Cricket Clothing and Gear Repair and Refurbishment Workshop
Products, Problems and Prototypes

7^th May 2026
10.30 – 3.30
UCA Epsom

Organised by The Centre for Sustainable Design® at UCA

Objectives
The programme will include an introduction to the circular economy to understand the context and background to the circular design innovations. The workshop will draw from ‘real-world’ past and present projects undertaken by The Centre for Sustainable Design ® (CfSD) related the circular cricket gear and clothing projects.

As the world’s second most played sport, cricket relies on a wide range of specialised equipment/clothing with significant environmental impacts. In England/Wales alone, cricket generates 1,646 tonnes of equipment waste each year. Yet cricket governing boards e.g. ECB and professional teams tend to focus on climate change and its impact on venues and events, rather than cricket gear and clothing.

The workshop will deliver a presentation on findings from various projects conducted via CfSD’s PASIC programme. This will include ongoing research place-based circularity in Wandsworth via 2C project, followed by a Q&A session, and a hands-on innovation workshop using the GreenThink! methodology developed CfSD’s Director. Students will be introduced to the research conducted by CfSD on product circularity and cricket gear and clothing by offering guidance based on first hand-experience covering initial concept development, prototyping, testing and achieving design rights.

Anticipated benefits for participants include increasing understanding of the environmental challenges faced by the sporting sector more broadly and the cricket sector specifically and, understating of repair, refurbishment and repurposing, insight into product design and development research methodologies and circular business models.

The event is a part of the 2C project that is progressing circularity in cricket in Wandsworth. The project focuses on extending the life of cricket equipment through place-based reuse and repair systems, transforming underutilised gear into accessible resources for players who would otherwise face barriers to participation.

Audience
30 delegates from MA Fashion Business Management and the MA in Global Marketing and Communications at UCA Epsom.

Programme
Facilitation: Professor Martin Charter & Dr Lilian Sanchez Moreno, The Centre for Sustainable Design ®, UCA

• 10.30    Registration/introduction
• 10.45    Introduction and Q&A to the circular economy
• 11.15    Findings and Q&A related to various cricket gear/clothing projects
• 11.45    Overview of the regulations & potential implications for UK
• 12.00    GreenThink!
• 12.45    Lunch
• 1.30     Hands-on innovation session
• 3.15     Feedback and concluding remarks
• 3.30     Close

[2C] project is funded by the University for the Creative Arts UKRI/AHRC Impact Accelerator award.