Enabling Young People to Create their Future

We run workshops and competitions where fashion industry professionals inspire young people to develop skills for their future.

Our objective: “ The advancement of education in fashion design and related subjects by creating a culture which promotes the dignity, true worth and beauty of the individual through projects, activities, lectures, publications and events.”

Our aims are:
To engage young people, especially those from underprivileged backgrounds, in creative and artistic workshops, which offer them vocational education that enhances their opportunities for employment and/or higher education;

To conduct fashion competitions, which provide young people with opportunities to further their creative and practical skills, integrate cultural research into their work, and showcase the results to the industry and media;

To give FAD students the opportunity to volunteer in our projects, and benefit from a training programme which coaches them in leadership and management skills.

Fashion Awareness Direct (FAD) is a registered educational charity (Charity number 1112095) with a proven approach to helping young people to further their education and widen their curriculum, and to bridge the gap between education and industry.