Let’s get swopping! Let’s network. Let’s chat. Let’s discuss how we can all embrace swopping, sharing and renting and encourage the next generation to do the same!

We are delighted to be working in partnership with the Association of Sustainability Practitioners for this event as part of a joint campaign to encourage consumers and small businesses to boycott Black Friday. Instead, let's make 24th November #CitizenFriday!

Why?

Because Black Friday is most often an inauthentic marketing ploy. It's bad for business, especially small businesses. It's bad for people. It's bad for the environment. And if finances are tough, there are far better ways to help your £££s go further.

Swopping, sharing and renting are increasingly popular options for a variety of products. They are solutions that are good for the planet and good for our pockets. But how do we make these options appealing for a younger generation that constantly craves new ‘stuff,’ especially when fast fashion is high on their agenda?

That's exactly what Charlie Hurlock and Vicky Fuller are doing.

Join us online for our monthly networking and discussion event to see how these two fabulous ladies have made clothes swopping 'sexy' for 6 to 16 year olds!

Charlie and Vicky Swoperz on 23^rd October and the online kids swopping platform is going from strength to strength. But Swoperz is more than just a clothes swopping platform. Embracing the theory of change, Charlie and Vicky are “passionate about helping kids build positive sustainable consumption habits whilst never asking them to compromise their individuality or settle for boring clothes.”

Charlie and Vicky are parents themselves and wanted to give the kids high levels of autonomy while simultaneously ensuring online safety and thus the platform is ‘run by kids, managed by grown-ups.’

This event is free, but you will be invited to make a charitable donation. That is totally optional. We know times are currently challenging for many individuals
and businesses.

There will be a ‘prize draw’ and one delegate will have the opportunity to nominate a local charity of their choice to benefit from this month's
charity pot.

The essence of our events is supporting each other and supporting a better way of doing business. And, as always with our events, we hope to raise funds for local charities, in this instance via the donation option.

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The Charity Pot

At each event, we will do a visual draw and the winner of that draw will be able to nominate a local charity of their choice (NOT a national charity) to receive all funds from that event's charity pot. We will pay funds directly to that charity, normally within 10 days of the event, and details will be recorded on the website.

The Draw Winner

The draw winner will be able to give a 5-minute presentation about their business and, if they wish, tell us a little bit more about their chosen charity.

Rooms

During the course of the event, we may deploy the Room option with delegates allocated to specific rooms of 3 to 5 delegates. Those of you who have attended Zoom meetings utilising this facility will know what a great opportunity this is to get to know more about the delegates in your group.

Schedule

The schedule is subject to change, but the following is a guideline:

11:00am - Log in (from 10.50 am.) Delegates will be allocated to small chat rooms so arrive early if you can.

11:05am - Host introduction

11:10 am - Draw winner: charity nomination and 5-minute presentation

11:15 am - Presentation by Charlie and Vicky

11:35am - Q&A

12:15pm - Host closes the event - although if there's an appetite to continue the discussion we can do so!