Kitty’s Launderette is Crowdfunding!
After 3 years of planning, they’ve had our doors open for 6 years as a hub for their community. Dancing, watching films, knitting and talking whilst washing. However, there was a time where they couldn’t do this…
Less than a year after opening, life was put on pause and the streets were locked down to mitigate the effects of the covid 19 pandemic.
Kitty’s stayed open as a key service for people that didn’t have access to washing facilities at a time where hygiene was of upmost importance. The Launderette as a social space closed and their team did all the washing dropped off at the door, at cost price.
Quickly they recognised that many of their community could not leave their homes at all…
So they partnered up with a local cabbie and bicycle couriers from fellow Coop, Agile by Peloton Liverpool. Together they collected and dropped off laundry for free to those shielding at home all through the pandemic, we built closer relations with their community through these couriers and made sure that no one we knew was left behind.
It’s fair to say with the mountains of laundry they’ve outgrown the bikes…
They learned many valuable things in this time, one being that mobility would give the launderette the ability to be responsive responsive to changing community needs.
Owning their own vehicle enables us to improve on the support they already offer, build on the relationships with partner organisations and provide access to crucial services in Liverpool.
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