OUR RESPONSIBILITY
One of the projects and new relationships we are most excited about growing and supporting at V+S is joining forces with the incredible team at The Amber Foundation.
The Amber Foundation is a charity that works tirelessly to help homeless, unemployed young people from the ages of 17-30 who are in need to move on to a positive independent future.
Family break down, drug abuse, mental health, bad decisions are only some of the reasons that can redirect a young person’s life in to an abyss of difficulties that can be hard to move on from.
The Amber foundation has created a number of centres across the UK that can support, train in areas and encourage young people to find strength and inspiration to move on and up with their lives to secure work, housing and a bright future. We currently donate proceeds from every sale at V+S to the AMBER Foundation but this June we will be starting to work on a series of tailor-made workshops with some of our makers, who hope to inspire and support the young lives. Makers from V+S will be visiting the Amber locations across the country to tell their story, how they inspired and supported themselves and teach their crafts. Working with your hands and understanding the beautiful crafts at V+S has many creative and therapeutic elements that we are exceed to share with the Amber Foundation.
From these workshops we will be developing a page for the collections created from member of the Amber program where you will be able to purchase their products and know that all proceeds go directly to The Amber Foundation.