Dressability

Dressability in the press! Thanks to Dr Miriam Stoppard for recommending us to a reader in The Mirror on Friday.

If you would like some assistance with clothing adaptation and alteration, we'd love to hear from you. Send us a DM, or call 01793 512878

Could you be our next Charity Manager? If you have some management, fundraising and finance experience, we'd love to hear from you!

Could you be Dressability’s next Charity Manager?

We’re recruiting a full-time experienced Charity Manager to help build upon the 25 years of work completed in the local community, altering and adapting clothing for people of all ages with learning and physical disabilities, and those with limited dexterity.

If you’re passionate about making a difference to those with disabilities, have previous management and charity experience and feel you have the right skills for our charity, then please email your CV and Cover Letter to
[email protected]

Bath Half Marathon - 16 March 2025

Gold Bond places now available!! Would you like to run and raise funds for Dressability?

Contact us now at [email protected] and we’ll give you all the details 🎽👟🏃🏼‍♀️

Could you be Dressability’s next Charity Manager?

We’re recruiting a full-time experienced Charity Manager to help build upon the 25 years of work completed in the local community, altering and adapting clothing for people of all ages with learning and physical disabilities, and those with limited dexterity.

If you’re passionate about making a difference to those with disabilities, have previous management and charity experience and feel you have the right skills for our charity, then please email your CV and Cover Letter to
[email protected]

Remember a Charity Week: 9 – 15th September 2024

'Remember a Charity Week' is an opportunity for you to make a positive difference by leaving a gift in your will.

Such a legacy to Dressability would help us continue our work adapting and altering clothing for people of all ages with disabilities, dexterity issues, or other individual needs. With your generosity and kindness we can enable more of society to dress independently, confidently, and comfortably.

Please consider the huge difference you could make; leave a gift to Dressability in your will.

Last week some of our Thursday volunteer group went to Prospect Hospice to deliver green aprons made by Dressability volunteers.

Prospect Hospice is vital to the Swindon community, and it's a privilege to be able to support the important work they do as a fellow local charity. Support your local charities! 🙌

Thanks also to Simon at Vagabond bags, for donating the fabric which made this project possible.

There's still time to have your child's uniform adapted by us before September, at a heavily subsidised price.

Contact us today to benefit from this offer! Call 01793 512878 or email us [email protected].

Does your child's uniform require adaptation, ready for September? Let Dressability help!

Recent funding has enabled us to offer this service at a subsidised, affordable price. Get in touch - the sooner the better - so we can support you in time for the new term.

Alterations are tailored to your child's needs, and could include:

- Replacing buttons with Velcro or magnets
- Creating back or side openings
- Creating collar openings to aid dressing
 - Altering arm lengths and taking up trousers
- Adding waterproof layers
- Creating openings for feeding tubes and other medical equipment
 - Altering school ties to clip-ons or elastic

Call us on 01793 512878 and we'll gladly assist.

Dressability's Nicky (pictured) and Sharon went to Swindon Sense this week with a donation of clothing.

We're always looking for donations of new, unworn clothing for our projects, and if we can't use them ourselves then we always donate them forward; zero waste.

What an honour to have been able to make a beautiful prom dress for Cassie. 💝 🪡 🧵

Thank you to Rays of Sunshine Children's Charity for the opportunity.

Does your child's uniform require adaptation, ready for September? Let Dressability help!

Recent funding has enabled us to offer this service at a subsidised, affordable price. Get in touch - the sooner the better - so we can support you in time for the new term.

Alterations are tailored to your child's needs, and could include:

- Replacing buttons with Velcro or magnets
- Creating back or side openings
- Creating collar openings to aid dressing
 - Altering arm lengths and taking up trousers
- Adding waterproof layers
- Creating openings for feeding tubes and other medical equipment
 - Altering school ties to clip-ons or elastic

Call us on 01793 512878 and we'll gladly assist.

What a brilliant day the Dressability team had yesterday at Swindon's Foundation Park, for the Panathlon Challenge school athletics sports day!

In glorious weather, we met lots of people at our stand from our Swindon community, including some of the children who have had alterations from Dressability, plus the mayor, Imtiyaz Shaikh.

Pictured here are Dressability volunteers Nicky, Eileen, and Jane, alongside the mayor.

Thanks to everyone who organised such a fantastic event!

Happy Volunteers' Week 2024 to our fantastic volunteers! Your support is hugely appreciated, and we are so proud of everything Dressability can achieve because of our collective voluntary and employed team.

Yesterday we held a volunteer lunch, and were honoured to give out several long service awards:

⭐️ For 2 years’ service, we congratulate Karen, Eileen, and Linda!

⭐️ And for 5 years’ service, we congratulate Trish and Annie!

If you are a Swindon-based terrific tailor, super seamstress, or a marvellous marketer, and would love to flex your skills in a voluntary capacity, get in touch as we are looking to involve several new volunteers in our ever-growing efforts.

Swindon-based marketers, are you looking for an ongoing volunteering role? We're looking for one or two marketing volunteers to help spread the word of the great work we do at Dressability!

Tasks include updating our website and social media channels, creating images/videos/flyers etc, writing blogs and articles, and more.

Ideally you'll be able to work once a week from our office in Westmead, Swindon, and have flexibility to attend occasional events.

If you're interested, please contact [email protected], attaching a CV if you have one.

The lovely team at The Fold Line have chosen to make a donation to Dressability this month; how kind! Thank you!

Each month we make a donation from our profits to a different charity - many of which come from customer recommendations 💛⁠
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This month, your orders will be supporting - a charity that discretely alter and adapt clothing for people of all ages with learning and physical disabilities and those with limited dexterity on a bespoke basis.⁠
Find out more about Dressability by following the link below 🔗
https://www.dressability.org.uk/

Join our Swindon-based clothing adaptation charity as a part time Dressmaker!

If you have top dressmaking skills and are interested in a highly rewarding role, we'd love to hear from you.

Check out our website for info:

https://www.dressability.org.uk/2024/03/18/were-hiring-2/

Dressmaker / Tailor Part-time Vacancy

Dressability, a small charity delivering a specialist clothing adaptation service on behalf of people with disabilities, has a vacancy for a part-time Dressmaker / Tailor. The role will be 2 days per week (Monday and 1 other day to be agreed).

The successful candidate will have excellent sewing skills and experience and be able to work independently.

Find out more and apply here:

Dressmaker / tailor Part-time Vacancy - Dressability Dressability, a small charity delivering a specialist clothing adaptation service on behalf of people with disabilities, has a vacancy for...

Dressability is looking for a full-time experienced Operations Manager who will help build upon the 25 years of work completed in the local community, altering and adapting clothing for people of all ages with learning and physical disabilities, and those with limited dexterity.

If you’re passionate about making a difference to those with disabilities, have previous management and charity experience and feel you have the right skills for our charity, then please contact: [email protected]

For more information or to download the full job description, please go to: https://www.dressability.org.uk/2024/03/04/were-hiring/

We’re Hiring! - Dressability Dressability is looking for a full-time experienced Operations Manager who will help build upon the 25 years of work completed...

Dressability Have a Stall at Crafters ‘De-Stash’ Sale

Saturday 10th February 2024
1.30pm – 4.00pm
Ellendune Community Centre, Wroughton, SN4 9LW

Many local crafters are clearing out their unwanted craft materials and equipment, to offer you some really crafty bargains. Fabric, yarn, card making, paper-crafting, beads, ribbons, buttons, books, patterns, dies, stamps, art materials and much, much more!

Refreshments & Free Parking

£2 entry

Further information from Tina Grice – call 07504813514 or email [email protected]

Any profit will be donated to the local charity

Dressability Have a Stall at Crafters ‘De-Stash’ Sale - Dressability Saturday 10th February 20241.30pm – 4.00pmEllendune Community Centre, Wroughton, SN4 9LW Many local crafters are clearing out their unwanted craft...

De-branding and recycling clothing to those in need. Can we help your charity?

As part of Dressability’s ongoing community services, we de-brand new, unworn clothing that would normally be going to waste.
The clothing is kindly sent to us as donations from a variety of businesses who have imperfect items, or from retail manufacturers who have unsold end of season clothing or sample clothing. Most are very happy to find a good use for these items.
We are always delighted to take delivery of such items, as not only is it recycling to help with sustainability but offers much needed warm clothing for individuals. We distribute these items, de-branded, to a variety of charities who offer the de-branded garments to homeless, refugees and others in need of clothing.
If you are a charity who would have a need for such items of clothing, please do get in touch as we’d love to help.
Call Sharon Tombs for further information.

De-branding and recycling clothing to those in need - Dressability Can we help your charity? As part of Dressability’s ongoing community services, we de-brand new, unworn clothing that would normally...