On Sunday 8th June 2025, coinciding with payment for Skerries Water-Safety week,  Sustainable Skerries hosted its first Sustainable Swim Shop and Repair Café.

This event was inspired by a member of the public who contacted us after seeing our details on the beach toy library at the South Strand.  Events like these are a great way to save money, reduce textile waste and protect the environment. 

This one was enabled by the encouragement of the Skerries Water-Safety organising team, the support of the Community Centre (for dropping off items), the help of local repair expert Ann Mulligan, and volunteers from the Sustainable Skerries Committee. We really appreciated their help. Of course we could not have run this event without donations and we are very grateful to everyone who donated items before and during the event.

In total 25 items (wetsuits, swimwear, swim shoes) went to new homes and €77 was raised for local sustainability initiatives. We hope to run this event annually, building on the success of this year to encourage even more reuse of swim items going forwards.