Design it yourself freestyle upcycling denim workshop for ages 7+. Send along the kids on Wednesday 5th or 12 April for some Easter holiday creativity at Acton Gardens Community Centre. Toyah from Design it yourself runs brilliant creative workshops at after school clubs and holidays clubs. These workshops will inspire your children to create and... Continue Reading →
In partnership with eco-fashion non-profit campaign Love Not Landfill, Ealing Broadway Shopping Centre is hosting a sustainable fashion clothes swap and kids crafting pop-up event this February – and your invited! Encouraging fashion lovers to buy second-hand, swap, recycle and give to charity, the pop-up ‘Clothes Swap Shop’ is here to help you give away... Continue Reading →
Restore in Acton has launched the Re'makers Club in January with a variety of upcycling and circular economy workshops running throughout the month. For the whole of January Restore will be a workspace for remake, repair workshops and drop in days for creatives to come together. Go to their Restore website for a full list... Continue Reading →
MarketW3 in Acton has put together 12 things you can do to have a sustainable Christmas and New Year. All of the tips are from organisations and businesses that have come along to their Reduce and Recycle Hub which runs on the first Saturday of the month and will be back on 4th February at... Continue Reading →
Having a spring clear out this weekend? 🧺🧹 Visit The Grange School Reuse Recycle Regift event this Sunday, 15 May from 10am to 12pm with your pre-loved, unwanted items. They will find them a new life or new use ♻️🛍️ Bin bags of clothing, sheets, shoes, coats etc. 🧥 Grange School uniform🔋 Batteries🖨️ Inkjet printer... Continue Reading →
DRASTIC ON PLASTIC The Hanwell Hootie music festival is back and so is it's Hootie/Marshall branded reusable plastic cup, which is £1 when you purchase your first drink. This cup can be refilled when you purchase another drink in any of the Hootie Venues! Hanwell Hootie: Largest Free one day music festival in London As... Continue Reading →
Do you have a collection of fabrics that have memories or stories associated with them? Learn how to recycle fabrics using Kantha Stitch. Kantha is a style of stitching found in Indian embroidery. Traditionally Bengali women layered together old discarded clothing with the simple kantha style stitching to make a bedspread or bed cushion. They... Continue Reading →
Donate clothes you once loved to Traid collection. Ealing Council has partnered with TRAID and West London Waste to make it easier and quicker to recycle textiles and electrical waste. TRAID will collect from your property for free: ClothesPaired shoes - tie pairs of shoes togetherBags, belts and other accessoriesBric a bracLinen - eg sheets,... Continue Reading →
To fight food waste and redistributed food, St Mary's church in Ealing has set up South Ealing Community (SEC) Food cupboard. The SEC Food Cupboard will offer good quality surplus food items to anyone who would like to come and collect them for their personal use. Open Every Monday 1pm – 3pm St. Mary’s, St. Mary’s... Continue Reading →
Fielding Primary School has launched a crowdfunding page to build a Second-hand Uniform Shed and Bike Repair Shop through Aviva Community Fund. Unbelievably, over 14,000 school uniforms will have been purchased during the last five years in just this primary school alone. Plus up to 2,150 bikes will likely be used to get many children... Continue Reading →
