Every piece of clothing you give, every rupee you donate, helps restore dignity for someone in need. At the Imagine Clothes Bank, families walk in and choose what they wear — with pride, not pity.
The Blanket Challenge
Find one blanket or warm layer you don’t need. As the cold season nears, people are asking Imagine Clothes Bank for blankets — and every one we receive finds a home within days.
Blankets & warm clothes only, please — we have enough of other clothes.
What started as a simple idea — collecting unused clothes — has today become a movement impacting thousands of lives.
At the Imagine Clothes Bank, we don't just distribute clothes. We create a space where people in need can choose what they wear — with dignity, not charity. Every week, over 100 visitors come to our Bengaluru center.
Visitors choose the clothes they like for just ₹1 per item — preserving both dignity and self-respect.
To make good-quality clothing accessible to everyone who needs it — with dignity.
A future where no one is deprived of dignity or opportunity due to lack of resources.
Dignity First, Transparency, Community Driven and Real Impact.
Clothing with Dignity
We collect unused clothes, carefully verify and sort them, and present them in a showroom-like setup — allowing people to choose what they need with dignity. This is not distribution. This is respect.
Through the Clothes Bank we have also reached out to tribal groups with basic clothing — encouraging the joy of giving and sharing.
Every number here represents a real story. A real person. A real change.
Here's how your unused clothes become a dignified choice for a family in need — in four simple steps.
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Bring your unused clothes to our center
Our team carefully checks and filters only usable, quality clothes
Clothes are neatly arranged on hangers in a showroom-like setup
Families visit and choose what they truly need — respectfully
You don't always need money to make a difference. Sometimes, your time, effort, and intent can change lives in ways that truly matter. Join us as a volunteer and be part of real, ground-level impact.
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Be part of our weekly clothes distribution and help create a respectful, dignified experience for families in need.
Creative & Support
Not everyone can be on the ground — but everyone can contribute. Use your skills from wherever you are.
Whether it's a few hours on a Sunday or using your skills from home — your contribution matters.
The Imagine Trust works across education, environment, health care, social welfare and volunteering. Here are the other initiatives our community has built over the years.
An Imagine Trust initiative for underprivileged education in Bengaluru. We believe every child deserves a fair start, no matter what their background — Educare supports the education of children from underprivileged communities across the city.
A community-driven initiative from The Imagine Trust, rooted in the same belief as our Clothes Bank — that support should always come with dignity and self-respect.
With schooling online for over a year during Covid, special experience kits were created so children in Anganwadis could keep learning at home.
From Covid helplines to distributing relief material and volunteering in Covid wards, our members partnered with several organisations to serve where it mattered.
Our ‘Living Green Lives’ campaign has trained hundreds of students to be ecologically sensitive and lead greener lives through simple lifestyle changes.
Over 1,500 high school students have explored new-age and traditional careers — including the Armed Forces — through our career guidance programmes.
Our volunteer wing — first-timers and veterans alike — spreading smiles in children’s shelters, old age homes, hospitals and wherever service is needed.
A volunteer-led project that recorded audio books in specified formats to reach visually challenged students across India.
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Every rupee goes directly to running the Imagine Clothes Bank — collecting, sorting and displaying clothes for families in need. Choose an amount to donate.
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The Clothes Bank has been a blessing for our family. We come every Sunday and the volunteers treat us with so much warmth and respect. Thank you Imagine Trust.
We run a clothes collection drive in our apartment every few months. Knowing each piece is sorted and displayed so families can choose for themselves makes giving feel truly meaningful.
I've been volunteering with Imagine Trust for three years. The transparency and genuine commitment to the community here is unlike anything I've seen elsewhere.
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Four Bengaluru friends launched Imagine Trust, which donates pre-loved clothes to the poor every week.
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Four college buddies have launched a clothes bank in Bengaluru, where the poor and needy can drop in and pick up any piece of clothing they fancy for a token sum of Re 1 per piece.
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Imagine Trust is collecting clothes in good condition and passing them on to those in need.
Read articleWhether you want to donate, drop off clothing, organise a collection drive or volunteer on Sundays — we'd love to hear from you.