Editing TK Maxx (section)

==Charity support==
===United Kingdom===
In 2007 and 2009, TK Maxx in the UK was the sole retailer of [[Red Nose Day]] T-shirts, sales of which generated £2 million in 2007 and £3 million in 2009 for [[Comic Relief (charity)|Comic Relief]].<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.rednoseday.com/partners/t-k-maxx/ |title = Red Nose Day Partners |publisher = Comic Relief |date= June 25, 2007 | access-date = June 25, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070323114941/http://www.rednoseday.com/partners/t-k-maxx/ <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = March 23, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rednoseday.com/partners/tkmaxx |title=TK Maxx |publisher=Red Nose Day 09 |access-date=September 16, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090519082334/http://www.rednoseday.com/partners/tkmaxx |archive-date=May 19, 2009 }}</ref>

TK Maxx has been a supporter of the [[Woodland Trust]] since 2004, when it held a Christmas card recycling scheme in conjunction with the Trust.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Trust |first1=Woodland |title=Our Corporate Partners |url=https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/partnerships/our-partners/more-partners/ |website=Woodland Trust |access-date=11 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/en/support-us/company-supporters/corporate-partners/Pages/tk-maxx.aspx |title=TK Maxx and Woodland Trust working in partnership |publisher=Woodland Trust |access-date=September 16, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110101141626/http://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/en/support-us/company-supporters/corporate-partners/Pages/tk-maxx.aspx |archive-date=1 January 2011}}</ref>
From August 2008, TK Maxx introduced charges on plastic carrier bags and donated the proceeds to the [[Woodland Trust]], which used the funds to plant 30,000 new trees on a {{Convert|15|acre|m2|0|adj=on}} site near [[Elmstead Market]], [[Essex]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Lake |first=Howard |title=Woodland Trust to plant trees with funds from TK Maxx carrier bags |url=https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/07/13/woodland-trust-plant-trees-funds-tk-maxx-carrier-bags/ |website=UK Fundraising |access-date=13 March 2024}}</ref> This was before the 2015 [[Phase-out of lightweight plastic bags#United Kingdom|phase-out of plastic bags in the UK]], in which charges became mandatory and are now frequently donated to charity.{{Citation needed |date=June 2024}} 

TK Maxx also runs a 'Give Up Clothes For Good' campaign, where customers are encouraged to bring in unwanted clothes for [[Cancer Research UK]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tkmaxx.com/uk/en/give-up-clothes-for-good |title=Give up Clothes for Good |website=TK Maxx |access-date=13 March 2024}}</ref>

===Ireland===
In [[Ireland]], TK Maxx actively supports [[Enable Ireland]], a charity which helps provide free services to children with disabilities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tkmaxx.ie/enableireland.php|title=Give up Clothes for good - Enable Ireland - TK Maxx Ireland|author=Rob Le Boutillier|work=tkmaxx.ie}}</ref>