Sustainable Fashion Supporter

The fashion sector is nowadays the second most polluting sectors in the world. Tons of clothes are thrown away in good condition every day, so why not give them a new life? 

Volunteers in this program will join a non-profit which aims to promote upcycling at the same time as providing training to people in situations of long-term unemployment. They do this through their social business that repairs and transforms clothes. The non-profit does this by promoting circular design and the reduction of textile waste, selling exclusive clothes with the collaboration of different designers, and creating awareness of conscious consumption.

In this program, the tasks are built around designing and modeling clothes models, giving support for their production, creating communication campaigns and sales platforms, sorting and organizing clothes donations, among other tasks that promote upcycling and sustainable fashion.

A Typical day would be:

After the initial orientation, you will have a morning or afternoon shift at your placement and will work for approximately 3 to 5 hours per day. Please note that start times and daily workload depends on the project that you are participating in. A typical morning schedule is as follows:

08:00 | Breakfast begins at Impact house, available until 10 am

10:15 | Travel to placement to join local placement staff and begin work on your project (if morning shift)                                                                     

13:00 |  Lunch is served at the accommodation or take-away if you want to go somewhere else                                

14:30 | Enjoy your free afternoon as you wish or to attend Portuguese languages lessons 

19:00 | Dinner at the volunteers' accommodation with the other volunteers. After dinner, you will have the remainder of the evening free to relax and use as you wish

Please note that the actual schedule can change according to the shifts volunteers participate in.

Lisbon is near the beach, near the mountain and is a great starting point to get to travel the rest of the country.

Enjoy climbing in Arrábida, festivals all around the summer, diving in Peniche, Hiking in Monsanto, visit some of the best museums in Europe in Lisbon and Porto, join for a Horse ride at the beach (like in the movies!), visit the fantastic zoo in the Capital, join a great variety of sports at your choice, enjoy swimming and water sports at the pool or at the beach (warning: the water is cold) and participate in yoga classes in relaxing places.

We can help you with anything you might want to do in your free time.