The Eco Team met on Friday and came up with TWO fantastic ideas to help reduce waste:
Christmas Jumper Swap
Textile (Clothing) waste is a BIG problem. Items like children’s Christmas jumpers are rarely worn for more than one season because children grow out of clothes so quickly. Some statistics on textile (clothing) waste:
- Each person in Britain throws away about 3.1kg of textiles every year, and that 1.7kg of fashion waste is landfilled yearly per person.
- The United Kingdom is second in terms of annual spending on new clothing, with an average of £980.50 per person.
So, here at Holy Family, we want to address this by hosting a Christmas Jumper Swap where you can donate Christmas jumpers that are too small and take away, for free, a Christmas jumper that will fit you!
FAQs
- You don’t need to donate to get a free jumper.
- If you have lots of jumpers that are too small, we’ll happily take all of them off your hands.
- Please give generously!
- Can you make sure they’re washed and dried before donating please? Thanks 🙂
Book Swap Reintroduction
There is a display area just inside the main door to the back playground which used to be used for a Book Swap. Covid restrictions meant we had to stop that but now we are delighted to announce we can reintroduce it! If you would like to take a book from this display, help yourself for free! If you would like to donate any books, bring them in and display them here for others to take. Please give generously!
Mrs Cooney will fill the Book Swap area with Christmas/winter-themed books to kick off the Book Swap in seasonal style!
