Equity Road is a foundation in Valencia that provides professional opportunities to vulnerable local groups such as immigrants and the unemployed. The preference for regional resources, such as wool, within the Red Thread, creates social sustainability by training people as manufacturing experts of fashion goods and therefore ensuring a circular economy in the region.
The foundation seeks the well-being of the people and animals involved by having two facilities located in residual spaces that can benefit their neighborhoods. An atelier and offices are located next to the train station to ensure an accessible location for vulnerable groups. It aims to restore unused railway buildings to expand the public space in the community. It’s a democratic complex of buildings where most of the space is dedicated to the training of vulnerable groups, while the administration occupies the least amount of area. A second location ensures the well-being of sheep by locating it next to grazing zones where people learn to shear sheep.
The certification “Ready to Grow” certifies individuals who have sufficiently completed the requirements to own and operate wool textile production facilities in coordination with and from financing of non-profit foundations. Therefore, this contribution looks for social mobility, as a means of equity, through vocational training in vital emergent industries.