Ballyhaunis Circular Economy Plan Completed
- Tidy Towns Editor
- Oct 12
- 1 min read
With funding from Community Foundation Ireland, we worked with VOICE Ireland and the local community to develop a Community Circular Economy Action Plan (CCEAP). We decided to focus our project on reducing fabric waste by upcycling unwanted materials into usable items. Our project started with an open donation day for the community to dispose of unused textiles, and participants reported being happy to have this material be used in a sustainable way.
We then organised 2 public workshops in the Community Hall, as well as a course and workshop with Foroige- The BEY Project. Participants of the first public workshop created fabric boxes and, during the second, they learned quilting skills and made a small quilt each.
For the youth course, the members learned basic sewing skills and created a patchwork wall hanging for the Foroige room, and during the workshop they made fabric coasters to take home.
Throughout these events, the general feedback was very positive and participants were delighted in learning new skills and creating new usable objects. We will finish this specific grant project in the autumn 2025 with one more fabric upcycling course with Foroige. Then we will be looking for additional funding to continue to complete projects from our CCEAP, such as more fabric upcycling workshops/repair workshops, clothing/toy swaps, and waste reduction/recycling awareness in the community
Download the Circular Economy Plan here.
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