Festive Eco Fair
We're excited to announce our first Festive Eco Fair, featuring local sustainable creators, makers and crafters selling their products.
The event is free to attend. You can also take part in free workshops throughout the day.
The festive season often means buying more and creating more packaging waste. Our Festive Eco Fair will help you discover ways to reduce waste by learning new skills and ideas from local creators and crafters.
At the fair you can:
- buy gifts from local producers
- attend free reuse workshops on making rag or bauble wreaths and homemade crackers
- chat with our Waste Prevention Advisor Volunteers
Event details
Location: Field Place Manor and Barns, The Boulevard, Worthing BN13 1NP
Date and time: Saturday 21st November 2026, 11am to 3pm
Free workshops and drop in craft sessions
As well as visiting our stalls, you can take part in a range of free workshops.
To book a place on the rag wreath and cracker workshops, use the links below. Places on these workshops are limited, so we recommend booking early.
Rag wreath making
Rag wreath making: the perfect chance to craft your own unique, eco-friendly festive wreath using colourful fabric scraps. Bring your creativity, enjoy good vibes, and leave with a festive decoration you made yourself.
Christmas cracker workshop
Christmas Cracker making: Learn how to make your own unique handmade Christmas crackers, perfect for adding a personal touch to your festive celebrations.
All materials are provided, and no previous crafting experience is needed. Enjoy a fun and friendly session, pick up new reuse crafting skills, and learn to make beautiful crackers ready for your Christmas table.
Wreath, garland and bauble making
Wreath, garland and bauble making: learn how to use old Christmas cards to make wreaths, garlands and baubles. A great way to re-use old cards!
This is a drop in session that is available to all. No need to book - arrive any time from 11am to 2.30pm.
Art, Mind and Soul fabric squares
Drop in and create a design onto a small fabric square that will be sewn in after the fair to create a montage tapestry!
The finished article will be hung at the Art, Mind and Soul 1 year anniversary event at Colonnade House.
This is a drop in session that is available to all. No need to book - arrive any time from 11am to 2.30pm.
Local crafters and businesses
We will be joined by the following local crafters and businesses:
- Art, Mind and Soul Worthing – creating a community art piece throughout the event: create a design on a small fabric square, which will be sewn in after the fair to create a montage tapestry
- Baskets by James – handmade willow woven baskets
- Co-op – promoting FairTrade products and membership offers plus some festive tastings
- CREW – Climate Resilience Centre Worthing demonstrating local ways to reduce impact of climate change
- Lily’s Cottage – bird boxes, bug houses and more
- Over The Moon Scrapstore – promoting use of all materials; also running a workshop
- Patcham Art Studio Pottery – handmade pottery tree baubles, gifts, and more
- Vins and Needles - upcycled vintage fabrics, frilly collared shirts, scrunchies, peg bags and more
- Lynda’s Denim – denim bags made from pre-loved jeans
- Stoneware Pottery - makes oven to tableware pottery on a kick wheel, such as mugs, plates, bowls, casseroles & butter dishes, also a few hand crafted animals too!
- Sewn Not Thrown - upcycled clothing brand creating bespoke, one-of-a-kind, handmade garments using only preloved and unwanted fabrics
- Whisk Art Cake Studio - an artisan, small-batch bakery in Chichester, specialising in bespoke cakes and desserts made with handpicked, sustainable ingredients - proud winners at the Great Taste Awards 2025 and 2026 - they will be selling cake slices, brown-butter brownies, cupcakes, cookies, little loaf cakes, tiramisu, orange and almond cake and festive treats
Keep an eye on our social media to see more about the workshops and see who else will be attending.
We will be running a clothes swap too. You can bring along up to 10 items of clothing, bags or shoes to swap for free! Items must be clean and wearable.
There will also be an opportunity to have a festive photo with our recycling mascot, and to join us for a hot drink and a slice of cake or a mince pie.