Keep Calm and Carry On
to bigger and better things
So the time has come for us to wave a fond farewell to our little shop on Vine lane . . . . We have a manic few weeks ahead of us with the move and relaunch of the freshly revamped Business so we have to
Keep calm and Carry On
to much bigger and better things.
Due to popular demand and our ever growing following of BTBhandmade fanatics we are pleased to annonce our new aim and new outlook for Between the Buttons.
Between The Buttons are a none profit making Organisation who support young designers and artists in the UK in recycling old Clothing, Fabric, Jewellery and accessories into new funky and fashionable items. We rely on sales of the products we recycle, and support from local businesses and authorities.
It is estimated that more than 1 million tonnes of textiles are thrown away every year, with most of this coming from household sources. Textiles make up about 3% by weight of a household bin. At least 50% of the textiles we throw away are recyclable, however, the proportion of textile wastes reused or recycled annually in the UK is only around 25%.
At Between The Buttons we want to minimise this waste and bring life back into perfectly good items. We currently do this in conjunction with Newcastle College, working closely with students from all levels of the textile foundation degree program, supporting them in current projects and offering valuable work placement facilities, as well as providing a retail outlet to test their designs on the current market. We have had interest from other courses within the college including fashion, and fine art. We would also like to expand this educational element and support in the future by being able to offer live briefs to the students on a larger scale and be able to offer more permanent design and machinist jobs to new graduates.
It is estimated that more than 1 million tonnes of textiles are thrown away every year, with most of this coming from household sources. Textiles make up about 3% by weight of a household bin. At least 50% of the textiles we throw away are recyclable, however, the proportion of textile wastes reused or recycled annually in the UK is only around 25%.
At Between The Buttons we want to minimise this waste and bring life back into perfectly good items. We currently do this in conjunction with Newcastle College, working closely with students from all levels of the textile foundation degree program, supporting them in current projects and offering valuable work placement facilities, as well as providing a retail outlet to test their designs on the current market. We have had interest from other courses within the college including fashion, and fine art. We would also like to expand this educational element and support in the future by being able to offer live briefs to the students on a larger scale and be able to offer more permanent design and machinist jobs to new graduates.
So as you can tell its all change for us at Between the Buttons, but changes that we feel will benefit the business, our customers and the local design community.
After all a change every now and then does us all a bit of good!!
Having said that not only is the format of the Business changing, our staff team is having a reshuffle too.
BYE . BYE . FEE !
We would like to take this opportunity to say a fond fare well to our Assistant Manager Fee Ray.
Her creative knowledge and design background has lead the BTBhandmade team and helped Between the Buttons become the business it is today, so a massive thank you to Fee!!
We wish you every success in your new venture.
x BTB x
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