Fashion-Enter Ltd (FEL) is delighted to be working with North Central London NHS Trust and their Hope-FX project that supports young adults with positive mental health initiatives.
A group of 10 young adults will be working on their own unique, t-shirt design project with wrap-around support and tuition from the FEL team. The project will commence in October 2023 with an introductory open day, where the group will get to meet the team and learn all about FEL’s production facilities.
Over the course of 6-months the group will get to design, print and stitch five different T-shirts and develop their own capsule brand concept. Participants will learn a range of disciplines such as; fashion illustration, pattern cutting and sewing skills, marketing and business studies, and build on knowledge of traditional and digital printing skills using state-of-the-art digital technologies.
The project will culminate with the group devising their own marketing plan to launch their designs both physically and digitally, with the opportunity to sell their work if they choose.
FEL CEO Jenny Holloway commented: “As a social enterprise this is what Fashion-Enter Ltd is all about – supporting and encouraging individuals from the community. As a society we are waking up to the importance of positive mental health and wellbeing and being creative with projects like this gives direction, encouragement and more importantly hope for the future. Hence the name! I am personally excited to see the designs that the group will come up with and we are able to follow through with selling opportunities as well.”