Clothing deprivation is a growing yet largely invisible issue. At the same time as people throughout the UK are deprived of suitable clothing, a great deal of clothing is prematurely destroyed or disposed of. Following a successful screening of the film ‘clothing Poverty Exposed’, in this Public Meeting Sharewear – the UK’s largest provider of free clothing to the clothing deprived – will discuss what we can do both here at the University of Manchester and in the broader Manchester community to address clothing deprivation locally.