East Dulwich cloth bags

[monica]

Claire that is a great idea.Il pm you and we can discuss the details.Il email the cloth bag company and let them know the updates,and roughly how many bags,im thinking 2000 what do you think guys.

Only chav this thread is meant only for cloth bag discussion,so could you please start your own thanks

[Bellenden Belle]

Claire and Monica - this sounds very exciting! With a school competition we could get a nice photo in the paper and some really lovely publicity for the bag and for the forum.

I have no artistic talent but if anyone would like help with the other practical stuff- publicity, fundraising application,etc, then please pm me.

[monica]

Bellenden that would be great,application forms are not my forte im afraid,il pm you and give you my details,i have the application form,ready to fill in

[Ko]

Great idea! I would be happy to ring around some local primary schools and see if they would be interested in participating in a competition. Its the sort of thing schools should love as it raises environmental issues for the children in a fun way. Is it something that it would be easier to restrict to one school (for practicality) - if so, Clare can put it to her school before I ask any others. What do you think? Happy to go with the general consensus.

[monica]

Ko if you dont mind that will be great.I will speak to southwark green team monday and ask if they can hold off the application date,expalin and hopefully they will.

[Keef]

RE the bags, I think it's such a good idea to try and get local kids involved...

RE Only chav in ED.... I was trying to stick up for you a bit, but you're really not doing yourself any favours.... Do you have any friends?

[TillieTrotter]

Chip anyone?

[Bellenden Belle]

Hello again,

July 16th is ages away .... two months! We can contact schools and still get our application in in that time if we pull together.

An application won't need everything wrapped up - indeed the very opposite is true, funders will want to be able to say their money helped the schools run the competition (in an indirect way).

I had a look at the application online - it's a borough wide one so it is highly unlikely that we could get an extension - but it's pretty straightforward and by putting names of schools down as parners and beneficiaries I think we will be in a really really strong position.

I think this is quite exciting!

[monica]

ok bellenden belle,sounds great,do you want to get in contact with schools in the southwark or ed area.And if the wi want to get involved please do so.

[elizlondon]

I'll volunteer to add it to the agenda for the next WI meeting. You guys seem to have the plans well wrapped up, but I'm sure the EDWI would be interested. What sort of areas would you need assistance in that I could suggest at the WI meeting for discussion?

Elizabeth

[Ko]

B Belle has PM'ed me and we are going to contact the primaries between us. I have put together a basic Word document with the proposal and about the Cleaner Greener Scheme in case the schools want something in writing.

Can I just say how lovely it is to read a thread like this and to see how community-spirited people can be. Well done everyone and thanks to the EDForum for bringing everyone together! :))

[monica]

Update on bags.I spoke to the lovely lady at supreme creations who will email me a quote on the canvas shopper with long handles and the gusset bag with long handles.She explained that the more colours involved the higgher the cost,so il be meeting up with the teachers on edf for chat about the design,the lady has suggested that they can use up to 3 colours and do some shading in.We all know kids love colouring,but if we can set them a challenge on designing a logo using East Dulwich in the logo with a couple of colours,hopefully that will be ok.Unless the teachers here or anyone else have any other suggestions,please post them.As long as the theme is East Dulwich, that is one of the important parts of this whole brilliant project.Any questions?

[Bellenden Belle]

Just to let everyone know I have had a really positive conversation with the deputy head at Goose Green School. She thought the project fitted really well with the school's current initiative to gain "eco status" and would be really interested in taking part. A couple of other schools I am waiting to hear back from.

Clare - I am not sure which school you teach at but it would be great if you could pm me (or Ko who is also contacting schools)as a teacher putting forward the idea might add weight to the proposal (I felt a bit like a cold caller!).

[karter]

Monica

I bought a bag for ?2 yesterday at the fair at Dulwich Park from dulwichgoinggreener.org.

It has only one colour and printed one one side, it has long handles too. Hopefully the proposed East Dulwich bags for the shops will not be too expensive.

K

[monica]

Karter

That is ?2 more then the ED bags.Remember we are not selling them,we are giving them away.The EDF forum started this project and i think once the bags have been ordered and delivered the edfites should think of a way to distribute them

[karter]

Just come in on this thread and realise now. Thats a great idea. How much will the council contribute though?

[monica]

Hopefully the clothbag company have emailed me the quotes.

[monica]

Update met a local teacher who has already started her kids on the designs of the bags and the drawings look really good,very colourful with the theme central to all the drawings.So we have decided maybe having 3 schools involved.Suggestions anyone?

[Ko]

Hi there

I've spoken to 2 other primary schools who were very enthusiatic and who definitely wanted to be involved (I am waiting to hear back from one other school). Bellenden Belle and myself are contacting 3 primary schools each and I know that one of her schools has also said yes.

B Belle and myself looked at the list of primaries and as there are six schools we thought this would be a manageable number to be involved if we coordinated it properly. Whilst my initial thoughts were that having just a couple of schools involved would be better in practical terms, having spoken to the schools they all sound very enthusiastic about the idea and what a good opportunity it is for the children to gain more environmental awareness - so I think it would be a shame not to involve all six primaries in ED because it would be a lost learning opportunity for those children. :)

What do others think?

[monica]

Hy ko in addition to the pm i have sent you then if you guys want 6 schools and they have all agreed then fine,no worries.i have pmd you about other details and look forward to receiving your email

thanks

[Ko]

Thanks Monica - I've sent you an email too. Wow, everything is moving so fast!

[bald marauder]

I think the school angle is truly inspired, will make the whole project so much more local and unique.

[monica]

Hy Guys Thanks bm its amazing the ideas we have had on here.Clare,ko,belle,cupcake do you want to organise a meet in the next week or so?Brainstorm about the cloth bags,and maybe approaching the wi about a collaboration with them.Let me know on here and if anyone wants to come along to the meet they can

[BarryRoad]

One request: whoever chooses the design for the bags, can you make sure it's not green? You know, "it's green because it's green". I hope that makes sense on an already (sometimes) volatile thread! ;-)

[monica]

Barryroad it wont be,depending on the winning design,of course but it will of course have the East Dulwich logo on it