Girlguiding South West England have partnered with Tash from The Swish once again, and have launched a brand-new resource expansion pack for 2025, with new fashion upcycling challenges, hints and tips, and even more exciting upcycling ideas, as well as an exclusive offer for our Girlguiding SWE members.
The 2025 resource is now available to download and can be used alongside the 2024 version. You do not have had to have done the 2024 resource to do the 2025 resource and you can do a combination of the activities from across both packs. Coinciding with Global Recycling Day on 18 March 2025 and Earth Day on 22 April.
Girlguiding units can complete creative challenges that educate them around sustainable fashion, and inspire them to start thrifting, upcycling and making their own clothes. Every challenge puts a spotlight on sustainability and are based around 5 themes of re-styling, re-working, re-gifting, researching, and discovering your unique style.
We have prepared this resource to be as flexible as possible – the activities are designed to be completed at home or at unit meetings and can be completed over as many weeks as you need. We have provided full instructions and what you’ll need for each activity within the resource pack - some are just suggestions and you can adapt them to your needs, as well as if you want to fit it around any of the Girlguiding programme (there are quite a few interest and skills builder badges as well as UMAs that can be incorporated into the challenges).
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Order your Swish badges here: You can purchase both the 2024 badge for a reduced price of 50p and the 2025 badge for £1 from our region shop
As part of our partnership with The Swish and the new 2025 version of our upcycling resource, we are thrilled to announce that we have an exclusive offer limited to our Girlguiding South West England members only. We have been working with Hobbycraft to produce a Girlguiding South West England kit box to help you with your swish creations and upcycling journey. The box will contain all the basics you might need including needles, threads, beads, sequins, and buttons, felt sheets, paints, fabric pens, ribbon reels and embroidery threads. This box will be available online only from 7th January and Girlguiding SWE members will be able to purchase it with 1/3 off. Details of this kit box have been announced in our January newsletter and will only be available to those who are members of Girlguiding South West England. If you were not subscribed to our monthly newsletter, you can email
Regrettably, the Hobby Craft Kit box cannot be shipped direct to the Channel Islands by Hobby Craft. However, if you would still like to take advantage of this fantastic discount, please contact the region office for details of how to receive the kit box. Alternatively, other craft supplies can be used, as The kit box is not essential for completing the challenge.
Members Contribution
A collection of pictures from our members participating in the Swish challenges will be coming soon.
