Switch and Stitch: Eco Fashion Festival

Back by popular demand - our clothes swap Eco Fashion Festival returns for another year to help you find something new to you and learn some basic mending and upcycling techniques all while preventing clothes from going into landfill. Mending workshops will be taught by Northumbria University Craft Society and members of Northumberland Wildlife Trust’s Young People’s Forum. There will be live music to keep us entertained and a fashion show by  Newcastle University Fashion Society.

How the clothes swap works:

• Bring up to five clean, freshly washed, pre-loved clothes*, shoes and accessories. Please bring good quality clothes free of faults or that only need minor repairs (e.g. missing button). We accept all shapes and sizes. 
  
  *No underwear/swimwear/sleepwear
  
• You’ll receive a token for each item you bring to exchange for something new to you. High end items worth more than £50 will be worth two tokens.
  
• We’ll help you put your clothes out on the tables and rails ready for the swap.
  
• No clothes to swap? No worries, join us on the day and buy tokens for £3 each to take part.
  
• If you’d like to drop off your items ahead of the event, please contact [email protected] to arrange.
  

Everyone is welcome. To give us an idea of numbers, please register via Eventbrite. Feel free to bring friends and family on the day.

Accessibility:

• PAs/carers/supporters/essential companions are welcome.
  
• Northumbria Student Union is a wheelchair-accessible space.
  
• The event space has step-free access from the street.
  
• The toilets are available on the ground and first floor, and the lift can accommodate a wheelchair and most mobility scooters.
  
• There is no dedicated parking but there are car parks nearby such as Ellison Place Car Park, Saville Place Car Park, North Street Parking and NCP Car Park Newcastle John Dobson Street
  

How to get to the event via public transport: 

BUS ROUTES: 1, 10, 21, 22, 309, 38, X1, X45, X77

METRO LINKS: Green Line, Yellow Line

DIRECTIONS: From Haymarket Metro Station turn right onto Saint Mary’s Place. Walk straight on until you reach Costa Coffee on the corner of College Street. Cross over the road and carry on walking straight Ahead. You will enter Northumbria University’s Quad. Once on the Quad you will see Northumbria Student’s Union where the event is taking place. The building has a distinct entrance with a curved green arch. There will be signs directing you to the event upstairs.

If you would like more information please contact [email protected].

Any funds raised on the day will be donated to Northumberland Wildlife Trust to help restore nature in Newcastle, Northumberland and North Tyneside.

DISCLAIMER:

We take no responsibility for garments donated and swapped. Please bring items you are happy to swap and emotionally detached from. You may not find items of the same quality as the ones you bring. Once you have donated an item you will not be able to change your mind after token exchange. Northumberland Wildlife Trust accepts no liability for any claim or loss resulting from any transaction taking place at the swapping and mending event. All garments remaining after the event will be donated to local charities.

Host or Publisher Northumberland Wildlife Trust