The Change Clothes Crumlin 'Casual-tee Ward' will turn tired old printed t-shirts into, re-newed product for re-sale. Here's how it will work: 1. T-shirts are received through our permanent swap shop 2. Print is removed by the CCC team using a non-toxic print dissolvant 3. The t-shirt is washed using a foot powered washing machine (zero energy used) 4. Our 'Second Hand is F****n Grand' slogan is screen printed onto the t- shirt using water soluble dyes 5. The t-shirt is air dried 6. And finally, listed for re-sale on our website 7. T shirt's will cost €10 8. All profits made will go towards Change Clothes Crumlin's local clothing reuse programmes (swap, rental, mending, upcycling) We promise to do our absolute best to: 1. Ensure a wide range of sizes are available 2. Ensure a wide range of colours are available 3. Make sure the process is social - we will invite local people to take part in the production process 4. Let everyone in Crumlin know that second hand is f****n grand!

What we'll deliver:

• Backers will receive a 100% discount to choose their own t-shirt when they become available via our online store
• 100% circular, locally upcycled t-shirts will become available for public consumption via our online store

Why it's a great idea:

Our project will have a tonne of positive impacts for the Crumlin community, namely: > The provision of affordable, sustainable, locally upcycled apparel > Piloting of creative and social, first of it's kind project supported by a community of local volunteers > Working towards creating a local circular economy where less clothing leaves the area for landfill and/or export > Profits made from the sale of t shirts going towards supporting a circular community enterprise in Crumlin > If this pilot is successful, there is great potential for job creation in a local circular economy initiative

Steps to get it done:

• Reaching our crowdfunding goal
• Thanking backers and informing them of the project timeline
• Purchasing equipment
• Examining range of useable t-shirts in stock // call-out for donations
• Volunteer recruitment
• Testing the printing process + equipment on x10 t-shirts
• Volunteer training
• Creating production timetable
• Keeping backers up to date with timeline
• Design of marketing campaign
• Production of upcycled t-shirts
• Uploading t-shirts to CCC online store
• Roll-out of public marketing campaign
• Dissemination of 100% discount codes to all backers
• Sale of upycled t shirts to public
• Project reporting - what went well, what didn't?
• Creation of social enterprise business model for longer-term project

Our slogan at Change Clothes Crumlin is 'Second Hand is F****n Grand', and we live this through offering a permanent clothing swap shop, second hand rental service and upcycling/mending workshops. Swappers have often asked us when we're going to get our slogan printed on t-shirts. After considering it for a brief moment, we realised that printing onto new items of clothing went totally against our core value of buying 'nothing new'. That's how the idea of the 'Casual-TEE Ward' was born - a local and social initiative that will breathe new life into tired old t-shirts destined for the clothing bank. It is our hope that if this pilot initiative is successful, we will be able to scale up locally to create a self-sustaining community project that prevents massive amounts of clothing being exported abroad to become another countries problem.