Sew Positive

Sew Positive is a unique UK charity building communities of like-minded people who face social exclusion. We work with them to mend, repair, upcycle and repurpose clothes to calm the mind, improve mental health and well-being, and help our planet. Our activities contribute towards a more sustainable and climate-positive approach to textile waste.

Our Sew Positive workshops and courses give you the basic sewing skills you need to be able to make, repair, mend, upcycle and repurpose clothes and textiles. You’ll learn how to sew either by hand or using a machine and make or embellish items like face masks, aprons, seasonal decorations, bunting, cushions and clothes.

We seek to support those facing social exclusion through mental health issues, long term unemployment, health issues, poverty, experience of abuse or those who don’t have access to appropriate housing.