The Fashion Impact Fund provided grants from 2022 to 2025 to organizations across Africa, South Asia, the Caribbean, the United Kingdom, and the United States that delivered workforce education programs within the fashion production sector.

The Fashion Impact Fund, founded by Kerry Bannigan, provided grants from 2022 to 2025 to organizations across Africa, South Asia, the Caribbean, the United Kingdom, and the United States that delivered workforce education programs within the fashion production sector.

Through these grants, the Fund supported training initiatives that equipped 124 participants with technical skills aligned with real production environments. These programs enabled participants to enter the workforce, develop entrepreneurial ventures, and contribute to local manufacturing ecosystems.

Across multiple regions, the Fashion Impact Fund demonstrated how applied education in fashion production can create pathways to employment while strengthening local economic participation.

The Fund’s portfolio highlights the important role that vocational education and workforce development play in supporting resilient production systems within the global fashion supply chain.

Fashion Impact Fund grant recipient the Fashion Technology Academy, London, United Kingdom.

Woman adjusting a dress on a mannequin during a Fashion Impact Fund-supported fashion training session.

Education

Funded programs delivered hands-on training in garment construction, textile production, design development, and other technical skills aligned with real production environments.

Fashion trainee measuring fabric and preparing materials during a Fashion Impact Fund-supported garment production training program.

Workforce

These programs equipped participants with practical capabilities that prepared them to enter the labor market, pursue entrepreneurial ventures, or participate in fashion production networks.

Woman operating an industrial sewing machine during a Fashion Impact Fund-supported garment production training session.

Manufacturing

By supporting workforce education aligned with production environments, the programs contributed to strengthening regional manufacturing ecosystems and local production capacity.