The Tab meets… Common Goals

Looking for some original new threads this winter? Do you also want to give back this holiday season? Then look no further!

I had the pleasure of having a cuppa and chitchat with the lovely Jack Hyde (an old Exeter student himself!) of Common Goals, the charity t-shirt project. Here’s a few snippets for you Tab readers:

Jess: So Jack, give us a quick run down of what Common Goals is.

Jack: Common Goals is a not-for-profit project that I run with Nathan Blaker of No Guts, No Glory! We approach bands, get them to design a t-shirt and the money from the sales goes to a charity of their choice. It is entirely self-funded so the more t-shirts we sell, the more bands we can get involved and the more charities we can support.

Jess: Sounds awesome! How many bands are involved at the moment?

Jack: Since June this year when we started, we currently have 3 bands designing shirts. The Cut Up’s (my band), The Arteries, a punk-rock band from Swansea and Great Cynics a folk/sometimes punk band from London. We’ve been flooded with applications from other bands to get involved but as we’re totally self-funded, we need to sell more shirts so we can take on more bands!

A selection of some of the best t-shirts on campus….

Jess: So if you could get any band in the world to design a shirt who would it be?

Jack: Billy Bragg. I think he’d be great to work with!

Jess: What charities do you currently support?

Jack: Our 3 bands chose the Motor Neurone Disease Association, Mumbles Lifeboat Station and PAPYRUS – Prevention of Young Suicide and we make monthly donations to each depending on how many t-shirts we sell.