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23-25 MARCH 2023

Spring Gathering

The very first SFS Spring Gathering will run 23rd-25th March 2023: a 3-day series of events happening across Scotland (and online) with the aim to meet and connect with people working to create change in fashion across Scotland, to improve our sustainability practice by learning from each other and support organisations, and to grow community and confidence in contributing to the sustainable fashion movement.

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Events Schedule

Thursday 23rd March

Welcome from SFS + Meet and Greet
Online
Multiple Dates
Tickets
23 Mar, 09:15 – 10:00 GMT
Online
Join SFS Directors Mairi Lowe and Liisa Lehtinen each morning for a warm welcome to the day’s theme and events, and to meet and greet other Spring Gathering attendees across Scotland.
ACS Clothing Site Tour
ACS Clothing (North Lanarkshire)
Multiple Dates
Tickets
23 Mar, 11:00 – 12:30 GMT
ACS Clothing (North Lanarkshire), Logistics centre Scotland, 6 Dovecote Rd, Centralpark ML1 4GP
Join Advanced Clothing Solutions (ACS) for a site tour of Europe’s Largest circular fashion hub based right here in North Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Source and share supplies, skills and equipment with CAN
Online
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23 Mar, 12:30 – 13:30 GMT
Online
Don’t know what to do with all your spare materials? Join CAN (Circular Arts Network) to learn how to use the new online circular economy exchange platform and for a discussion on sourcing and sharing supplies, skills and equipment.
Communicating Sustainability: Marketing Challenges Workshop
Online
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23 Mar, 16:00 – 17:00 GMT
Online
Join SFS Creative Director Mairi Lowe for a talk and Q&A on marketing and communicating sustainability. Bring along your fashion and textile marketing challenges for us to explore and workshop ideas together!
Social Gathering in Fort William
Beinn Nibheis (Fort William)
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23 Mar, 18:30 – 21:00 GMT
Beinn Nibheis (Fort William), 40 High St, Fort William PH33 6AH, UK
Join Jam, founder of The Caledonian Wool Co and Eilidh, founder of Beinn Nibheis to learn how the local community in Fort William is driving change in fashion.

Friday 24th March

Welcome from SFS + Meet and Greet
Online
Multiple Dates
Tickets
24 Mar, 09:15 – 10:00 GMT
Online
Join SFS Directors Mairi Lowe and Liisa Lehtinen each morning for a warm welcome to the day’s theme and events, and to meet and greet other Spring Gathering attendees across Scotland.
Creation Mill Open Doors Day
Creation Mill (Langholm)
Tickets
24 Mar, 10:00 – 17:00 GMT
Creation Mill (Langholm), Buccleuch Mill, Glenesk Rd, Langholm, DG13 0ES
Join Creation Mill as they open their doors offering a tour of the Buccleuch Mill textile production workspaces, a mending workshop, and a stash busting fabric & haberdashery swapping event.
Introduction to Social Enterprise Scotland and Q&A
Online
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24 Mar, 12:00 – 12:30 GMT
Online
Join Jayne Chappell from Social Enterprise Scotland to learn what a social enterprise is, why it is an essential part of a transformational change in our communities, and to ask questions about available support.
Metamorphosis: Rethinking Waste and Our Future
GTOS (Galashiels) & Online
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24 Mar, 15:00 – 16:00 GMT
GTOS (Galashiels) & Online, The Great Tapestry of Scotland, 14-20 High St, Galashiels TD1 1SD
Join Euan Winton and Lucy Robertson, Assistant Professors of Design at Heriot-Watt University, for an exhibition viewing and talk about Metamorphosis, plus an informal social gathering to chat further.
Clothing and Climate Change: what is really important?
Zero Waste Hub by SHRUB Coop (Edinburgh)
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24 Mar, 19:00 – 20:30 GMT
Zero Waste Hub by SHRUB Coop (Edinburgh), 22 Bread St, Edinburgh EH3 9AF, UK
Join Repair What You Wear and SHRUB to explore the key issues around clothing and climate change and what we can all do to improve the outcomes, including repair skills.

Saturday 25th March

Welcome from SFS + Meet and Greet
Online
Multiple Dates
Tickets
25 Mar, 09:15 – 10:00 GMT
Online
Join SFS Directors Mairi Lowe and Liisa Lehtinen each morning for a warm welcome to the day’s theme and events, and to meet and greet other Spring Gathering attendees across Scotland.
Social Gathering in Kirkwall
Kirkwall Hotel (Orkney)
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25 Mar, 10:00 – 17:00 GMT
Kirkwall Hotel (Orkney), Harbour St, Kirkwall KW15 1LE, UK
Join Kirsteen Stewart for a social gathering in Kirkwall, Orkney, including showcases from local businesses and a clothes swap!
Fashion Fictions Workshop
Online
Tickets
25 Mar, 11:00 – 12:30 GMT
Online
Join Sustainable Fashion Scotland to imagine and explore enticing alternative fashion Worlds, and gain hopeful inspiration to create transformative change in fashion in Scotland.
Zero Waste Design in Practice Workshop
Glasgow School of Art (Glasgow) & Online
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25 Mar, 13:00 – 16:00 GMT
Glasgow School of Art (Glasgow) & Online, Principal Seminar Room 1, Reid Building, Glasgow School of Art, 164 Renfrew St, Glasgow G3 6RQ
Join Cassandra Belanger and Danielle Elsener from Zero Waste Design Collective to learn what zero waste design is, the main principles of zero waste design and why it’s important.
Tour of Prickly Thistle Heritage Mill
Prickly Thistle Heritage Mill (Alness)
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25 Mar, 13:30 – 15:00 GMT
Prickly Thistle Heritage Mill (Alness), Evanton Industrial Estate, Unit 11D Beechwood Rd, Evanton, Alness IV16 9XJ
Join Clare Campbell from Prickly Thistle for a tour of the only B Corp mill in the UK, sharing about the operations of a slow fashion textiles manufacturer and the movement it has awoken.
Being a rural brand: Roundtable discussion
Prickly Thistle Heritage Mill (Alness)
Tickets
25 Mar, 15:30 – 17:30 GMT
Prickly Thistle Heritage Mill (Alness), Evanton Industrial Estate, Unit 11D Beechwood Rd, Evanton, Alness IV16 9XJ
Join Clare Campbell from Prickly Thistle for a roundtable discussion about what it’s like being a rural brand, sharing the highs, lows and the next steps.
Social Gathering in Glasgow
Stereo basement (Glasgow)
Tickets
25 Mar, 17:30 – 21:30 GMT
Stereo basement (Glasgow), 22 Renfield Ln, Glasgow G2 5AR, UK
Join SFS and Scotland’s sustainable fashion community to connect, celebrate and close the very first Spring Gathering in Glasgow city centre, where SFS launched in February 2020.

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