Following their opening in Sheffield City Centre, Emily Hearne, 28, who is the centre supervisor at Sharewear Sheffield, said: \u201cIt has been crazy to be honest.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI didn\u2019t quite know what to expect in terms of uptake and people wanting to use the service but it has been really busy which I think on one hand is brilliant but on the other hand just shows how many people need clothing and how little support they have had up until now.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe want to get the message out that clothing poverty does exist and it\u2019s not just rough sleepers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n [metaslider id=32794]<\/p>\n Those who have been referred by referral agencies normally go to the storage units and pick clothes themselves however, due to the pandemic, Sharewear are now operating a click and collect service, though they hope to be able to reopen as restrictions are lifted.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n With people currently spending more time at home and tidying their houses, Miss Hearne feels this has led to more people donating clothes they no longer wear which has been both a benefit and a hindrance.<\/span><\/p>\n She added: \u201cPeople have been incredibly generous and we\u2019ve got loads of stuff. However, that\u2019s meant that now when we open up to the public again we have got quite a lot to do with quite little time to make it look presentable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Sharewear’s statistics from the month of February<\/p><\/div>\n Sharewear are currently at maximum capacity although they say that there are some clothes that rarely get donated that they are still looking for.<\/span><\/p>\n These include mens trousers in waist size 28, 30 and 32, teenage boy and young adult clothes, plain black ladies leggings, joggers or activewear, brand new pants and culturally specific minority communities clothing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n You can contact Sharewear at <\/span>07450 835761, on their website<\/a> or through their Facebook page<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A Sheffield company has supported thousands of people in an effort to tackle clothing property. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":32787,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,43,21],"tags":[62,64,187,209],"class_list":["post-32784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-charity","category-culture","category-news","tag-sheffieldnews","tag-charity","tag-pandemic","tag-sharewear"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/20F96DE4-D588-4E27-92BF-740BD1338C5E_1_105_c-300x300.jpeg\")