Toy Swap, Amersham Library, 29th of June 10-12 am, free, no need to register
Amersham Toy Re-homing – help your pocket, the planet and your sanity!
As a parent with young children, do you ever feel as if toys are taking over your home and your life?
With all the gifting all throughout the year, we all end up with a house so full of Lego, cars and teddies that they spill out of every drawer and cupboard. We constantly fight to declutter, and we only end up buying new ones later on. Each one of these precious toys are expensive and take a lot of energy and resources to build and mostly end up in landfill.
In comes the Toy Swap movement!
Sustainable Amersham will hold our second Toy Swap at Amersham Library on Saturday the 29th of June as part of their “little green adventures”.
Local families can bring in their pre-loved toys and swap them for different ones giving these items a breath of new life by rehoming them. This keeps the unwanted toys away from landfill reducing the need for new purchases that impact our planet so much.
Reinforcing having “one toy in, one toy out” helps kids part with their beloved items while giving them something new to play with. It is so much fun!
Sustainable Amersham’s volunteers will be organising these and more “little green adventures” helped by funding from the Amersham & Villages Community Board and donations given by parents.
Kids are really, really welcome. We want them to be involved in building a world where they can thrive in! At the event, please keep a close eye on them as there may be smaller toys around and we want our little ones to be really safe.
It is really simple:
- Have a look at the toys you have at home, find any your children are not using and are in good condition. You can bring toys (no plug-in toys please! we do accept battery powered ones though), costumes and books!
- Pop them in a bag and bring them over on the day to the library. We will be in the room that is at the end on the right (against the floor-to-ceiling windows, that look out to King George V Road). There will be someone as you come in to direct you and explain how this works.
- Come in, see what is there and pick up any toys you like and bring them to the reception. You will be able to take approximately the same amount of toys that you brought in, but we are not particularly precious about this. The main focus is on giving toys a new life! We will have a flip-chart there to record how many toys get swapped.
- Chat to us! There will be a number of Sustainable Amersham volunteers around helping out. Learn about all the things we are doing to create a future our children can thrive in. Why not join our little green adventures newsletter? Have a cup of tea at the Life Style Center coffee area and talk to other parents.
- Take your toys and costumes home and enjoy!
We hope you enjoy this event. As the items swapped are not provided by Sustainable Amersham we cannot be responsible on the condition of them once you take them with you. If you find an item doesn’t quite work out for you, have a look at our post on some ideas on how to dispose of it in a more sustainable way.
Special thanks to the Amersham & Villages Community Board for funding this event!
We have started offering Toyswap’s for local school PTAs. These can be an excellent way to look after the environment and raise a bit of money for your kids school. Contact us if this could work for you!
Contact us if you are interested in participating and want to help us organise this event. We need help to organise this and our other events!
Let’s create a future where our children can thrive!