Sustainable fashion and living + Newham's first Food Forest

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Proposed budget

GBP 20,000

Description

The Project will deliver the following:

Growing Workshops

Practical workshops on affordably growing the most organic food

Learn about rainwater harvesting and sustainable irrigation

Find out how to make bug-hotels and provide help for pollinators

Local guided foraging walks, finding food growing wild

Cooking Workshops

Learn delicious new recipes limiting food waste, saving you money

Cooked food from these practical workshops will be served to local residents

Pick fresh fruit, herbs and vegetables from Newham’s first food forest!

Mending Workshops

Learn basic clothes mending techniques

Practical hand-sewing guidance

All materials provided. Just bring clothes that need mending!

Fashion Upcycling

Creative fashion upcycling workshops

Update unloved garments into exciting new items

Showcase your work with a fashion show.

‘Climate Kids’

Interactive, fun workshops learning about climate change and sustainable-living

Practical sessions making draught-excluders using upcycled materials

Upcycling old clothes creatively into bags.

Sustainable cost-of-living Workshops

Planting advice with free seed-planting packs (food and wildflowers)

Seed and plant cuttings swaps organised with other residents

Free, sustainable product samples, like cost-effective shampoo bars

Learn to make affordable, non-toxic home product alternatives

Home energy-saving advice.

Newham’s first food forest

Help choose plants for Newham’s first food forest in the Katherine Road community centre front garden...fruit, herbs, perennial vegetables and wildflowers.

Please see a video below for more information about the project

Official updates

Last update: January 9, 2025

This project is due to conclude by February with final installations in the garden taking place from December - January.

Dilawar HussainPosted on January 9, 2025

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Profile of Stewart Smith

Posted by:Stewart Smith

2 years ago

You can now sign up to join us for the Sustainable Fashion Upcycling courses commencing on Saturdays 13th and 20th April at the Katherine Road Community Centre. Visit our eventbrite page for more details on how you can register for FREE to join this exciting creative course: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/free-sustainable-fashion-upcycling-repair-3214079 Hopefully see you soon! www.ClimateYouChange.org

Profile of Stewart Smith

Posted by:Stewart Smith

2 years ago

You can now sign up to join us for the initial Food Forest sessions starting from Saturday 17th February 2024 and running for the following two Saturdays. Visit our eventbrite page for more details oh how you can get involved and how to register to join us to help create Newham's first Food Forest at the Katherine Road Community Centre: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/newhams-first-food-forest-3066439 Hopefully See you soon! www.ClimateYouChange.org Sustainability Fashion and LIving Course Session dates will be announced soon!