Sal’s Shoes was founded in November 2013, by mum CJ Bowry who wanted to send her young son Sal’s barely worn, but outgrown, shoes to children who needed them. Unable to find an organisation that could tell her where exactly Sal’s pre-loved shoes would end up, she decided to send them abroad herself, and so the journey began . . .
In its first year, the charity collected and distributed 4,805 pairs of barely worn children’s shoes and found them new feet in eight countries. By 2018, over 650 schools across the UK hosted Sal’s Shoes collections and, in October 2018, just weeks before its fifth birthday, the charity counted its 1,000,000th pair, having distributed shoes in 38 countries worldwide, including within the UK.
Despite the growth of the charity, the personal ethos remains and every pair of shoes, donated with contact details, can be tracked.
Sal’s Shoes is a Registered Charity in England & Wales.
Registered Charity Number: 1171670
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