17th November 2025

For nearly ten years, we’ve regularly donated a proportion of our profits to Frank Water. With your help we’ve so far managed to raise more than £43,600 for this important cause. This has been enough to provide safe water, for life, to more than 3,633 people.

Our relationship with Bristol-based charity Frank Water began when we met their Founder, Katie Alcott, who visited our lifestyle store in Totnes, Devon. We connected with Katie over a shared love of India, which is where many of our artisans and makers are based. Frequent visits to our suppliers have exposed us to not only the wonder and vitality of this beautiful country, but also to the hardships, inequality and poverty many people living there face, particularly in terms of access to clean water. 

Katie started the charity after her own experience of visiting India. Whilst on a gap year, Katie stayed with a local family in Kashmir and suffered from dysentery due to unsafe drinking water. After a gruelling five years of battling with her condition, Katie recovered and has since been passionate about bringing safe drinking water not only to the family she’d lived with, but to many others throughout India and Nepal. Frank Water was born with the aim to help improve the living standards of the poorest communities by going into areas that are often too remote for larger charities and establishing clean water systems. As soon as we heard about the fantastic work Katie and others at Frank Water were doing, we knew we had to support them.

Across the world, 1 in 4 people still live without safe water and 2.1 billion people (that's 1 in 3) have no access to adequate sanitation.

It's incredible what Frank Water has managed to achieve since it began in 2005. In that time, they have successfully brought sustainable clean water to over 546,059 people in 789 communities in India, Nepal and Kenya. Climate change is accelerating the loss of vital springs in the Himalayas – the “Third Pole” of our planet. In Uttarakhand, Frank Water rejuvenated 10 natural springs, securing water for 3,300 people and enhancing flows for an additional 11,000 downstream. In Nepal’s Kavrepalanchok region, the charity mapped over 480 water sources, launching urgent spring restoration to protect thousands of families.

Nkuku has pledged £5,000 to this appeal. Can you help support the charity in reaching the £50,000 target.

We are proud to continue to support Frank Water in their mission. To find out more about their work and make a personal donation visit Frank Water.