Helping to restore the London we love

15 August 2011

We were as shocked as everyone else by the recent riots in London and England. So what can we do to help?

The riots in London affected us deeply. Our studio is in Putney, just down the road from Clapham Junction, which is where some of the worst disturbances took place. Many of our team travel through Clapham every day and so had first-hand experience of what happened.

We were particularly upset by the trashing of a little Clapham fancy dress shop. This had provided many a party outfit for Consider’s celebratory bashes over the years. It’s terrible! Shops have been looted, people have lost their livelihoods, they’ve been assaulted or made homeless. What can we do?

The clean-up

We can all do our bit to help the country get back on its feet. It was great to see Twitter and Facebook being employed to organise a clean-up campaign in Clapham by thousands of energetic “wombles”.

Supporting the victims

Beyond the clean-up, we want to do what we can to help those most badly affected by the riots get their lives back to normal. That’s why we’re encouraging everyone we know to back the Victim Support campaign.

Victim Support are collecting money and using it to help people feel safe again in their communities. We think they’re doing a great job and have already made our own contribution. We’d encourage you to do the same.

To help us support this great cause text 'HELP90 £3' to 70070. Thank you!.

Or else go direct to this donation page: www.justgiving.com/welovelondoners

And finally… We loved some of the humorous blogs which sprang up after the riots - in particular http://photoshoplooter.tumblr.com/

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