Swap Party Guide
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What is a Swap Party?
Swap Parties are the latest way to update your wardrobe or cupboard without buying new things. At a Swap Party, a group of people get together to swap items – from clothes to toys, books to sports equipment. The phenomenon become famous with glamorous ‘swishing’ parties of high-fashion clothes, but the concept is simple and can be adapted to suit any group of people and product.Swap Parties make acquiring new things into a fun, interactive event, which also reduces our environmental impact through recycling products. Many groups work well for hosting a Swap Party:
- friends and family at home
- colleagues at work
- book groups
- sports clubs
- play group or pre-schools.
- In fact, any type of gathering!
Environmental benefits
Recycling takes items you have finished with and puts them back into
circulation. By passing your clothes, accessories or equipment on to
others, you are diverting materials from landfill thus conserving
resources and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Reusing a product, rather than buying a new one, reduces the demands
for water, energy and raw materials. This reduces the impact on the
environment.
Ready to recycle? Our step-by-step guide makes it easy to host your own
Swap Party. The Swap Party Guide, Rules, Invitation templates and Swap
Tokens can be downloaded below.
- Swap Party Guide (261kb pdf file)
Swap Parties enable a group of people to Recycle Right ... to save resources, and have fun at the same time! The Guide provides all you need to know to host a Swap Party for any type of clothing or item and for any group of people. - Swap Party Invitation (212kb pdf file)
It's easy to invite your Swap Party guests with this funky Invitiation. Just downloaded it, type in the details for your party, and save your copy. Then email the invitation around to your guests or post it up at your club/workplace. - Swap Party Rules (393kb pdf file)
The Swap Party Rules can be printed out for use at your event. Having clear rules available helps the event to run smoothly. - Swap Tokens (994kb pdf file)
Swap Tokens help the Swap Party run smoothly. Tokens are given out in exchange for items that guests bring to the Swap. Later, the Tokens are shown in order for guests to claim their new item/s.
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