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2018

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We expand our GROW project to Durban and purchased our Durban property. Tracey Chambers (Co-Founder and CEO) is awarded an Ashoka Fellowship.

2015

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We open our TCB Durban and East London branches and purchase our first building in Cape Town. With a national footprint, TCB could now support many more retailers to redistribute their excess products.  We start our Repair programme in response to growing volumes of appliance donations. Our Amazi Beauty Project is launched in partnership with … Read more

2014

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We start the GROW Educare Centres programme (later renamed to Grow ECD) in Cape Town. Co-founder Lisa Voortman sets up our first ECD centre partnership in Langa. 

2013

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We expand to Johannesburg and win the African Philanthropy Award: New Charity of the Year award. We form a strategic training relationship with The Tourism and Business Institute of South Africa (TTBISA) to train our second-year Participants in the Informal Small Business Practice (ISBP), which provides them with a SETA-accredited qualification. We start the Greenlight Movement … Read more

2012

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We open a branch in Paarl and start our Micro Franchise Accelerator Project. TCB wins the Teach a Man to Fish Award. We start our journey with the A2B development methodology.

2011

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We out grew our first premises and moved to a rental property in Observatory scaling to 100 women in the programme. More retailers liked Edcon and MRP came on board.

2010

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TCB opens its doors in Salt River, Cape Town. Originally called The Clothing Bank, TCB started it’s life in a double garage made available by the local municipality and a large stock donation from Woolworths. Our co-founders, Tracey Chambers and Tracey Gilmore, recruited unemployed mothers through The Volunteer Centre and started training them to buy … Read more

Graduate Small Business Incubator

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A business growth programme for small businesses that are ready to expand.   Exclusive to our graduates. The Graduate Incubator is a 1-year programme that assists Graduates to grow their already running, successful businesses in order to increase revenue and create jobs. Next-level business and entrepreneurship training Access to mentors and networks Assistance with access … Read more