2013

The first Sustainability Fashion Show has been held by the SU. The SU Activities, Sustainability Hub and Volunteering department, with the help of student volunteers, put together a fashion show that showed off ethical, sustainable, Fairtrade and local clothes. It also had a catwalk of outfits that were designed by students and staff out of carrier bags and other recycled items. The clothes that were donated by local, national and international organisations were then sold off at the end of the night to raise money for the two charities; Staffordshire Wildlife Trust and Oxfam. Together with the raffle, clothes sales, ticket sales and smoothie bike, more than £600 was raised on the night which will be distributed equally to the two charities.

 

The event was a great success with new links with the community made throughout the process. There were more than 20 different stalls where the 100+ guests could buy local, ethical, sustainable and Fairtrade goods.