Frank Water support the world’s most marginalised communities to achieve water security by providing the technical and financial support they need to manage their own water resources, gain access to safe sanitation and maintain good hygiene.

While substantial progress has been made in increasing access to clean drinking water and sanitation, billions of people-mostly in rural areas-still lack these basic services. Worldwide, one in three people do not have access to safe drinking water and two out of five people do not have a basic hand-washing facility with soap and water.

Fashion’s relationship with water needs to change­- from the water needed to grow cotton to the pollution caused by fabric dyes. At TOBEFRANK we have dramatically reduced our water usage across our ranges, but more work needs to be done.

We have done many projects with Frank Water, from our 'Litre for a Litre denim' Project to our new Sustainable Future Range.

One-Tree-Planted are a non-profit dedicated to global reforestation. They make it easier for individuals and businesses to give back to the environment. They work with incredible reforestations partners all over the world who help get trees in the ground to restore forests after fires and floods, create jobs, build communities, and protect habitat for biodiversity. By 2020 One Tree Planted have planted 15million trees around the world.

Fashion is the second most polluting industry in the world and is a big contributor to deforestation. Cotton cultivation severely degrades soil quality causing expansion into new areas resulting in destruction of natural habitats. Managing cotton production more sustainability while encouraging the natural habitat to thrive by planting new trees will help turn the corner on climate change.

We have worked with Onetreeplanted for a few months now, starting with

Women and girls represent half of the world’s population and therefore also half of its potential. But, today gender inequality persists everywhere and stagnates social progress. Women continue to be underrepresented at all levels of political lead-ership. Across the globe, women and girls perform a disproportionate share of unpaid domestic work.

Fashion is known for its bullying culture and exploitation across the industry from head office to factory floor. The industry is in fact propped up by women by spending three times the amount on clothing then men, and they fill majority of the entry level jobs. However, fewer than 50% of well-known womenswear brands and only 14% of major brands have female executives in charge. This makes it pretty unusual that our owner and founder is female.

Speak Out Revolution launched last year and we are proud to call them one of our new non-profit partners.

UK Care for Children was established to create pathways of opportunity and care for children refugees. The conflict in Syria and the ongoing displacement of Palestinians has resulted in an unprecedented refugee crisis across the Middle East. They help refugee children and their families in the fields of Children’s Welfare, Development Aid, Refugee Relief and Seasonal Humanitarian Aid.

Conflict, insecurity, weak institutions and limited access to justice remain a great threat to sustainable development. The number of people fleeing war, persecution and conflict exceeded 70 million in 2018, the highest level recorded by the UN refugee agency in almost 70 years. In 2019, the United Nations tracked 357 killings and 30 enforced disappearances of human rights defenders, journalists and trade unionists in 47 countries.

Fashion production is primarily made in developing countries where labour is cheap due to the ever-increasing demand for cheaper prices. Even today slave labour is rife and sadly many of the hands who carefully make western clothing are exploited adults and children who have desperately fleeded fleeinfrom war zones. We work closely with our factories to ensure fair work across our supplychain but this sadly is not the case for all brands and retailers.

We are proud to call UK Care For Children as our new charity partner.

Shadow To Shine is a London-based youth initiative that bridges the gap between young people and their career aspirations. They offer training, mentoring and work shadowing to young people who are otherwise unsupported. All young people that have a desire to do better deserve to be provided with opportunities to transform their lives.

Education enables upward socioeconomic mobility and is a key to escaping poverty. Over the past decade, major progress was made towards increasing access to education and school enrolment rates at all levels. However, Since Covid-19, never before have so many children been out of school at the same time, disrupting learning and upending lives, especially the most vulnerable and marginalised.

The fashion industry employs talented people all over the world, from Tailors to Machinists but the education divide is vast. Fashion head offices are reachable for those with an affluent education and strong network. Factory floors are manly located in areas of low income, where education opportunities are slim, limiting their opportunities for career growth.

We are proud to start working working with Shadow to Shine in 2021.

Evolve are a charity providing a safe place to homeless and vulnerable people within London. They provide much more than just a roof, Evolve is a hub for positive change, growth, enabling young people, adults and families to move on and lead independent and happy lives.

Globally, the number of people living in extreme poverty declined from 36% in 1990 to 10% in 2015. But the pace of change is decelerating and the COVID-19 crisis risks reversing decades of progress in the fight against poverty. More than 700 million people, or 10%of the world population, still live in extreme poverty today, struggling to fulfil the most basic needs like health, education, and access to water and sanitation, to name a few.

Fashion is the biggest employer in the world, however, 40% of the supply chain work force are not paid the legal minimum wage. We at TBF work closely with our entire supply chain to make sure people are paid and treated fairly.

We have done many projects with Evolve, from the lunchbox gift box providing 2 meals for the homeless to the 'Sustainable future' range.