We're Collecting Footwear again until 6th November 2026! Do you have any fit for purpose, pairs of footwear of any type you no longer need? ....

This is our fifth year collecting shoes on behalf of ShoeAid Uk, a charity set up to help others, by repurposing all types of footwear, to assist those who need them most, as well as reduce the amount of shoes sent to landfill.

We have already collected almost 4,000 pairs of shoes which have gone to ShoeAidUK - shoe poverty exists so THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP !

Email Damian or Linda at widnesrotary@gmail.com to arrange drop off or collection

* Thousands of men, women and children are wearing footwear that is neither suitable nor fit for purpose. And at least 10,000 homeless people have no shoes or shoes that are falling to pieces.

Over 2 million shoes are thrown into landfill every week. On average, one pair of shoes can take between 25 and 1000 years to biodegrade (man-made fibres and textiles).  Shoe Aid is helping to avoid an environmental disaster for shoe manufacturers and distributors; in the same way that supermarkets are currently getting blamed for food waste.

Shoe aid is tackling the problem, by educating the importance of recycling and repurposing footwear.  At the same time distributing tens of thousands of pairs of shoes to over 15 countries around the world. 

There is global footwear poverty with significant implications. 1.5 billion people worldwide live without shoes, of which 300 million are children. 70 million of those children are unable to access suitable education footwear because shoes are required as part of the school uniform.