The Waste Group and Food Group joined resources to run Sustainable Crediton's 3rd Annual Clothes Swap at the Boniface Centre on March 23rd. This year as well as clothes, we added household goods where people could bring or take away as many items as they liked with no limit!

Over 30 volunteers gave up their time and energy to make the day happen and our thanks go out to all of them for their hard work, smiles and cheerfulness. The delicious home-made soup and cakes were welcome as the weather was very cold, but even so around 100 people came along. Over 800 items of clothing were swapped, with some very happy people leaving with a 'new' wardrobe of clothing for the coming season.

The household goods swap was also very well received with all sorts of items from tins of paint, pots and pans and teddy bears finding new homes. Many people just could not believe that they could take away anything they chose for free - a pretty rare phenomena in the 21st century! 

There is every likelihood that a similar event will be held in 2014. If you have any ideas for ways we could expand he day to make it even more useful and successful we would be delighted to hear from you.