Give & Take FREE Event

20 September 2025 - George Tomlinson School

Waltham Forest’s Festival of

Reuse and Repair

Bring donations for the ever-popular free Give & Take led by us – FRP and Walthamstow Toy Library!

Simply bring something along you no longer use to give and take something away you need.

We will start to take donations from 12PM, as they need to be checked. The Give and Take will start form 1PM for the public.

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WHAT CAN YOU BRING?
Gently used clothes, toys, books, bric-a-brac, arts and crafts, crockery, cutlery, and kitchen utensils are welcome, as well as small electricals which will be PAT-tested on the day. We will also accept garden tools and  house plants so if you have any that need a new home, bring them along!

You can donate just about anything, as long as it is in good condition: garden tools, items and plants, bikes and accessories, clothes and textiles, small furniture (anything that can be carried by one person- like a chair), mirrors and frames, small electrical items and tools.

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WE CANNOT ACCEPT:  VHS tapes, CDs and DVDs, large furniture including mattresses and white goods, dirty and broken things and underwear won’t be accepted.

A picture made of smaller pictures. The Reuse and Repair Fair. There is a picture of hands repairing laptop. A picture of an old man repairing sewing machine. A person mending jeans. A person fixing a bike and another picture of a person mending a piece of clothing in nice art way.

A celebration of sustainable projects in the Waltham Forest Borough​! Reuse and Repair Fair!

The Reuse and Repair Fairs tour Waltham Forest with a range of initiatives including: Free Give and Take, Electronics Repair Café, Bike Repairs, Clothes Mending and many workshops.
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We are thrilled to be a part of the Reuse & Repair Festival which is organised by Artillery and the London Borough of Waltham Forest. Come along and be inspired by new ways to reuse, repair, recycle, upcycle, and repurpose your household goods, clothes, beloved, and everyday items. There will be plenty of fun activities for all ages, workshops, talks, and demonstrations to get you started.
– Live Demos
– Meet local reuse and repair projects

Booking for some activities required – more details to follow.

 https://www.artillery.org.uk/reuse-repair

Artillery have been commissioned to produce three Reuse and Repair Fairs in 2024. Featuring a range of local initiatives including: fashion, fabrics, tool sharing, furniture upcycling and interiors.

Please get in touch if you’d like to feature your local Reuse and Repair initiative at the fairs – events@artillery.org.uk

 

When?             Saturday the 20th 0f September – 1PM- 4:30PM

Donations will be taken from 12PM.

Give & Take will start form 1PM.

Where?        George Tomlinson School, Harrington Rd, E11 4QN

Commissioned by Waltham Forest  Council in partnership with Forest Recycling Project, Waltham Forest Fashion, Walthamstow Toy Library and Forest Fixers.