Uneeka's Blog

Here at uneeka we are proud to support Child Rescue Nepal and this black friday we decided to ask our lovely customers for their support. We added a stamp to our donation board for every £25 spent in store. We managed to reach our target and double our donation from £250 to a whopping £500 for this fantastic charity. The charity has been rescuing and caring for vulnerable children in Nepal since 1999 With more people globally exploited for hard labour than at any other point in history, we know our work is desperately needed. Child Rescue Nepal is on...

Our British summer time has spoiled us this year with a mixture of high temperatures and heavy rainfall, creating the ideal environment for our precious wildlife to flourish. This is especially important to the Uneeka garden, based behind Uneeka Home Truro, where we are creating a safe space for wildlife and a paradise for plants.

  This inspirational, three-minute video highlights the story of Muskaan, a 13-year-old girl and former child labourer, discovered by GoodWeave inspectors while working in a home-based, outsourced apparel supply chain in India.It was filmed and produced by Will Jack Robinson of The Studio_M. We have proudly supported this fantastic company for over half a decade and about 50% of our rugs are GoodWeave certified.  GoodWeave are an award-winning team of business-minded experts and advocates for social change dedicated to ending child labour, forced labour, and bonded labour in global supply chains.  For more than two decades now, GoodWeave has been fighting to end child labour on...

This eco-friendly product is made from recycled Indian newspaper. Our newspaper bags are made by an NGO* whose main objective is to provide education and shelter to street children. The organisation, which Uneeka has supported for over 10 years, was started in 2004 by street children who wanted to give something back in return for the opportunities which had allowed them to escape desperate circumstances. These elder children, now married with children of their own, generate an income by making newspaper bags and jute items. This allows them to take care of thirteen street children that they have saved from...

To celebrate the importance of our high streets we are taking part in the Totally Locally National Fiver Fest this month to celebrate what makes our independent high streets great. Look out for fantastic £5 offers from 12th - 26th June at Uneeka and other local retailers.

Here at Uneeka we are lucky enough to have loads of fantastically hard working, creative and inspirational women on our team. So this International Women's Day we would like to share with you just some of these incredible ladies who have worked with us, past and present.    Jess Having been with Uneeka for 10 years, Jess has worked her way to Operations manager. She knows everything there is to know about the company and has the ability to juggle 100 things (efficiently) at the same time - something we all admire. With a cool head and clear vision she keeps...