OUR STORY
Creating change, one rug at a time.
Meet our founder and get to know more about how your rug purchase makes a difference.
Our mission
Rugs for Good is a social enterprise whose goal is to help break the cycle of poverty and create positive change within the communities who handweave our rugs.
At Rugs For Good we believe in a fair and equitable society whereby everyone should have access to the same opportunities. We believe that big and small businesses can help create a better world for all.
That’s why we have created a business that is dedicated to making meaningful impact.
A Netflix Documentary at 2am changed everything
Meet Jess, a former social worker who wanted to continue creating positive change in the world while on maternity leave.
Setting up Rugs For Good was the best way to do this, with a love for a good rug and a compassionate heart, she wanted to interweave her passion for helping others and creating beautiful living spaces. She believes rugs can change the feel of a whole room and why not change lives at the same time? What better feeling is there?
After watching the Netflix documentary “Daughters of Destiny” she was overwhelmingly inspired and started learning more about how she could help some of the most disadvantaged children of India. This is how Rugs For Good was born.
In 2023, Jess established the Shanti Bhavan Foundation in Australia, which has since raised over $150k for the Shanti Bhavan Children's Project.
In 2026 she stepped down as Chairperson of the Foundation, to focus on how Rugs for Good can create direct change within the communities who weave our rugs.
We are Committed to Ethical Rug Making.
At Rugs for Good, ethical rug making means: Fair wages for artisans, No child labour, Independently certified by GoodWeave and supportive of rug-making communities via CARE&FAIR.
Being an industry partner to GoodWeave International supports them to continue their work towards ending child labour. This means supporting an organisation that has rescued and offered long-term educational sponsorship to thousands of children. GoodWeave monitors rug making facilities and factories through a system of unannounced, rigorous inspections to help improve the ethical standards within the rug making industry.
Our signature Slow Weave rug collection is of the highest ethical standards within the rug industry
Our founder Jess designed and manufactured this award-winning collection to gain a more intimate connection to the art and process of rug making. To learn every step of the way, how beautiful rug creations move from design concept and into our homes. During this process, she gained an insight into the rug making process and address any ethical issues along the way. Working closely with her factory partner in India, we have created rugs of the highest ethical standards within the rug industry.
Changing lives since 2019, Rugs for Good was born from a deep desire to create change.
Our Rugs For Good Exclusive range
Slow weave
Slow Weave rugs are made in small batches to ensure that the artisans are provided with long term, sustainable work rather than short and large bursts. This is to support our beloved artisans who create these beautiful pieces of art. We only work with one group of weavers - not multiple factories. If you want an incredibly special rug, look no further than our premium quality, ethically made Slow Weave rugs.
