Common Thread - sewing with purpose, Vancouver, BC

Common Thread is a Community Service Cooperative whose members are individuals who make our products or support our work in other ways and organizations that are committed to similar goals.

The idea for Common Thread came up in 2006 as a way to provide a more reliable stream of work for sewing programs.

We are a social enterprise: a business with a primary social purpose. Common Thread’s main social purpose is creating employment. We provide sewing training and production coaching for newcomers to Canada, people living with mental illness and others who thrive in our flexible work environment. Our secondary purpose is environmental: We reclaim street banner material that would otherwise go to the landfill.