MossSide Social Stitching Group - UAchieve21

Our environmental conscious Sustainable Stitching Project at the 'MossSide Family Fun Day'. Residents learnt the #skills of making handmade #upcycled projects, e.g. #scrunchies, #shoppingbag, goodybags. It was such a beautiful community event on a lovely 🌞 day. #community #reuse

More from last Tuesday at our weekly social sustainable sewing! We had more #repairs (total of 12 clothes saved from #landfill), #refashion, #upcycled projects & IT. #skills #community #reducereuserecycle #Zerotextilewaste #sustainablefashion @Uachieve21 @msmpowerhouse @KennyUmeh

More from Tuesday at MSSSG weekly social sustainable sewing! Our inclusive session had one of our new participant begin the process of #refashioning an old donated shirt using also a donated print fabric. #skills #reducetextilewaste #reuse @Uachieve21 @msmpowerhouse @KennyUmeh

Tuesday at MSSSG weekly social sustainable sewing! As always, the session was filled with joy and laughter. We had quite a lot of tasks (#repairs, #upcycle, #refashion) in preparation for #Eid. #skills #reducetextilewaste #Wellbeing #reuse @Uachieve21 @msmpowerhouse @KennyUmeh

Tuesday, at MSSSG weekly social sustainable sewing! We saved 6 clothes from #landfill - jackets, pants & dress. More Headbands and Scrunchies were made using unwanted irreparable fabrics. #reuse #skills #reducetextilewaste #sustainablefashion @Uachieve21 @msmpowerhouse @KennyUmeh

Some Feedback from @UAchieve21 #sustainablefashion workshop - Repair, Reuse, Regain: Extending the lifecycle of unwanted textile - delivered at the @ManCityCouncil 's free community International Women’s Day Celebration. #IWD2026 #IWD #reducetextilewaste #skills #reuse #Upcycle

Some of our projects @ManCityCouncil #IWD event. The MSSSG supported participants to extend the lifecycle of unwanted textile while learning new #skills. Some of the items made - cosmetics pouch, scrunchies, cross hair band, bow hair band, drawstring bag, hair clip, etc. #IWD

@ManCityCouncil It was lovely to hear and learn from various ladies and organisations. Thanks @ErinmaBell for the beautiful speech. It was a great turn out at our sustainable fashion workshop - Repair, Reuse, Regain: Extending the lifecycle of unwanted textile. #IWD2026 #skills #RepairReuse

Last weekend at the @ManCityCouncil free community International Women’s Day Celebration, co‑designed by local women. It was a lovely and inclusive event showing also the diversity Manchester is known for. The MSSSG was present delivering a #sustainablefashion workshop. #reuse

Happy International Women's Day to all the beautiful, kind-hearted, and hardworking women. #GiveToGain #SustainableFashion #Wellbeing #skills #zerotextilewaste #ClimateAction #MSSSG #IWD2026 #IWD #mossside #WhenWomenThriveWeAllRise #EmpoweredWomen #Diversity @Uachieve21

We are pleased to annouce that we will be joining the @ManCityCouncil celebration of #IWD, co‑designed by local women. DATE: 7 March, 11am - 4pm. VENUE: Central Library, St Peter's Square, M2 5PD. Glass room ( lower ground floor) #Repair #Reuse #Regain #community #skills #IWD2026

Our repair workshop yesterday was lovely with a visit from @recycle4gm - Ellie. Thanks for the bags. It's interesting to know they were from plastic bottles. #recycle #upcycle #repairweek #reuse #reducetextilewaste #sustainablefashion #skills @Uachieve21 @msmpowerhouse @KennyUmeh

Yesterday, at MSSSG weekly social sustainable sewing! 5 #repairs done, while HairBands and Scrunchies were made using unwanted irreparable fabrics. #skills #reducetextilewaste #sustainablefashion @Uachieve21 @msmpowerhouse @KennyUmeh

The next round of our environmentally conscious #sustainablefashion projects across the city begins this Friday for WYTHENSHAWE residents. Pls see flyer for details. #reducetextilewaste #reuse #slowfastfashion #netzero2038 #climateaction @Uachieve21 @MCCWythenshawe @WGN_Community

We excited to annouce that the Moss Side Social Stitching Group (a branch of UAchieve21) will be joining the R4GM #repairweek. Join us @msmpowerhouse, 3/3/26. Lets give those clothes a beautiful new life while socialising #reducetextilewaste #RepairReuse #community @recycle4gm

Last Tuesday at our weekly social sustainable sewing! We had 3 #repairs, 3 clothes #refashioned and #upcycled projects - #scrunchies. MSSSG had a fab time reducing textile waste while socialising.#skills #Zerotextilewaste #sustainablefashion @Uachieve21 @msmpowerhouse @KennyUmeh

We had a great time last week with a lovely group in Oldham (Future Directions). @Uachieve21 were there teaching them sustainable sewing skills to enable them begin their repair workshop. #community #sustainablefashion #repairworkshop #reuse #upcycle #refashion #ClimateAction

Last week, at the MSSSG sessions. It was a lovely time creating more awareness about #climatechange #reducingtextilewaste while socialising. #healthandwellbeing #skills #community #reuse #upcycle #climateaction #reducelandfill #sustainablefashion Thanks, @msmpowerhouse @KennyUmeh

Today at the MSSSG! We had our weekly #repairs and #upcycle session - reducing textile waste while socialising and learning skills. Afterwards, the Digital Skills session began. #reuse #reducetextilewaste #digitalskills #sustainablefashion #skills Tnks @msmpowerhouse @KennyUmeh

WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE MSSSG will be integrating DT skills in our programme. This will enable participants to become #digitally included. Thus, increase chances to employment, access to healthcare, educational resources, social connections, etc.