It all began...

...in 2008 when students from Nottingham Trent Aegis Society went on a trip to Rwanda with the charity and NGO Aegis Trust. Seeing how the genocide in 1994 had torn the country apart and how Aegis was doing vital work with survivors to build peace was a major inspiration to do something to help.​

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After graduating from Nottingham Trent University in 2009, this passion was translated into action when, after discussing with the charity how they could help raise money, the idea of the White Rose Shops began…

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Opening their doors in December 2009, the shops mission is to to bring the best in high quality recycled fashion, to cities around the country. Working with a fabulous team of staff and volunteers and having so many wonderful and supportive customers, has helped raise over £45000 for Aegis so far… and this is just the begining.

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Why 'White Rose'

 

White Rose is named after a brave student movement group that stood up to Hitler’s regime in the 1940s.

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About Aegis Trust

 

The Aegis Trust is an international organization working to prevent genocide. Aegis honours the memory of the victims of genocide and enables students, professionals, decision-makers and a wider public to meet survivors and learn from their experiences. Through education, Aegis works to build long-term peace by encouraging communities to change from mindsets of mistrust and prejudice to a position of shared responsibility for peace and stability. Aegis also helps survivors in difficult circumstances to rebuild their lives.

 

Aegis conducts and encourages research about genocide to improve the practice of prevention. We work on places where genocide is a current threat, campaigning for decision-makers to help protect those most at risk. Our advocacy involves taking the voices of those at risk to politicians, the media and the public.

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Founded by British brothers James and Stephen Smith in 2000, Aegis developed from the work of the UK National Holocaust Centre and has offices in the UK, USA, Kenya and Rwanda, where we have been responsible for the Kigali Genocide Memorial since establishing it in 2004.

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For more information on Aegis’s current activities please visit the Aegis Trust website: www.aegistrust.org

Charity no.1082856