Apart from supporting a range of charitable projects, including supplying over 3,000 pairs of pre-worn shoes to migrants and refugees, Good News shoes also makes its colourful skate styles with the planet in mind. Recycled rubber soles, organic cotton uppers and even the comfy inner footbed is formulated from castor beans (rather than petroleum, as with most trainers). The whole ethos of the brand is to “make people smile”, no more so than a certain family member. “My 102-year-old self-confessed dare-devil Great Grandpa,” says Co-founder Ben Tattersall, “jumped out of a plane last year in a pair of Good News and now holds the world record for the oldest person ever to do a sky dive.” Well, if they’re good enough for him…