Donate Your Unused Christmas Jumpers in Ealing

Donate your spare and unloved Christmas jumpers at one of our drop off points around Acton and Ealing. The Christmas jumpers are for the ReActon free swap running in Acton on Saturday, 6th December. Each year, millions of us search for the perfect Christmas jumper to celebrate with friends, colleagues and family. Yet almost one in five Christmas jumpers are only worn once over the festive period in the UK. Let’s turn this waste into an opportunity.

Every year we buy around 12 million Christmas jumpers in the UK, and collectively we have close to 69 million Christmas jumpers languishing in our wardrobes. This winter stop buying new Christmas jumpers and rather swap for a different Christmas jumper, top or t-shirt.

Drop off locations for Christmas Jumpers in Ealing

ReActon want your families too small or unloved Christmas jumpers, tops and t-shirts. Christmas Pass on adult and children’s jumpers, tops and t-shirts. Please donate your clean and in good condition pre-loved Christmas jumpers and tops at:

Tell your family, friends and colleagues to dig out their unloved jumpers and drop them off or come along on the day of the swap. Let’s get swapping and reusing to reduce the waste this Christmas.

ReActon December event & free Christmas Jumper swap

Join in with the ReActon Christmas jumper swap by donating or coming along on the 6 December and get a jolly seasonal jumper. One item per person, while stocks last. At our swaps, you can either give donations, take donations or both.

By swapping and getting pre-loved Christmas jumpers you are helping to:

• Reduce Waste: Many Christmas jumpers are only worn once or twice before being thrown away, which adds to the massive amount of textile waste that often ends up in landfills here and abroad. See The Financial Times on Fashion brands fail to tackle waste and unfair pay.
• Save Resources: The production of new garments consumes large amounts of water and energy, and the dyeing process can pollute waterways.
• Reduce Plastic pollution: Around 95% of new Christmas jumpers contain synthetic, plastic-based materials, which pollute the environment.
• Reduces carbon footprint: Help lower your carbon emissions by reducing your consumption of clothes, see The carbon footprint of getting dressed.  

When: 1pm-4pm Saturday 6 December
Where: Acton Gardens Community Centre W3 8UU

Also on the day we will have lots of reuse and repair activities including

• learn to repair your clothes with Ealing Repair café
• upcycle t-shirts into yarn and jeans into draught excluders
• bring unwanted clothes for recycling
• drop off small e-waste items for recycling
• book swap, where you can bring books and take books.

Plus other reuse and recycling activities. Find out more at ReActon Hub.

Design your own Christmas jumper

You don’t even have to swap a jumper to get a fresh look this Christmas. Get inspiration at Ealing Repair cafes ideas of designing your own Christmas jumper.

Plus lots of Charity shops also have a great selection of Christmas jumpers and tops too, so go explore and support our local Charity shops around Ealing by getting a Christmas jumper, other seasonal clothes and pre-loved gems.

Low Waste Christmas

Come on Saturday 6 December to Acton Gardens between 1pm- 4pm to find something Christmassy to wear and find out how you can reduce your waste during the festive season.  Or drop off your Christmas jumpers and tops to one of our drop off points. Tell your friends and families to donate their spare Christmas jumpers.

For more events on how we can reduce our waste, see ReActon www.actforealing.org/reacton-hub/.

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