Save our Seas is an environmentally conscious initiative led by Harborough Morsbags Pod, a local sewing group where a dedicated group of volunteers upcycle unwanted fabric, donated to them by the community, into reusable shopping bags called Morsbags.
Nominated for support by Sandra Skett, the Chairperson of the Harborough Morsbags project, the project prevents fabric from going to landfill, as well as reducing the number of single-use plastic carrier bags.
The money has been used to purchase needles, thread and Morsbags labels, as well as getting four of their sewing machines serviced to ensure that they will keep working well for years to come.
The group meet once a month to sew and socialise and attend events where they give away some of their bags to raise awareness of how damaging singleuse plastic is to our oceans. The group is one of the most productive Morsbags group in the world, out of 2,000 Morsbags groups from Alaska to Tasmania.
We are proudly working with Carling once again to give YOU the chance to access up to £20,000 funding for your local community projects.
All you have to do is nominate a project in your local area and Carling will select projects from across the UK to fund and turn into a reality.
St Crispin’s Church provides a lunch group for people living on low incomes and the elderly who feel isolated and lonely. The group survives on donations from attendees and left-over food donations from Waitrose and Tesco.
The Everard Family Foundation are donating £50,000 to Age UK Leicester Shire & Rutland. This is a local cause that the Everard family have a long history of supporting, with Richard Everard being their president since 1992 and donating regularly over the years.
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