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The Charity Shop of Huntingdonshire Volunteer
Centre
‘Supporting volunteering across Huntingdonshire’
Help Huntingdonshire Together to ‘Get Swishing’
Swishing is the easy way to update your wardrobe! It’s
guilt free shopping and great for the environment.
Swishing works like a giant clothes swap: you bring
items you no longer wear and exchange them for some-
thing new-to-you!
Date and time
Saturday 28 January 2017
Drop off from 10 am
Opening of Swish 11 am
Location
St Mary’s Parish Hall
1A The Walks East
Huntingdon PE29 3AP
£5 entrance fee which includes
one free hot drink & snack
Description
Bored of what’s hanging in your closet? Then it’s time to
GET SWISHING with your local Huntingdonshire Volun-
teer Centre and our Charity Shop Huntingdon Together.
Dig out those clothes lurking at the back of your ward-
robe and use them as currency to get yourself a new
(ish) frock. Bring up to 10 items of clothing, shoes or
accessories that you would be ‘
proud to pass on’
, that
are clean and in good condition to swap.
Drop them off from 10 am – 11am in exchange for to-
kens (1 High Street item = 1 token, 1 Higher Quality
High Street item = 2 tokens, 1 Designer item = 3 to-
kens).
The Swish opens at 11am and then it’s time to shop
until 3pm! Browse the rails and use your tokens to take
away a fabulous new outfit!
Entrance charge of £5 which includes one hot drink and
snack and lots of fun! Girls and boys, men and woman
all ages are welcome.
Remaining clothing will be donated to our Huntingdon
Together Charity Shop
The Rules
1.
Each person must bring at least one good quality
item of clothing, shoes or accessories to take part
– maximum 10 please
2.
As you arrive exchange your items for Swishing
tokens (1 High Street item = 1 token, 1 Higher
Quality High Street item = 2 tokens, 1 Designer
item = 3 tokens)
3.
Nightwear, swimwear and underwear including
socks will not be accepted
4.
Items must be in a good condition – something
that has shrunk, is stained or needs repairing (e.g.
missing buttons, broken zips, loose sequins or
beading, rips, tears, fabric pulls or holes, bobbly
bits, disintegrating seams or hems, lint or fluff) will
not be accepted
5.
Guests are asked NOT to browse the rails whilst
items are being prepared for Swishing
6.
When the Swish is declared open clothes can
then be taken on a first come first served basis.
But please no biting, scratching or hair pulling!
7.
Tokens are then returned in payment as clothes
are taken from the event
If you would like any more information go to:
www.huntsvc.org.uk or phone Huntingdon Together on:
01480 700290
Why Swish?
The secret is out – we love clothes!
The average household owns £4,000 worth of clothing,
30% of which have not been worn in the past year. Esti-
mates put the value of this unused clothing at around
£30 billion. Don’t you think it’s time to start getting some
of that value back?
You are also helping the environment – according to
Futura - 0.4kg of CO2 is saved for every item of clothing
that is re-used, rather than bought new!
Interested?
We’d love your help with preparation,
promoting, attending and helping at the event.
To find out more please get in touch with Ann, Emma or
Tripti….
Ann Bunting, HVC Manager Mob: 07718 272524, e-
mail:
info@huntsvc.org.uk
Emma Cameron, Huntingdon Together: 01480 700290,
e-mail:
biz@huntsvc.org.uk
Tripti Woolf, Huntingdon Office, 1 Princes Street, Hun-
tingdon, PE29 3PA Tel: 01480 414766
www.huntsvc.org.uk