Giving

re-wrap is a community interest company (CIC)

We have taken the next exciting step in our journey by officially becoming a Community Interest Company (UK CIC), a business model that locks in community benefit.

While re-wrap has supported nonprofits in both India and the UK over the last twenty years, becoming a CIC means financial giving is now built into the structure of our business and reinforces our commitment to giving back to the communities in which we operate.

CIC Benefits

A CIC is a regulated structure for organisations that  operate for public benefit. It combines commercial activity with a legally protected social purpose. This means:

Our business model locks in community benefit

The company is overseen by the UK CIC Regulator

Activities must demonstrate community benefit

Grantees

Asan

Asan is on a mission to transform menstrual health and hygiene outcomes for underserved women across India. They provide free menstrual cups, along with awareness building sessions, to educate women about their sexual and reproductive health.

Supported by our grant, Asan is delivering a menstrual health and hygiene programme for an underserved community of 1,300 waste pickers in Mysore. They also provide menstrual health programmes at our creation units.

asan.in

APD

For over six decades, APD (The Association of People with Disability) has transformed what is possible for people with disabilities in India. Their ‘Life Cycle Approach’ provides healthcare, education, employment, and advocacy interventions to empower people with disabilities to live full, productive lives.

Our grant is supporting the launch of APD’s Community Mental Health Programme in Tumkur, Karnataka. The programme offers 500 persons with mental illness (PwMIs) and their caregivers end-to-end support, helping them not just manage debilitating mental illness but genuinely thrive.

apd-india.org

Body & Soul

Based in London, Body & Soul provides specialist support to children, adolescents and adults facing suicidality. They exclusively serve underserved communities who face unique and complex needs.

This 2025 grant is designed to strengthen their flagship suicide prevention programme, which provides specialist support for young people at risk of suicide to stabilise and to flourish. This programme supports 1,000 young people each year.

bodyandsoulcharity.org

Fat Macy’s

Down the road from our London office in Shoreditch, Fat Macy's supports people to move from temporary accommodation into permanent housing. They offer culinary and hospitality training, one-to-one support, and access to rental deposits.

Fat Macy’s grant is invested in building the internal capacity of their work experience programme, aimed at those experiencing homelessness. Their goal is to create more opportunities for beneficiaries to earn and thrive independently. 80% of their beneficiaries find employment or education following the programme, and 60% are resettled within a year of the program.

fatmacys.org

Food Behind Bars

Food Behind Bars works with prisons in the UK, using food as a tool for change to positively impact the lives of prisoners. Their interventions include skilling programmes for prison catering teams, and food education and kitchen garden programmes for prisoners.

Our 2025 grant supports their Prison Food Programme, which trains prison catering teams and prisoners to deliver nutritious and high impact meals on tight budgets. Improved nutrition in prisons has been linked to improvements in prison safety and prisoners’ mental and physical health, reducing their rate of reoffending.

foodbehindbars.co.uk

Hasiru Dala

Hasiru Dala champions waste pickers in India, a critical but largely invisible community. Their holistic approach provides identity cards, social security, healthcare, housing, and education for children, transforming waste pickers into recognised professionals while building sustainable waste management systems.

This 2025 grant provides financial and technical support for Hasiru Dala’s Textile Recovery Facilities, where waste entrepreneurs aggregate and process hundreds of tonnes of textile waste each year. This not only keeps textile waste out of landfills in India, but also creates sustainable and safe livelihood opportunities for wastepickers, while increasing their income.

hasirudala.in

Hopscotch

Hopscotch North London Women’s Centre provides critical care and support to survivors of abuse, migrants, refugees, and other at-risk populations.

We support Hopscotch’s pre-employment programme, which helps women facing hardship secure employment through skills training and confidence building interventions. In 2025, Hopscotch worked with 65 women from low-income and refugee communities to prepare them for the job market and support them through the hiring process.

hopscotchuk.org/womens-centre

INTACH

INTACH Bangalore (Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage) is the local steward of Karnataka’s rich cultural legacy and part of India’s largest heritage conservation network. They are dedicated to brick and mortar conservation, as well as outreach and awareness building for all age groups.

Our grant is supporting INTACH Bangalore’s forthcoming book on the Hoysala dynasty (whose empire included modern day Mysore, where our creation units are based today) celebrating its unique culture of artisanal workmanship in Karnataka

intachblr.org

UAL: Centre for Sustainable Fashion

Founded to provoke, challenge, and question the status quo, the UAL: Centre for Sustainable Fashion works to shape a fashion system that fully recognises its implications for ecology and equity.

With our support, the CSF is developing a framework for the future of fashion education through the lens of sustainability — elevating underrepresented voices, including refugee communities, in the process.

sustainable-fashion.com

VIHAAN

VIHAAN works across India to tackle and prevent human trafficking and exploitation. Alongside rescue and advocacy efforts, they provide rehabilitation and reintegration programmes to ensure survivors can lead independent, dignified lives.

Our grant supports VIHAAN’s shelter home stitching programme in Bangalore. Partnering with government-run and non-profit women’s shelters, this empowers survivors of trafficking and exploitation to build a skill and earn a sustainable livelihood.

vihaan-wms.org

Giving Report

Dilys, Founder and Director UAL: Centre for Sustainable Fashion

‘As an organisation working to advance sustainability in the fashion sector, it’s encouraging and inspiring to see how re-wrap has kept care at the heart of impact and its business principles for more than 20 years’

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