Our Corporate Partners
History
Founded by Sophie Mirman and husband Richard Ross, the first Trotters opened its doors in October 1990 at 34 Kings Road, to eagerly awaiting crowds. As a team, Sophie and Richard were involved in the establishment of the Tie Rack in England and went on to create Sock Shop and thereafter Trotters. Sophie has won many awards including 'Business Woman of the Year', 'Marketing Woman of the Year' and 'Motivator of the Year'.
Trotters is a small family-owned and run business, with five stores in and around Central London (Clapham, Kensington, Guildford, Chelsea and Turnham Green).
Their stores offer an exclusive range of clothing, footwear, accessories, books, toys, gifts and of course its famous hairdressing service with its impressive fish tanks for boys and girls aged 0 - 10 years.
Trotters stores were the first to be dedicated solely to children and to this day remain a one-stop shop for children.
Click here to read more about the Trotters story.
Trotters and The CAIRN Trust
Trotters started a partnership with the CAIRN Trust in September 2011. Aiming to raise enough funds to build their first school in rural Nepal, Trotters and The CAIRN Trust have kick started their fundraising by developing their first limited edition Jellycat elephant. The elephant has been named Kipu (which means 'Happy' in Nepali), and a proportion of each Kipu sale will go towards the school construction.
Kipu also joined the CAIRN team on their annual trek to Nepal this year, to read more click here. During this visit, a location for the first Trotters school was agreed in an area called Hille Taksar, Western Nepal and the foundation stones were laid. The funds raised will build four new class rooms and a library for children from grades 1-5. Currently, the heavy monsoon rains have eroded the walls of class rooms away and lessons take place in puddle riddled rooms. We are working our hardest to have the school completed by April 2012, when hopefully some of the Trotters team will join us on the trek to open their school. To read about when Dunwoody visited the CAIRN Movie Night, click here.
