Please join us for an evening put on by Edventure Start-Up students involving food, discussion, community and who knows what else.

The aim of Edventure SOUP is to gather a community of support around the team and their project. Please do come along if you:

• Want to support our local economy and contribute towards an eco-system of sustainable, fair, independent enterprises in our community.  
• Care about the development of meaningful livelihoods in Frome.
• Want support a team of young adults as they embark on an 11-week edventure to create a real enterprise and make a real difference.
• Want to keep following and finding out about what Edventure is working on.

Edventure SOUP marks the start of the students' journey. The team will have met for the first time on Monday and are embarking on a challenge to make ideas real. Tonight, they will introduce themselves, present their project and ask for your ideas, input and support to make their project come to life.  

The Challenge:

The team are being challenged to start-up a wear, share and repair Jeans Co-op.Jeans are a ubiquitous item of clothing. We all have a pair. We have our favourites, and most of us have that extra pair (or two, or three), that need some love, that sit in a draw waiting to be altered, repaired or discarded.

Textile waste makes up about 5% of all landfill space, and the production of cotton, along with manufacture of denim requires 2900 liters of water per pair of jeans!

We believe there is a market for a new service model that enables people to drop off a pair of jeans for an easy and friendly repair service. That people want to learn repair skills and extend the life of their clothing.

This start-up student team will create a real social enterprise, that will reduce waste, combat fast fastion, extend the life of loved jeans, and provide a hub for repair and skill-share as well as meaningful, green jobs for local people.