Intersecond: turning clothing donations into charity donations
Intersecond is a young company with a strong business drive and sound business ethics.
Intersecond...
...organizes bag collections to pick up second hand clothes that we can then sell to generate a regular and reliable source of funding for the charity organizations that we partner.
...was formed in February 2006 and is a UK registered company* based in Tilbury, Essex. We are also a member of the London Chamber of Industry and Commerce and we are registered carrier and broker of controlled waste at Environment Agency**
...is currently the authorized charity bag distributor for Azzara, a cancer charity based and registered in Lithuania.
Raising money for charity using second hand clothes
Our work with Azzara is currently focused on the Do not delay! project, which aims to raise money to increase access to breast cancer screening in Lithuania. Lithuanian women have the highest rate of death from breast cancer in Europe and the Do Not Delay project is working to improve screening to catch the disease earlier. Diagnosis in the early stages of breast cancer means more women live longer.
Intersecond organises bag collections of clothing donations from around the UK. The clothing is then stored at our warehouse in Tilbury and sent out in lorry loads to Eastern Europe, where it is sold.
“We are keen to sell second hand clothes in any market where there is a demand – but markets are very different, with varying legislation, import regulations and different buying behaviour”.
Raimondas Biguzas, Director of Intersecond Ltd.
How we collect second hand clothes
Intersecond has a committed workforce to deliver charity bags and collect them once they have been filled with donations of second hand clothes. UK-wide bag collections are in progress during most of the year.
“We are happy to accept second hand clothes, linen, curtains and shoes – in an OK condition. We do find that sometimes people put in unpaired shoes, broken toys or worn out clothes. Sorting and disposal takes time and resources – so we are grateful to the many people who put in good quality second hand clothes and look on our bag collections as a clothes recycling activity”.
Raimondas Biguzas, Director of Intersecond Ltd..
Intersecond handles all aspects of collecting second hand clothes for charity organizations. This includes producing, designing and printing the charity bags. With the environment in mind, all Intersecond’s charity bags will soon all be biodegradable in around 12 months. Although biodegradable bags are more costly, knowing that the clothing collections are not harming the environment is a big plus for all the team at Intersecond.
*Registration number 05713257 **Registration number CB/YN5614CS
Important note!
We are kindly asking you not to leave your donation bags outside over night as they may get stolen. Please always leave your donations outside on the morning before 9am. This will help prevent any illegal collections (theft) of our donation bags. Thank you for your support.
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During 2009 our monthly donations to the "Do Not Delay!" project have risen from £1200 a month to £5000 a month. That made up £46,600 the breast cancer prevention programme has received from us this year.
Environment friendly biodegradable plastic bags
Environment friendly biodegradable plastic bags are now used for the "Do Not Delay!".Project collections. These bags are made of plastics which decompose in landfill in approximately 24 months leaving a non-toxic residue. Thank you from Intersecond!
The Intersecond team would like to thank everyone who has already given clothing donations - these mean a great deal to us, to our partner Azzara and to the women in Lithuania who are benefiting from the "Do Not Delay!" project.
