Borrow Bag Workshop with The Final Straw Foundation

Borrow Bag Workshop with The Final Straw Foundation

Come and spend an afternoon sewing borrow bags to keep our wonderful coastline clean!

By Final Straw Foundation

Date and time

Location

Emsworth Sports & Social Club

43 - 45 Havant Road Emsworth PO10 7JF United Kingdom

About this event

  • Event lasts 2 hours 30 minutes

Borrow bags are made up by local sewing volunteers and given to shops that have signed up for the scheme so shoppers can borrow and bring them back when they remember. They are made from reclaimed material – from old curtains to offcuts of sail fabric, saving it from landfill and repurposing it to become something useful.

By taking part in this session you'll help to keep left over fabric out of landfill and reduce the number of plastic bags that find their way into our ocean.

We'll provide all the equipment, fabric and teach you how to make the bags. Just bring along your enthusiasm and come for a chat to find out more about Final Straw and what we are doing to keep our coastlines clean.

Frequently asked questions

Do I need any special skills?

No - we will provide all the training, equipment and fabric. So just bring your enthusiasm!

Can I bring children?

Yes if you want to bring children that's fine and we can teach them how to sew.

Is there parking?

Yes the social club has free parking

Can I bring food or drinks?

Unfortunately the Social Club don't allow any outside food. But you are welcome to buy drinks from them.

What will happen to the borrow bags that I make?

You can either take the borrow bags home or you can donate to use and we will give these to local shops.

Organized by

The Final Straw Foundation is a registered charity* that is working to combat pollution in our local waters. We are based on the south coast in Emsworth, Hampshire, and cover the Solent area in particular. We run regular beach and countryside clean-up events alongside a busy educational and community outreach programme and many other initiatives that highlight and give ideas for trying to become better custodians of our marine environment and minimise plastic pollution.

*Charity Number 1191500 registered in England.

FreeOct 4 · 2:00 PM GMT+1