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The National Fashion & Business Saturday Club gives young people in years 9,10 and 11 the unique opportunity to study Fashion and Business at Activate Learning. We run an exciting programme enabling club members to explore a range of aspects of the fashion industry such as fashion illustration, pattern cutting, ethical fashion, and designing.

Looking at Fashion through different lenses, from marketing to construction, club members get to work alongside our industry specialist, as well as use workshops to develop their own designs, produce garments and develop ideas. National Fashion & Business Saturday Club is FREE and places go to students who want to expand their creative skills and are committed to attending on 15 Saturday mornings from November to March!

The club is equally suitable for boys and girls of all abilities interested in fashion and business. The aim is to nurture young people’s talent and build their confidence and self-esteem. The fashion business is an important part of the UK’s creative industries, and its supply chains provide 880,000 jobs in a wide range of sub-sectors, which range from materials technology and trend forecasting to fashion journalism and retail management. This industry is a great British success story, generating £28 billion for the economy each year.

Fashion courses at UK universities lead the world and are in demand globally. Source: British Fashion Council All materials, equipment and educational visit costs for this course will be covered by the college. Please note: by enrolling to a National Saturday Club at Activate Learning, you will be part of the National Saturday Club, taking place across the UK. We will be required to share the data of those enrolled with the National Saturday Club for administrative purposes.

15 Weeks of Creativity! Session times: 10am-1pm
2026: 7, 14, 21 & 28 November, 5 & 12 December
2027: 9 ,16, 23 & 30 January, 6 & 27 February, 6, 13 & 20 March

Club members also take part in national events including Masterclasses with leading industry professionals and the Summer Show, where Saturday Clubs nationwide exhibit their work in a public exhibition – all for free!

Explore this Club’s previous Masterclasses:
Textile peace flags with Ella Doran
Future of sustainable fashion with E.L.V. Denim
Trend-forecasting with WGSN

Fashion is an important part of the UK’s creative industries, supporting a vast range of careers from materials technology and trend forecasting to fashion journalism and retail management. 555,000 people are employed in fashion, textiles and fashion retail in the UK (Fashion United) and the fashion and textile industry contributes almost £28bn each year to the UK economy (UKFT).