We were honoured to welcome Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal (@theroyalfamily ) to The Old Department Store on the 3rd of March, as she visited to see first hand how a historic high street building has been reimagined as a vibrant social enterprise community hub.
During her time at The Old Department Store, Her Royal Highness:
- Toured the building and learned about the “High Street Reimagined” vision.
- Met with The Grace Network’s founders and leadership team.
- Met with civic and regional leaders, including the High Sheriff of Gloucestershire, Mrs. Julie Kent; the Deputy Lieutenant of Gloucestershire, Mr. Mickey Morrissey and the Chief Executive of Cotswold District Council (@cotswolddc ), Ms Jane Portman.
- Spent time with team members across the site.
- Visited The Grace Network’s social enterprise businesses to see the circular economy in action, including @kidsstuffcirencester , @thelongtablecirencester , @thehomeremedycirencester and @thebikedropcirencester .
- Met members of the wider community, including resident and programme partners @differentkindstore and @remnantrevolution_
Empowered by The Grace Network, The Old Department Store is a living example of how high streets can become places of life, opportunity, and hope. The visit was truly an encouragement to the team within The Old Department Store and the wider community.
📸: @chloelodgephotographer
It’s official. After many, many pop-ups, we now have a permanent shop.
If you want to visit the bricks-and-mortar Different Kind, you’ll find us in Cirencester on Market Place.
We’re sharing a former House of Fraser building with a group of other businesses who also care about their social impact. A new kind of department store.
Opening hours:
Monday-Saturday: 9.30am-5pm
Sunday: closed
📍Find us at 29-34 Market Place, Cirencester
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We can't wait to see you in-store.
Image by @tashleviton_art
We’re very excited to share with you our first ever brand film! We wanted to share who we are and what we do in a quick one minute video (easier said than done) as we have so much to say and so many stories to tell.
Highlighted are just a few of our wonderful producers including @re.wrap@step_and_stone_lavosh@redemptionroasters
We would love to hear what you would like to see more of.. is it the stories of the producers? What goes into creating a social enterprise? The impact they have? Let us know in the comments! We enjoyed making this and would love to create more video content to tell our stories.
🎬 filmed & edited by @rock_bottom_tv_
🎥 produced by @tashleviton_art
#socialenterprise #impact #retail #cirencester #ethical #gifting
This bank holiday we have you covered.
Whether you’re going for a dip, making the perfect table salad, displaying a show stopping centrepiece or slowing down for a tipple.
All our products are made by social producers, putting people and planet first.
Shop online or pop into our Cirencester shop at @theolddepartmentstore_
#maybankholiday #hosting #curation #ethical #shopping
We must warn you our newest employee Bea is very friendly.
If you visit our Cirencester shop you may be attacked with dog snogs, take this as an official warning.
#bewareofbea
#shopdog #employeeofthemonth #whatsoncirencester #socialenterprise
Swipe to see what flavour of UpUp your birth month is.
@upupchocolate are makers of child slave labour free chocolate and their flavours are 🧑🍳💋
Which one are you?
#birthmonth #chocolate #ethical #socialenterprise #chocolate
At our last pop-up with NRBY, we asked the team to curate their dream gift hampers.
Which hamper would you choose?
#sustainable #shopping #gifthamper #gifting #curation
We tried the viral hack to turn your tea towel into a bread basket using our DifferentMade x The Clink Linen Tea Towels! Would you try this?
These tea towels support @theclinkcharity restaurants staffed by the prisoners as part of a successful rehabilitation programme.
Each purchase helps fund students of The Clinks, buying workbooks, uniforms and more.
#differentkind #socialenterprise #viralhack #diy #repurpose
Time to treat yourself 🧖♀️
Made from Ethiopian hand spun cotton they include a hand tied fringe, made in Addis Ababa by artisans. @qasa_qasa work with artisans all over East Africa providing employment to rural communities.
#selfcare #sociallymade #ethicalgoods #retailforchange
We visited the fabulous @fabricworkslondon in Limehouse, East London. They’re a women led textile studio and social enterprise and we wanted to meet them and see where the magic happens!
We can’t wait to see how we can work together in the future.
#socialenterprises #discovery #producer #ethical #goodsthatdogood
