Leider ist der Eintrag nur auf Englisch verfügbar. Dear all, Starting a new project or business is always filled with obstacles and unknowns, and as an entrepreneur, you are never sure whether you are doing it ‚right‘. The path is filled with different daily challenges, like building a team, finding customers, developing products and services that people really love, and taking care of all the administration. The challenge is even bigger when you are building a social business – that…

Leider ist der Eintrag nur auf Englisch verfügbar. First, happy new year to all of our members and friends. 2016 was clearly a year of change and polarisation at an international level, though perhaps those of us living in Switzerland have been somewhat isolated from that. Moving into 2017, we would like to renew our commitment to have a positive impact in our community and beyond, and we look forward to achieving that together with our members, customers, and supporters.…

Leider ist der Eintrag nur auf Englisch verfügbar. Next to food, fabrics and clothing are the products that we have our most intimate relationships with. We wrap ourselves in our fabric sheets during the night, we dry ourselves with fabric towels after we shower, and we clothe ourselves in fabric garments that make a personal statement about our identity.  Yet, most of us have lost our connection with how our fabrics are made, where they come from, and who the…

Leider ist der Eintrag nur auf Englisch verfügbar. At Social Fabric we live the term ‘diversity’ – we have a truly intercultural team, and that brings with it many rich opportunities for co-creation and idea exchange. It also brings some challenges that arise from different cultural expectations in the workplace. In order to overcome these challenges, we are having monthly meetings on various different topics, and this month’s meeting was on the theme of ‘giving and receiving feedback’. There were…

Leider ist der Eintrag nur auf Englisch verfügbar. It’s been an exciting and busy autumn, and we would like to celebrate by spending some time with our community. We have two events coming up during the next weeks; first, we are taking a trip to the Landesmuseum on the morning of December 1st. We will meet in the lobby of the Landesmuseum at 10.30. Social Fabric is covering the cost of the tickets for refugee participants and volunteers, and we ask…

Leider ist der Eintrag nur auf Englisch verfügbar. Starting yesterday, October 29th, the Landesmuseum is selling our refugee-designed t-shirts, convertible rucksacks, and cosmetic cases in the museum boutique. Stop by to visit, and while your there, check out their exhibition on forced migration (‚Flucht‘), and also the interesting textile section of their regular exhibition. We also have a pop-up space inside the Circle Sustainable Shop at Brunngasse 3 (just beside Niederdorf) until November 22nd. Start your Christmas shopping early, and have…

Leider ist der Eintrag nur auf Englisch verfügbar. This is a little note to thank all of our community members and supporters for supporting our ‚We Aspire‘ campaign. Thanks to the support of 243 individuals, we raised more than chf 29 000, which will allow us to offer a work placement to Cisse, a refugee tailor from Ivory Coast, for at least 7 months. The work placement will be paid at a market rate salary of chf 2400 per month…