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The next Exchange event on 7th JUNE is
bikes, buggies and outdoor toys
Exchange FAQs
Each Exchange has different criteria.
Please click the appropriate button for more information and FAQs for the Exchange you are interested in.
Please click the appropriate button for more information and FAQs for the Exchange you are interested in.
About Exchange (Swap Shop)
Exchange events will be in the Garden Room and feature different types of items each time, eg Clothes, Toys, Bikes & Buggies or Books etc.
The type of items will be advertised several weeks in advance and will be stated here on this website, as well as in the Goring Gap News, Genie and social media. The first one on 1 February will be a ‘Clothes and accessories Exchange’.
Why exchange events are important - Exchanging (swapping) is a well-established and sustainable way of acquiring good quality pre-used products. Like repairing things, this avoids unnecessary consumption and carbon emissions produced in the manufacture and transportation of new products.
By exchanging clothes, for instance, you can refresh your wardrobe, save money, avoid waste and reduce demand for finite raw materials. Globally, the fashion/textiles industry is the second most polluting sector after the oil and gas sector and responsible for 1.2 billion tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions annually, about 10% of the total emissions.
Every year the UK consumes 2.16 million tonnes of clothing and spends approximately £38.4 billion on them and yet it is estimated that around 2.4 billion items of clothing are sitting in our wardrobes unused or virtually unused. There are many statistics on clothing waste and another is about 350,000 tonnes (around £140 million worth) of used, but perfectly reusable, clothing goes to landfill in the UK every year.
For more information of the clothing and textile industry see one of the many reports by the Waste and Resources Action Programme NGO.
To read Textiles 2030 and the UK Sustainable Textiles Action Plan, Click here
The Goring Repair Cafe, and now these exchange events, are important environmental projects run by the local charity, Goring Gap Environmental Organisation (GGEO), to reduce waste, reduce climate change and increase sustainability. Exchanging and repairing both avoid the consumption of replacement products, conserves natural, unreplaceable resources and the greenhouse gas emissions manufacturing and shipping generates.
So now there are 2 ways people can decrease waste and increase sustainability on the same day in the same place.
If you bring along items for repair or take away items at the exchange event, we welcome any voluntary donations to cover the cost of the hall hire and other expenses. If you don’t have anything to be fixed or items to exchange at this time, you are still very welcome to pop in to have a look at what happens in the village hall every other month – and you can enjoy having a chat and a sit down with a coffee or tea and sample some wonderful homemade cake.
The type of items will be advertised several weeks in advance and will be stated here on this website, as well as in the Goring Gap News, Genie and social media. The first one on 1 February will be a ‘Clothes and accessories Exchange’.
Why exchange events are important - Exchanging (swapping) is a well-established and sustainable way of acquiring good quality pre-used products. Like repairing things, this avoids unnecessary consumption and carbon emissions produced in the manufacture and transportation of new products.
By exchanging clothes, for instance, you can refresh your wardrobe, save money, avoid waste and reduce demand for finite raw materials. Globally, the fashion/textiles industry is the second most polluting sector after the oil and gas sector and responsible for 1.2 billion tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions annually, about 10% of the total emissions.
Every year the UK consumes 2.16 million tonnes of clothing and spends approximately £38.4 billion on them and yet it is estimated that around 2.4 billion items of clothing are sitting in our wardrobes unused or virtually unused. There are many statistics on clothing waste and another is about 350,000 tonnes (around £140 million worth) of used, but perfectly reusable, clothing goes to landfill in the UK every year.
For more information of the clothing and textile industry see one of the many reports by the Waste and Resources Action Programme NGO.
To read Textiles 2030 and the UK Sustainable Textiles Action Plan, Click here
The Goring Repair Cafe, and now these exchange events, are important environmental projects run by the local charity, Goring Gap Environmental Organisation (GGEO), to reduce waste, reduce climate change and increase sustainability. Exchanging and repairing both avoid the consumption of replacement products, conserves natural, unreplaceable resources and the greenhouse gas emissions manufacturing and shipping generates.
So now there are 2 ways people can decrease waste and increase sustainability on the same day in the same place.
If you bring along items for repair or take away items at the exchange event, we welcome any voluntary donations to cover the cost of the hall hire and other expenses. If you don’t have anything to be fixed or items to exchange at this time, you are still very welcome to pop in to have a look at what happens in the village hall every other month – and you can enjoy having a chat and a sit down with a coffee or tea and sample some wonderful homemade cake.
House Rules for Exchange Events
ALL USERS OF THIS SERVICE ARE POLITELY ASKED TO READ AND ACKNOWLEDGE THIS NOTICE
This free facility exists to benefit the local community and the environment generally. By exchanging items which might otherwise be discarded, it reduces waste and the production of greenhouse gas emissions when a replacement item is purchased.
Everyone involved here is an unpaid volunteer and available to offer practical help and advice.
There are certain quality, cleanliness (and safety where appropriate) standards of items we accept for exchange. Any item you go away with should be to what we believe is an acceptably good standard for a used item.
Users and visitors attend Exchange events at their own risk. The organisers cannot be held responsible for any loss or damage to their property offered as donations or personal injury, direct or consequential, resulting from the activities of this Exchange event.
Children must be supervised at all times and should not be allowed to play on the premises.
Exchange events are run free of charge. However, voluntary donations would be most welcome and greatly appreciated to help towards operating costs, including the hire of this venue, and will help enable these Exchange events to continue as a free service.
Using our Bellême Café service also helps to offset our expenses.
This free facility exists to benefit the local community and the environment generally. By exchanging items which might otherwise be discarded, it reduces waste and the production of greenhouse gas emissions when a replacement item is purchased.
Everyone involved here is an unpaid volunteer and available to offer practical help and advice.
There are certain quality, cleanliness (and safety where appropriate) standards of items we accept for exchange. Any item you go away with should be to what we believe is an acceptably good standard for a used item.
Users and visitors attend Exchange events at their own risk. The organisers cannot be held responsible for any loss or damage to their property offered as donations or personal injury, direct or consequential, resulting from the activities of this Exchange event.
Children must be supervised at all times and should not be allowed to play on the premises.
Exchange events are run free of charge. However, voluntary donations would be most welcome and greatly appreciated to help towards operating costs, including the hire of this venue, and will help enable these Exchange events to continue as a free service.
Using our Bellême Café service also helps to offset our expenses.
THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SUPPORT THIS INITIATIVE.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AGAIN.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AGAIN.