Sustainable Fashion Week is coming in September, and your organisation could be a part of this Bristol-based, national initiative that celebrates recycling, reusing and sharing clothes. Whether your organisation has a charity shop, an eBay store, a craft club, or appeals for clothing donations to help service users, you can get involved in the week-long celebrations from 11-19 September 2021.
The focus of Sustainable Fashion Week is community-led activity that helps people form new habits around clothing - not necessarily following trends, moving away from 'fast fashion', and learning new skills to make clothing last longer. Changes Bristol (mental health charity and Voscur member) is one of the partner organisations working to make Sustainable Fashion Week happen.
There will be a central hub in Bristol where the main expert-led workshops and talks will take place, along with a market full of independent makers and traders, but organisers would also love to see events popping up in and around the city (and throughout the UK) during the week.
This is a great opportunity for charities and community groups to arrange an activity and inspire local people to take action. For example:
We hope you'll take this opportunity to join in with Sustainable Fashion Week and plan an activity in your community. When you've thought out your proposed activity, get in touch with the team at Sustainable Fashion Week to discuss it further and make it happen.