SFW HUB: FROME
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Introducing SFW Hub: Frome. Led by Claire Orpin and the team behind Everyone Needs Pockets.
WHAT’S ON?
SATURDAY 26 SEPTEMBER
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Times: 11.00am-12.00pm
Everyone Needs Pockets in the Westway shopping centre mending our clothes in public. Not a protest, an 'encouragement' sharing the love of mending our clothes and necessity of garment repair. Get in contact if you would like to join us all you would need is to bring something to mend and a chair to sit on. Free to attend.
Location: Westway Shopping Centre (fully accessible).
saturday 3 october
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Times: 6.30pm-8.30pm
Learn how to mend your favourite knits with creative woven darning. A traditional technique that celebrates the damage your clothing collects and reduces the clothing sent to landfill.
All materials are provided: just bring your own item of clothing to mend or decorate; darning can be applied to woven items but works best on knitwear.
It is recommended that you bring an item that has a small area to repair to start with or something that you are happy to practise on. This workshop is suitable for beginners and sewing enthusiasts alike.
Hosted by Skye Pennant of Slow Stitch Club.
Location: Millie Moon, 24-25 Catherine Hill, Frome BA11 1BY
Tickets: £36, book tickets here.
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Times: 10.00am-4.00pm
Community mending day. Bring broken clothes and repair together. Share skills, get help, and save garments from landfill. Drop in anytime, stay as long as you like. Let’s get mending!
Bring your clothes that need mending; holes in your clothes, button fallen off, tear in a favourite shirt and bring along scissors, needles, and thread and anything else needed to mend your clothes. No experience necessary.
This event is aimed at aged 12yrs+ as there aren't activities aimed at children.
Free to attend, donations to support the future of Everyone Needs Pockets (cash or card) are welcome.
Location: Frome Town Hall, Christchurch St W, Frome BA11 1EB (fully accessible).
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Times: 1.00pm-4.00pm
Join us for a slow, Earth-centered clothes swap, to honour the fact that all clothing comes from the Earth and goes back to the Earth in some way.
All children to be accompanied by their adults at all times.
Please help us by dropping off clothes in advance, check our social media for location information.
Location: The Old School Room, Rise, Whittox Ln, Frome BA11 3BY (fully accessible).
Tickets: Sliding scale - minimum £4 entry, cash or card on the door.
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Times: TBC
Parading through Frome’s streets, to highlight the stark contrast between fossil fuels fabrics such as polyester and plant based fabrics like cotton on the natural environment and future sustainability.
More details coming soon!
VENUE ACCESSIBILITY
See individual venues for accessibility information.
MEET YOUR HOSTS:
Everyone Needs Pockets is a network of people in our local community of Frome, Somerset. They collaborate and inspire each other, and our community to make a change to the unsustainable way we consume and dispose of our clothing and textiles. They make the connection between health and climate addressing the issues created by clothing and textile for both people and planet.
