I am Claire I have been reselling on Ebay. It all started when I was told I never be able to work on my feet full time due to being a minor spina bifida. I hated being told this and on top that I had just left a emotionally abusive relationship. I was in a dark place with a small child in a town I have no family and knew no-one. This is how I got into reselling and it became a way to get my life back. Several years on and I got a point now I want to help more people I want to help the many and not just a few. I have a huge passion to keep fashion circulating longer and saving our planets resources. Yet I never wanted that to be all I was about. I knew I wanted to give more. After being in a place where I lived paycheck to paycheck thrived to get off benefits and felt I was in a endless loop, I needed to make a change and make this business the best I can not just for me and my son but for the many struggling families out there.
This is why I am looking to raise £100,000 to get premises and hire staff locally. In turn I want to offer apprenticeships to the young to show them anything is possible, give them opportunity to see life from many angles in a business environment whilst getting paid. I want the people who crave to work but feel they can't because of childcare, costs, they too young, too old or they think cos they are disabled they can't. I want to help them feel a sense of purpose in a bigger cause.
My business will not only help people but help our environment by circulating fashion longer saving thousands in peoples pockets and slowing fast fashion down. Yet ultimately we will all save our ever disappearing resources on our planet. All this whilst helping grow the fashion to be sustainable more and giving every new piece of clothing a new home saving that all from landfill. Yes 1.75 million tons of textiles are thrown away every year and 1.25 million goes to landfill scary right.
Thank-you for reading and I hope you can help Planet flips become a global name that is loved by the many and not a few