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At this time of year I get swamped with emails telling me what’s hot and what’s not in the world of weddings. Pity the poor bride who relies on such lists to create the perfect big day – especially if she starts planning a year in advance as most do. Picture it: you’ve just had [...]

Throughout November BRIDES magazine will be running a charitable initiative to raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity. ‘White Hot Hope, Vow to Make a Difference‘ has got the UK bridal industry on board to come up with nationwide retail initiatives, one-off events, special deals and incentives, all with the aim of funding [...]

We’re always up for a good cause at Ethical Weddings and this one delivers a real win-win for soon-to-be-wed couples. Wish Upon a Wedding launched in January 2010 with the aim of giving couples facing terminal illness and other serious life-altering circumstances a wonderful wedding or vow renewal day (regardless of sexual orientation). The organisation [...]

Back in July, our post ‘How to give your wedding dress to another bride‘ looked at a number of charities who could take your beloved but one-wear-only wedding gown and give it a new life as the dream dress of another deserving bride. Today we’re bringing you a new way to donate your dress – [...]

When brides ask us what they can do with their wedding gowns after the big day, our almost auto response is: donate it to a charity shop.  There are so many charity shops with bridal departments just begging for your dress, you know it’s going to a good home – and a good cause. But [...]

We recently had a query from a small charity wondering about the logistics and benefits of setting up a charity gift list. We offered our tips but would love to hear from couples who have used charity gift lists about their experience as well as from other charities who would be willing to comment on [...]

At the risk of sparking yet more debate (see our post and comments on Israeli Blood Diamonds) Ethical Weddings is proud to support Take the Vow, Plan UK’s petition and call for action to end child marriage. Jasvinder Sanghera, a forced marriage survivor who set up the first national helpline for UK victims and whose [...]

Today’s post finds us digging around in the Ethical Weddings archives to help out a bride who’s hunting down a secondhand wedding gown. If running Ethical Weddings has taught us anything, it’s that when one bride asks a question, many more are thinking it so here is our answer for all brides who love to [...]

We can’t believe that nobody’s done it before but we’re very pleased that our good friend, George aka The Wedding Fairy is the one to do it. Do what? Launch the first National Wedding day! Sunday 1 August is the big day and of course it’s all for a good cause, supporting Ethical Weddings member, [...]

I was chatting to my friend who’s getting married in September and was delighted when she said she really wanted to get her wedding dress from a charity such as Oxfam Bridal. Weddings are such an expensive business, she said, ‘I just want at least one bit of the expense to go somewhere where it [...]