# SEW POSITIVE

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1192682
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Dec. 7, 2020
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1192682


## Contact

- **Address:** 1 FOUNTAIN LANE, HASLINGFIELD, CAMBRIDGE
- **Postcode:** CB23 1LT
- **Phone:** 07498 430536
- **Email:** info@sewpositive.org
- **Website:** www.sewpositive.org



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE LIVING IN CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND SURROUNDING AREAS, FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THROUGH THE PROVISION AND PROMOTION OF CREATIVE ACTIVITIES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SEWING WORKSHOPS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).

**Activities:** Sew Positive tackles health inequalities and social exclusion in Cambridge - the UK's most unequal city. Our goal is engaged communities of adults and families, using creative sewing, upcycling and mending to improve creativity, mental or physical health and togetherness in a circular economy. Services include Men's Hems, Sewcialise and Social Prescribing for Increased Self-Management of Health.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Recreation
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Cambridgeshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £50020 | £47494 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £40442 | £46691 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £41677 | £26925 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £22187 | £18227 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Alison Heron — appointed May 12, 2022
- Alison Pritchard — appointed Dec. 16, 2025
- Elke Heidrun Taylor — appointed Feb. 16, 2026
- Jane Webber — appointed Feb. 6, 2024
- Joseph Barker-Sherry — appointed July 24, 2024
- Judi Coe — appointed May 12, 2022
- Karin Read — appointed Feb. 6, 2024
- Theodoros Panagiotidis — appointed Dec. 16, 2025