16 Sep The Kartik Foundation Celebrates 5 Years of Impact

Fashion-Enter Ltd / FC Designer Workspace team members attended the Kartik Foundation 5th anniversary celebration on 15th September. Driven by the mission of creating opportunities for young people and underserved groups, the event showcased the achievements of the foundation’s initiatives, namely Write Space, a creative writing programme across schools; Access Interns, an initiative to help young people with disabilities overcome workplace barriers; ReFAB Studio, an upcycling – upskilling initiative and Gradvisor, a platform helping students and recent graduates from underrepresented backgrounds explore careers.

Dr Sudhanshu Palsule, trustee of the foundation, and acclaimed education philosopher and fellow at the Cambridge Institute of Sustainable Leadership, spoke about the importance of finding purpose and meaning through initiatives like the ones seeded by the foundation. Tushar and Rewati Prabhu highlighted the partnerships that fuelled the impact of the foundation and shared their vision for what lies ahead.

Rewati Prabhu, Founder of ReFAB Studio, showcased the powerful benefits emerging from connecting unused premium textiles with unused skills. She acknowledged with gratitude the key roles played by textile partners like Sandersons and Altfield, skilling organisations like Fashion-Enter Ltd and Making for Change as well as Design Colleges like London College of Fashion UAL, Royal College of Art, and Morleys College. In an evening of joy and hope, the foundation and its supporters celebrated its 5-year journey and recommitted to its goals for the next 5-years.

Fashion-Enter Ltd stocks ReFAB Studio items at the FC Designer Collective shop, 113-115 Fonthill Road, London N4, Founder and CEO Jenny Holloway said: “Great to be part of the 5 year celebrations for ReFAB studio. Lovely atmosphere with like minded people that have a true social conscience. We at Fashion-Enter Ltd have been working with Rewati and her wonderful team for a year now and it’s just so rewarding.  There are very few initiatives aimed at transforming high-quality, interior textile remnants into stylish products and it’s been fulfilling to collaborate and sell a range of bags and vanity cases at our retail outlet in the iconic Fonthill Road in Islington. Now we’re on a mission to educate the community on stitching skills to include creative products and repairs! Here’s to our future collaboration.” 

Find out more about ReFAB Studio here: https://refabstudio.org/ and the Kartik Foundation here: https://kartikfoundation.org