Did you know every year in the UK 12 million Christmas jumpers are purchased and 1 in 3 under 35 year olds are buying a new Christmas jumper each year? Help us change this over the festive period by joining us in a Christmas Jumper Swap!
We have teamed up with Inspire to have a Jumper Swap at the Worksop Library Christmas Market on 29 November and Kimberley Library Christmas Market on 6 December. You can participate by donating and swapping jumpers as well as learn about how to reduce your textile and other waste this Christmas.
How does it work?
Nottinghamshire residents can donate their pre-loved Christmas jumpers at one of four drop off points at any of the venues below between 15 November and 26 November:
- Worksop Library
- Beeston Library
- Retford Library
- Kimberley Library
All jumpers donated must be of good quality, wearable and clean. Look out for our donation boxes at these venues!
Residents wishing to swap their pre-loved Christmas jumper for another can come along to either:
- Worksop Library Christmas Market on 29 November between 9:30am - 2pm
- Kimberley Library Christmas Market on 6 December between 10am - 1pm
We will have all of the jumpers we collected on clothes rails for people to choose from for free, but we cannot guarantee all sizes will be available due to the swapping nature of the events.
Any jumpers left over after the two events will be donated to local shelters, organisations and charities.
However, it’s not only Christmas when clothing is thrown away. In Nottinghamshire, over 70 tonnes of reusable clothes are thrown away each week. To reduce this, consider mending damaged clothes or rehoming textiles that are no longer used or worn. To see how else you can reduce textile waste visit the textile waste reduction webpage.