Cherry Rudge & Rainbow Red in the media & newsletters

Cherry Rudge - owner of Rainbow Red - is a pioneer in the UK decluttering and organising industry.

She is proud to have been raising awareness of the importance of using an holistic, person-centred, empathetic, non-judgemental, non-confrontational approach to help people affected by clutter since 2011.

Positions held

• Professional Hoarding Practitioner Trainer, coach, mentor & public speaker
• Founder of the Hoarding Ice-Breaker Form - https://hoardingicebreakerform.org/
• Partner at HoardingUK's National Hoarding Conference 2018
• Advisor on hoarding to Surrey County Council since June 2017
• Member of the Chief Fire Officers Association's (CFOA) Mental Health Working Group (previously known as CFOA's Hoarding Working Group (November 2013 to 2016 & May 2019 ongoing)
• Advisor to Surrey Fire & Rescue Service since 2014
• Member of apdo-uk's Hoarding Advisory Team (March 2014 to 2016)
• Acting President & Chair of The Association of Professional Declutterers & Organisers UK (apdo-uk) (Oct 2013-March 2014)
• apdo-uk's Marketing & PR Officer - November 2011-May 2014 (www.apdo-uk.co.uk)

Here are a few examples of where you'll find her mentioned in newspapers, magazines, articles or interviews:

September 2019
2nd September - Talk Radio Europe - Breakfast show interview (with Hannah Murray) about hoarding disorder and the Hoarding Ice-Breaker Form (listen to the clip on the Hoarding Ice-Breaker Form website)

- https://hoardingicebreakerform.org/newsandevents/


August 2019
24th August - Mail on Sunday - "Hate chucking stuff out?  How to tell if you have a hoarding disorder, and the warning signs to look out for"
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-7390927/How-tell-hoarding-disorder-warning-signs-look-for.html

18th August - Sunday Telegraph - Stella Magazine - "My dad's dementia healed our broken relationship" 
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/life/dads-dementia-healedour-broken-relationship/

January 2019
BBC Surrey Radio - 24th Jan 2019 - talking about Marie Kondo's Netflix decluttering programme, "sparking joy" and how it differs from working with people who have hoarding behaviours
Fast foward to 2hrs 23mins - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p06w8g09

May 2018

• Interviewed for an article in UK Landlord Magazine (National Landlord's Association) about approaches landlords should take if they have tenants with hoarding behaviours - click HERE to view the article
• Report in APDO's Blog about her experiences of attending the 18th International Conference on Hoarding and Cluttering in San Francisco.

May 2017
Thanked for her contribution on the acknowledgement page of Jo Cooke's insightful book "Understanding Hoarding" (published by Sheldon Press).  

• Diagram of how the ADHD brain works in the context of clutter, disorganisation & hoarding
• Account of her experiences as the daughter of a hoarder, including clearing his home when he died

January 2017

Mentioned in an article by journalist Toby Walne that was published in The Mail on Sunday and The NZ Herald.

Sept 2016
Getting organised outdoors - article in House Beautiful magazine 

January 2015
Featured in Age UK Mobility's article on "How to Safely Declutter Your Home".


May 2014
Brooklands Radio - Interview - Just Women - 20-May-2014
Promoting UK Hoarding Awareness Week - attending Parliamentary launch

January 2013
House Beautiful Magazine (Feb 2013 issue) - The Big Declutter (decluttering supplement)

Brooklands Radio - Interview - Fabulous Women Show 
15-Jan-2013 http://www.brooklandsradio.co.uk/FabulousWomen/CRudge130115.mp3

October 2013
Cherry's hints and tips are mentioned in an article entitled "Organising Outdoors" in House Beautiful magazine.

November 2012
apdo-uk Newsletter - getting organised for Christmas
http://blog.apdo-uk.co.uk/index.php/2012/11/newsletter-november-2012/

Healthy Planet (charity) - Stuff For Free Event - North London (Waltham Forest) 24-Nov
www.healthyplanet.org/projects/stuff-for-free.aspx

October 2012
Surrey Today - 18-Oct - Transition Ashtead helping people clear out for Christmas
http://www.thisissurreytoday.co.uk/Transition-Ashtead-helping-people-clear-Christmas/story-17108029-detail/story.html#ixzz2LqkNuZy5

September2012
apdo-uk Newsletter - office organisation
http://blog.apdo-uk.co.uk/index.php/2012/09/newsletter-september-2012/






July 2012

apdo-uk Blog - What does it take to get you motivated enough to declutter and get organised?
http://blog.apdo-uk.co.uk/index.php/2012/07/what-does-it-take-to-get-you-motivated-enough-to-declutter-and-get-organised/

June 2012
apdo-uk Newsletter - L of a lesson to beat moving day hell
http://blog.apdo-uk.co.uk/index.php/2012/06/newsletter-june-2012/







April 2012
Anxiety UK (charity) website - Announcing partnership with apdo-uk
http://www.anxietyuk.org.uk/2012/04/anxiety-uk-announces-new-partnership/









March 2012
Snapshot from the YouTube video showing Cherry (APDO's then Marketing & Partnerships Officer) addressing attendees at their annual conference.

February 2012
Serene Healing Blog - Feng Shui & "Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management"
http://www.serenehealing.co.uk/2012/02/feng-shui-mrs-beetons-book-of-household-management/

March 2011
Radio Wey interview on The Wonderful Wacky Wireless Radio Show - Carers Week
https://soundcloud.com/#jandytimes/show-trailer-for-the-wonderful-wacky-wireless-show

Our Adventures in San Francisco for the 18th International Conference on Hoarding & Cluttering

2018 is turning into one heck of a memorable year!  

So far this year I've attended "Organising Matters" - the Annual conference of The Association of Professional Declutterers & Organisers (APDO), plus two conferences on hoarding - one in San Francisco and the other London - and am very much looking forward to a third in Edinburgh in October! 

Plus our Level 1 Professional Hoarding Practitioner training course has just been launched - starting in July 2018, with more training to follow.

Selfie on the plane

Just after APDO's conference in March, Jo Cooke (of Hoarding Disorders UK CIC), Heather Matuozzo (of Clouds End CIC) and I flew off to San Francisco, full of excitement for our adventure!

Click here for an account that we wrote for APDO's newsletter (The Association of Professional Declutterers & Organisers), outlining the training and conference part of our trip.

The Berkeley City Club Hotel turned out to be the perfect place to stay, as it's less than a 10 minute walk to the conference venue (the University of California Berkeley), and about a 10-15 minute walk to the local Bart train station.   The line goes straight into the City, and it's easy to get from there to the airport too, with only one change.

The ''Little Castle'' was designed by the architect Julia Morgan, and founded in 1927 as The Berkeley Women's City Club. and is a Berkeley City and California State Historical Landmark.  

It has THE most amazing swimming pool, which opens from 5am - perfect for early-bird Jo!



Highlights of the trip for me included:

• Spending a week in the company of two of the most gorgeous and compassionate women I have ever had the privilege of meeting
• Not only did we have fabulous fun every single day, the three of us got to talk for an entire week amongst ourselves and with others (who are as passionate as us) about how we can help, support and raise awareness of the dilemas faced by people affected by extreme clutter, disorganisation or hoarding - how great was that?!
• Meeting the amazing Hilary' Kacser and being mightily impressed by her memorable opening one-woman keynote performance of DisordR, The Play - a moving account of some of PakRat Patty's experiences as a hoarder
• The pre-conference training by Dr Michael Tompkins, author of “Digging Out” and “The Clinician’s Guide to Severe Hoarding – A Harm Reduction"
• Learning that the UK is actually ahead of the USA in some respects relating to hoarding.  For example, we have a National Hoarding Awareness Week, whereas campaigns are far more regionalised in the USA
• Spending quality time with some wonderful folks from the US who are all doing amazing work helping people affected by hoarding (and raising awareness of the issues associated with this debilitating subject), including Marnie Matthews of The Clutter Movement, Eileen Dacey of North Shore Elder Services (near Boston, MA); Christa Tipton of NASWCA Technology Council & Orange County Task Force on Hoarding and Jette Selberg from the San Francisco Bay area.
• Getting my photo taken with the compulsory hippy flowers in my hair - well, Berkeley was where the movement started, so it had to be done! (thank you Jette for being so thoughtful!)
• Visiting the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco
• Catching one of the famous cable cars (in the pouring rain!), and having a yummy meal in China Town
• Strolling around art galleries in Oakland 
• Enjoying eating our way around the World, with delicious food from places like Japan, Korea, Mexico, USA, China, Burma and Eritraea - to name but a few!
• The fabulous in-flight service from Virgin Atlantic - especially coming home!

Jo, Hilary, Heather, Cherry

So, it's now time to start planning our trip for the next conference.  Sadly I've just missed the 4th Annual Hoarding of Animals Conference in Danvers, Massachusetts (which would have been fascinating), but watch out San Francisco, we'll definitely be back!

Heather, Dr Michael A. Tompkins, Cherry, Jo

Marnie, Cherry, Christa, Jette, Jo, Heather, Eileen

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