Repair Café: LUSU Green's Termly Sewing Cafe Collaboration
Thursday 27-02-2025 - 10:03
Written by Phoebe Teasdale
Phoebe is a Student Leader at LUSU Green.
Last week, LUSU Green held our termly repair café in collaboration with the wonderful Sewing Café Lancaster which is in their words, a ‘grassroots project that advocates for an ethical textile industry and regenerative textile practices’.
We put this event on once a term and it offers you the opportunity to repair your clothes rather than throwing them out, gain some practical skills such as darning and sewing and saving money by fixing your existing clothes rather than buying new ones! On top of this, the event also offers a great opportunity to meet new people and make some new friends.
If you’re interested in this event and events like this, you should follow @lusugreen on Instagram to see when the next repair café will be and other events that you may be interested in. You should also check out @sewingcafelancaster for some of their events!
Gather your items for the next Sewing Repair Cafe on Tuesday 13/05/25. In the meantime, check out these clothes themed activities:
LUSU Green Craftivism Workshop: Friday 14th March, 14:00 to 16:00
This is a part of Global Positive Change Week. The event will be facilitated by the AMAZING founder of Womxn Creating Waves- Daniella Southin and is a completely FREE event with materials provided to sew a tag and ask your local MP to hold UK fashion brands accountable for their workers. You can find out more about this event here.
Save the date for Fashion Revolution Week events by Sewing Cafe Lancaster April 24th – 26th. Including a patch making workshop by LUSU Green!
LUSU Green's Swap & Style
Looking for a new outfit? Then look no further than LUSU Green's Swap and Style box for some new cool outfits. You can find it at the LUSU Help-Desk Monday-Friday (10:00-16:00). We also have a LUSU Green repair box at the welcome desk so you can repair any clothes that you might have torn or ripped. The box also has guides on mending, so no need to worry if it’s your first time! You can find more detailed information here.
We have all of these events, activities and many more coming up and would recommend that you follow our Instagram @lusugreen to find out more and find the event that is right for you!
Have a great week and we hope to see you at an event soon!
