Labour Behind The Label

Taking part in a sponsored activity is a great way to have fun, meet new people and raise money all at the same time. So for all of you out there wanting to keep fit or looking to take on a new challenge, we've got some great ideas to start you off!

To learn more about sweatshops in the garment industry, students can stage their own one-day sweatshop for charity, living through the experience of working in an exploitative garment factory in their own school, just for one day.

The students plan and lead their own project, deciding how to stage the one-day event, what product to manufacture, what rules to abide by (for example, 'no talking', 'no toilet breaks', which is common in the sweatshop world), and how to sell the product they have produced afterwards. All profits from this event go to Labour Behind the Label to support garment workers' struggles for better working conditions in the real world.

Take action in a new way - hold an LBL clothes swap!