Ealing Clothes Swap Event Proves Popular
Scores turn up to the shopping centre with unwanted garments
Queues in the shopping centre to swap clothes. Picture: Viv Ellis
February 23, 2023
An event this Saturday (18 February) in the Ealing Broadway Shopping Centre at which people were encouraged to bring along unwanted garments proved popular with scores of people attending.
The Clothes Swap Shop was held in partnership with the charity Love Not Landfill and people brought items they were no longer wearing and then given a token. This allowed them to ‘spend’ on clothes brought by other people.
The aim of the initiative is to reduce the amount of perfectly wearable textiles thrown into landfill, but it was also a great way to get a wardrobe refresh during a cost-of-living crisis.
The team from Ealing Repair Cafe was also on hand to offer advice and teach you how to mend your clothes. Ealing Repair Cafe arranges meetups around Ealing to encourage people not to throw away items that can easily be mended, repairing them for a small cost.
The donated clothes are carefully curated by the organisers. Picture: Viv Ellis
Ealing Broadway has been partnering with the charity Love Not Landfill since 2018 – and over 20 tonnes of clothing has been given to their local clothes banks in that time. Love Not Landfill is a non-profit campaign, run by ReLondon (previously London Waste & Recycling Board) to encourage fast fashion fans to buy second-hand, swap, recycle and give to charity. They aim to encourage 16-24-year-old Londoners never to throw an unwanted item of clothing in the bin.
This Monday (27 February) The Ealing Repair Café will be holding a Patch, Darn and Natter session at The Ealing Project, 1 High Street, Ealing Broadway Shopping Centre, W5 5DB from 7.30 pm until 9 pm. A sewing machine will be available for fixing seams and suitable mends. They ask for a small donation of £3 to covers costs.
Stitch it don't ditch it with the Ealing Repair Cafe team. Picture: Viv Ellis
Future Ealing Repair Café Events:
Saturday 4 March: Reduce and Recycle Hub, Acton Market W3, 10-3 om Ealing Repair cafe and other organisations will be at the market promoting how to reduce and recycle.
Tuesday 7 March: Patch, Darn and Natter, Northfields Community Library, 255A Northfield Ave, London W5 4UA. From 5.30 until 6.45 pm. We ask for a small donation of £3 to covers costs.
Monday 20 March: Patch Darn and Natter, Happy Coffee, 158 Northfield Avenue, Ealing W13 9SB. From 10 am to 12 noon. ** Sewing machine available for fixing seams and suitable mends. Please support this lovely cafe by making a purchase and if you can a small donation of £3 to cover our costs.
Monday 27 March: Patch, Darn and Natter, The Ealing Project, 1 High Street, Ealing Broadway Shopping Centre, London W5 5DB. From 7.30 pm until 9 pm. We ask for a small donation of £3 to covers costs. Sewing machine available for fixing seams and suitable mends.
May
Saturday 20 May: Clothes swap, Ealing Broadway Shopping Centre. There will also Ealing Repair Cafe will be on hand to teach you for FREE how to mend your clothes between 11 and 2 pm. Come along with your clothes to swap and find pre-loved clothes to boost your wardrobe.
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