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Nottingham Forest Community Trust recently teamed up with Green Football’s Great Save, Art of Football, and Forest fan group Forza Garibaldi to deliver a sustainability workshop for students from Bramcote College as part of Green Football Weekend.

Green Football unleashes the passion of the football community to tackle climate change and protect nature, uniting fans, clubs, players, pundits, broadcasters, grassroots teams and schools.

The initiative aimed to educate young people about environmental responsibility while demonstrating how football can play a role in promoting sustainable practices.

As part of the workshop, students worked alongside designers from Art of Football to repurpose old Nottingham Forest football shirts into eye-catching flags, using inspiration from Forza Garibaldi’s collection of flags.

This hands-on experience highlighted the importance of upcycling, showcasing how old sportswear can be transformed and given a new lease of life rather than being discarded.

The flags will be displayed by fans at Tuesday’s game against Manchester United in the Bridgford Lower end.

The workshop was made even more special with surprise visits from Nottingham Forest first-team players Harry Toffolo and Callum Hudson-Odoi.

The duo took time to engage with the students, offering encouragement for their creative efforts.

Tom Norton, Head of Programmes at Nottingham Forest Community Trust, reflected: “This workshop was a fantastic opportunity for students to learn about sustainability in a hands-on and creative way.

“Seeing them engage with the process of upcycling old shirts and understanding how small changes can make a big difference was brilliant.

“We hope this experience will encourage them to think more about sustainability in their own lives.”

Rich Holmes, Club & Community Engagement Lead at Green Football’s Great Save added: “This kind of creative workshop from Nottingham Forest shows that clubs can be creative in not only how they deal with kit waste themselves but engage fans and the community on such an important topic.

Green Football’s Great Save is trying to bring football together to reduce the amount of sports kit from ending up in landfill each year, which stands at around 100,000 tonnes a year, equivalent to 951 football shirts per minute!

“By engaging their community and bringing role models like Callum and Harry to get involved, this shows the club repurposing some kit and making some effort to tackle the issue themselves, whilst also demonstrating this issue through education and engagement to youngsters who may have loads of kit themselves and think twice before disposing of it.

“It was a fantastic event, and a great example of club and community collaboration to make an impact!”