity Save the World Club was the other grateful recipient: it was gifted two boxes of grey T-shirts by Exodus. Save the World Club was established in 1985 to empower the community to initiate environmental activities to ensure a sustainable future for all. The charity saves items from landfill or incineration, and keeps these items circulating through upcycling, redistribution and the creation of public art. The charity also saves food from going to waste, and donates it to vulnerable people in the community.

The T-shirts from Exodus Travels were included in Christmas hampers for refugees, alongside other clothes and household goods.

Could your business donate items to charity rather than send them to landfill?