Bristol clothes swaps
Refresh your wardrobe in an affordable and planet-friendly way at one of our community clothes swapping events.
We held three waste-busting kids’ clothes swaps in autumn/winter 2025. The plan is to hold more in springtime 2026.
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If you’d like to volunteer to help, suggest a good (free or low-cost) location in Bedminster, offer to run an activity or sponsor a swap in any way, please get in touch.
Seasonal kids’ clothes swaps
Whether your kid has outgrown that beautiful jumper sooner than you hoped, or point blank refuses to wear those amazing dungarees, our kids’ clothes swaps are a great way to update their wardrobe ready for season ahead in a planet-friendly way.
How do our clothes swaps work?
On the day of the event bring up to 6 clean, good-quality clothing items to swap. In return, you’ll be given one stamp per swappable item.
You can then exchange your stamps for a selection of useful, new-to-you clothing. (Remember to bring a bag to take your swaps home in!)
Keep your swap card safe; any unused stamps can be used at our next event. (Sign up for our emails to hear about upcoming swaps).
We will check all items at drop-off for quality (and seasonal relevance) to ensure a useful and enjoyable swapping experience for all. Please double check the list of clothing we accept (see below) before selecting your items to swap. We will reject any items that we deem unwearable, of poor quality, or seasonally inappropriate.
Unswapped items will be either donated to a local children’s charity or kept for future swaps.
What kinds of items should I bring to kids’ clothes swaps?
To ensure a feel-good event, please only bring clean, good quality things you’d be happy to take home yourself.
We’d like to receive the following kids’ clothing items (ages 3–11) :
Jumpers, trousers, long-sleeved tops, dungarees, dresses, skirts
Winter coats, hats, scarves, gloves
Wellies, winter shoes, trainers
Warm nightwear and dressing gowns
Halloween costumes and Christmas-themed clothing (max. 1 per household)
Please do not bring:
Baby clothing and accessories (0–24 months)
Stained, discoloured, ripped or otherwise unwearable clothing
Underwear, swim wear and socks
Spring/summer clothing (save it for our spring/summer swap!)
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