Poncho Project Sewing Events

We hold regular sewing events throughout the year, with a focus on extra sessions in the winter as this is when we send our ponchos to Calais. These are fun, informal sessions and no experience is necessary. If you have a sewing machine and equipment that you can bring that would be great, but not essential. Children are welcome as long as they are fully supervised by an adult. During these events, there will be the opportunity to:

Make ponchos to send to Calais
Make ponchos to sell in Cambridge and online to raise funds for more blankets
Make crafts made from offcuts to raise funds for more blankets

January 25th 2019 - Craft making

On Friday 25th Jan we will have a craft making session in preparation for the Sleepout stall - this is one of our biggest fundraising opportunities of the year so it would be great to have a big stock of catnip mice and our other best sellers!
Time: 9:30 - 5:30 with the possibility of continuing into the evening if people are keen. Also feel free to just drop in.
Location: West Cambridge Community Room, West Cambridge Site, Charles Babbage Rd, Cambridge CB3 0FZ. Here is a map showing the exact building (no parking available on site)

February 2019 Sewing Sessions

Fri 15th Feb (11:30 - 7:30)
Sat 16th Feb (9:30 - 5:30)
Location: Hartington Grove Meeting House (parking available)

Last year (2018)...

The Poncho Project events have been going from strength to strength. We've been making Ponchos throughout the year ready to send to Calais, and we sent our first winter batch of almost 600 in November. We've also got about 300 ready to go in January. We also made OffCut Crafts which we sold for fundraising. There have been old and new faces, with people learning and sharing skills and stories.