Up for the cups – West Africa wants your bras

Oxfam launches the 'Big Bra Hunt' campaign in Spitalfields market, appealing to women to donate their forgotten bras during April (Abbie Trayler-Smith)

Oxfam launched the 'Big Bra Hunt' at London's Spitalfields market yesterday, starting a month-long campaign to increase unwanted bra donations. Some will be sold in Oxfam's UK shops, but many will be sent to its ethical second-hand clothing project in Senegal, Frip Ethique, where they fetch high prices and help give employment to disadvantaged women.