SVP - Vincent's Bray

13/08/2026

In 2025, a total of 3,157 textile items were brought in for repair at one of the 168 Repair Cafés located across eight EU countries. These Repair Cafés log their activities in the ‘Repair Monitor’, an online tool developed by the Repair Café International Foundation.

Of the items brought in, 3,000 were successfully repaired, corresponding to a repair success rate of 95%.

Trousers and pants, as well as coats and jackets, were the most frequently brought in items, together accounting for 45% of all textile products repaired in 2025.

In addition to recording the type of product and repair outcome, the Repair Monitor also logs the difficulty of each repair. Analysis of these data shows that the proportion of repairs classified as ‘(rather) difficult’ has increased over time.

👚 👟 👕 Textiles are everywhere and shape our daily lives. However, their production, use and after use processing cause many environmental and climate pressures.

💡 Reducing such pressures requires a shift towards a more circular and sustainable textiles system of production and consumption with extended product use, increased reuse, repair and more efficient recycling.

🔗 Learn more about this topic on:
https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/circularity/sectoral-modules/textiles/repairability-of-textile-products

10/08/2026

A quick update - our social media manager is off for the next couple of weeks! 💙 🫶

In the meantime - our amazing shoe donation is still going strong, with clothing, homewares & so much more in store! Also! A huge thank you for all your support, mindful donations & for making our Summer Sale such a success!🙌🏻🫶🎒🩴🥿

Enjoy the rest of the summer before school starts again! ☀️💙🫶

10/08/2026

10/08/2026

We’re open & the choice of shoes in-store is incredible! 👟🥿💙

So many quality brand-new styles for women, kids & babies, plus school shoes, with lots of sizes & styles to choose from. They won’t last long at these prices! - pop in & have a look! Check out our reels too!🙌🏻👀

Have an amazing week! 💙

09/08/2026

As we approach 600 followers, we just want to say a huge thank you for the incredible support shown to SVP Bray. 💙

Behind every post, reel, Live, visit, purchase & donation is something much bigger. It is the generosity & care behind what is donated, the work that goes into sorting, selecting & preparing everything for the shop floor & giving quality items another life while offering value, choice, sustainability & dignity to everyone who comes through our doors. ♻️

Our staff are amazing every single day & our wonderful volunteers give their time, energy, & kindness so generously. Then there are the countless people who stop to chat, even briefly, say thank you, share an idea, tell us a story or give such wonderful feedback about the store, the social media, the team & what we are doing.💙

All of that has helped make SVP Bray what it is today, what it can continue to offer St Vincent de Paul & what it has become within the wider community. A place to donate, shop, browse, chat, connect, find something needed or something special & know that every part of it is contributing to something much bigger.💙

Through our much-loved posts, reels & hugely popular Lives, we have connected with people in Bray & far beyond, but together, both online & in-store, something genuinely special has grown.🙌🏻

Every donation, purchase, visit, conversation, share & bit of support matters more than you might realise. Thank you for helping make SVP Bray what it is. See you in store soon - we re-open at 9.30am tomorrow! 💙🙌🏻♻️
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09/08/2026

SVP Bray, for you, for family, for community, for everyone, every day. 💙♻️

We re-open tomorrow morning at 9.30am with a huge selection of quality, brand-new women’s & children’s shoes still available at amazing prices, plus so much more throughout the store!👀💙

Browse our page & reels for a little look at what’s in-store. See you soon! 💙

09/08/2026

“A wolf in sheep’s clothing?” 👀♻️

An interesting read from The Irish Times. Some trends are not always quite what they’re cracked up to be. What looks quick, easy & convenient online can come with a lot more time, effort & hassle than expected.👌🏻

Sometimes the simplest option is still the best: donate what you no longer need, shop pre-loved locally, see exactly what you’re buying & help keep good quality items in circulation. 💙

No photographing, listing, messaging, packaging,posting - the list goes on. Just donate, browse & give something a second life. Shop local. Donate local. Support local. 💙♻️

SVP Bray - for you, for family, for community, for everyone, everyday💙

Vintage clothing store Nine Crows in the heart of Dublin’s Temple Bar saw “a dip” in customers when online rival Vinted entered the Irish market 18 months ago, but business has since recovered, says general manager Alex Morgan.

Online retail has been riding high in Ireland recently. Vinted reported growth in listings up to 197 per cent in the year to May, and annual sales growth of up to 499 per cent in Ireland.

Figures published by Vinted in April show global revenue at the group was up 38 per cent to €1.1 billion last year, while profit was down 19 per cent to €62 million.

Vinted, founded in 2008, is an online marketplace in which anyone can buy and sell all kinds of items, from trading cards to snow removal tools – but its main focus is fashion. The company, valued at €8 billion, mostly caters for peer-to-peer selling.

08/08/2026

SVP Bray - for you, for family, for community, for all - everyday 🙌🏻☀️💙

08/08/2026

We close at 5.30pm! - What a week at SVP Bray! 💙👟🩴🥿

A huge thank you for all the support, lovely chats & such positive feedback around our amazing range of donated women’s, children’s, baby & school shoes! 🙌🏻💙 ( They won't last long !! )

There’s so much more in-store too, with clothing, homewares, accessories & our fantastic book section fully stocked 📚✨

Our amazing staff are restocking the floor through out the day, so make sure to pop in! See you Monday at 9.30am,have a fantastic weekend from all the staff at SVP bray💙☀️

08/08/2026

We close at 5.30pm - do not miss these shoes, once they are gone - they are gone!👀💙🙌🏻🩴🥿👡