Activities throughout the week

• Art and Design students will be hosting a pop-up exhibition at our Rochdale campus foyer displaying work themed around the environment, sustainability and recycling materials, curated by Ian Ashworth. The work will include the piece created for the GM Skills competition that won first prize!

• Recycle your football boots to stop them ending up in landfill. Drop off your clean, undamaged football boots at our recycling bin located in the Sports Arena.

• ESOL students will be collecting and recycling old T-shirts and upcycling them into sustainable tote bags throughout the week. They will also be producing One Pot Wonders and creating seed balls and birdhouses throughout the week to be sold in Rochdale foyer the following week, all proceeds to the Red Cross Appeal.

• Our Animal Management and Life Sciences students will be taking on the Big Clean Up as they do a litter pick across our Middleton campus.

• Be sure to donate your small old furniture items to our Painting and Decorating department at our Middleton campus as our students are on a mission to upcycle these to be donated to Springhill Hospice to sell in their charity shops.

• Be part of the swish! Are you ready to become a 'swishette'? Swishing is a small but impactful initiative dedicated to fighting fast fashion and encouraging sustainable consumption. Drop off any items for the swish at our iLearn Centres at both campuses. Please collect a ticket from our donation drop off point which will make you an authorised swishette. The swish will take place at The Lounge and The Cube on Friday, 11 - 2. Any items remaining will be donated to Springhill Hospice.
  
  Rules of the swish will be:
  1) Everyone must bring at least one item of quality clothing
  2) No item may be claimed before the swish opens
  3) As soon as the swish is declared open, everyone may take what they want

• Our IT shop is open for business! Buy recycled digital equipment from Monday afternoon, to Wednesday afternoon from our IT students at our shop located in Henry West corridor at our Middleton campus.

• We're encouraging Team Hopwood to spare a seat for sustainability and drive together to lower our carbon footprint in our Staff Car Share Scheme.

• Unite for Sight - donate glasses to be recycled by Chichester Lions Club who redistribute them at eye clinics in Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Ghana, Nigeria, and Nepal - visit Reception to donation your glasses. Donation collection point: iLearn Centre at both campuses.

• Crisp Packet Project - donate your clean, flat and empty crisp packets to be recycled into sleeping bags, survival blankets, bags and more for those living on the streets. Donation collection point: iLearn Centre at both campuses.

• Our Hopwood Sunflower Challenge will start next week as staff compete to grow the tallest sunflowers to raise funds for Ukraine.

• Performing Arts students will be premiering a series of powerful poetry readings all about climate change.

Tuesday

• EcoFest Employers Event at our Middleton campus - students will have an incredible opportunity to learn all about employers in the construction and trades industry and their carbon neutral journey. We'll be celebrating future technologies, renewable energies and sustainability.

• #TeamHopwood staff can find out more about our Cycle2Work scheme as Halfords, the UK's leading cycle to work provider, visit our Middleton Campus. Cycle2Work is part of a government initiative that encourages more people to commute by bike, enabling people to make healthier choices and reduce the UK's carbon footprint.

WEDNEsday

• Our Hospitality and Catering students will taking food donations from The Veterans Charity and turning them into 150 meals for the homeless. They will also be focusing on sustainable cooking in class by cooking vegetarian and vegan recipes and well as exploring ideas for leftover recipes.
  

• Local business owner and green advocate named in Insiders Green Power List 2022, Richard Hagan will be visiting our Middleton campus demonstrating the green credentials and mechanics of a Tesla for our Motor Vehicle students.

• Painting & Decorating will be selling surplus paint at our Middleton campus, 12pm, to learners and staff at very affordable prices! Suggested donation of £2 or more to raise much needed funds for Springhill Hospice.

• Hair & Beauty students will be visited by Tropical Skin Care to find out more about natural, vegan and cruelty-free makeup and skincare.

THURsday

• Skills for Life - Sense & Sustainability. Students will be presenting ways to improve the Lesley Hawkins Memorial Garden to make the area more sustainable and eco-friendly.

• ESOL students will be visiting Todmorden College to find out more about The Climate Challenge College.

FRIday

• Animal Care and Life Sciences will be leading the way with an eco woodland trail walk and tours of our animal enclosures to discover the rare and endangered species our team are helping to breed.