Sustainability as a Privilege: Filmed in London, a short documentary by MA Fashion Futures student, Natasha Mays. Exploring how cultural identifiers of race, wealth and education affect Black community engagement towards sustainable fashion futures. Full Film available here.
Funding
Competitions/Bursaries/Awards
Discover Young Hackney 2022
Successful grant application in collaboration with Children with Voices. Received funding to deliver free sustainable fashion, Film & TV and Music Production workshops. Hackney Council’s Discover Young Hackney Programme took place this August to help young people ages 13-19 and up to 25 with SEND discover their careers in the arts. Project Evaluation
UNV Upcycling Competition 2021
In collaboration with UNV Enactus, student designers were asked to create new clothes using only unwanted ones.
Prize: Featured in Eluxe Magazine
WM x Slow Factory Design Challenge 2021/22
Working with Waste Management and powered by Slow Factory, 6 participants have been chosen to engage in a 9-month challenge to create design solutions for fashion products, materials or systems that embrace regenerative practices.
Prize: Funding and showcasing of work at the 2022 WM Sustainability Forum.
Procter & Gamble Better Lives MA/MSc Scholarship
The Procter & Gamble Better Lives MA/MSc Awards of £5,000 each are available to 2 Home or International students currently enrolled on any masters course at London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London.
Text: www.arts.ac.uk
Society of Dyers and Colourists Bursary
As an educational charity, SDC is committed to supporting people in their journey of colour education. Occasionally students may need a helping hand financially and we have funding available to offer a limited number of bursaries each year to students wishing to develop their knowledge through either academic or professional study.
Text: www.sdc.org.uk