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Textile students turn old Blackburn Rovers kits into fashion
Blackburn Rovers have been celebrating one of their greatest ever saves - but this time it did not involve a goalkeeper and instead was a bid to tackle climate change by upcycling old kits. The club asked local fashion students to repurpose kits which were heading to landfill and create a unique collection of clothing, which included skorts, a bell-sleeved jumper and a bag. It is part of Green Football's Great Save which rallies the entire football community from fans, players and pundits to keep kits out of landfill to protect football and the reimagined designs by Blackburn College students, which were on show at Ewood Park, will be auctioned off to raise money for charity. Second year fashion and film and media students from Blackburn College collaborated on the transformed 25 garments, which included taking waist bands off shorts to transform them into crop tops, upcycling track suits into eye-catching jackets and a bag made from two pairs of and media students then filmed as the collection was showcased on the pitch. Textile and fashion student Rihana, who whipped up the bag, said she wanted to put her own spin on all her designs. "I don't really follow football but if I did I would want to wear something that represents me but also still supports the team so I wanted to add some bell sleeves to the jumper," she said. Another student Isaak created skorts - which has the appearance of a skirt but has built-in shorts underneath - and a cropped top from a goalkeepers shirt to add to the collection. 'Create something new' Daniella Slinger, course leader of textiles and fashion at Blackburn College, said: "The fashion industry wastes 92 million tonnes per year globally and almost half of that goes into landfill. "So what we've done with this project is just take a small amount that waste that would have sat in landfill and take it apart, put it back together and create something completely new from it." Blackburn Rovers said the clothing collection will now be sold in an online auction with the proceeds going towards a homeless, refugee and asylum seeker football team supported by the club. Yasir Sufi, head of commercial and partnerships at Blackburn Rovers, praised the innovative creations produced by the students and said it was a "fantastic initiative" to save kits from going into landfill while also raising money for a great cause. "It's a win for everyone," he said. Listen to the best of BBC Radio Lancashire on Sounds and follow BBC Lancashire on Facebook, X and Instagram. You can also send story ideas via Whatsapp to 0808 100 2230.
BBC News
18-03-2025
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Blackburn students prepare for trip to help children in Malawi
A group of students are preparing for a "life-changing" trip to Africa to help schoolchildren living in students are all studying for T-Levels in early years education at Blackburn College and will be travelling to the country in summer to help with the construction of a have raised £5,000 for the Malawi Relief Fund UK charity to build the facility but are continuing to raise more money to equip and decorate it before the trip in of the six student travelling to Africa, Amber Greenwood, said it was a "fantastic opportunity". "I think coming to Blackburn College we weren't expecting this opportunity at all, so it's fantastic to not only explore ourselves but also give back to the community," she student, who hopes to continue studying children's nursing at university after college, said she was looking forward to "supporting children's learning and development, but also helping a wider community".Layeena Masters said: "From what we've been told there's literally only the children, the staff and a chalk board there."So hopefully by us going there we'll be able to provide them with so many memories with simple things like colouring."Layeena, who wants to get a job as an early years educator after college, said: "I think it's going to put all the studies we've been doing so far into practice and take it globally". She said she hoped to help the children develop mentally and Bharucha, lead lecturer in early years study at Blackburn College, said money had been raised by hosting events such as a Ramadan Souk, a marketplace at the college with stalls of handicrafts and said Malawi was chosen as it is "a poverty-driven country"."So we decided that we would take the students on a life-changing experience where they can take the learning that they do in college on a global level and really make that impact," she said. Listen to the best of BBC Radio Lancashire on BBC Sounds and follow BBC Lancashire on Facebook, X and Instagram and watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer.
