We only started our tiny store in 2017 yet have already worked with some amazing people! Here are some of community projects we have helped with so far:
in 2017 we cooperated with:
Rotterdam Pride in the Netherlands, who sold our products at their stalls and to whom we donated all the profits from the sales.
In 2018 we helped with the following projects and Pride events:
Bitchy Bingo Fundraiser Event by @thetipsyqueens for Southampton Pride
We offered 3 winning prizes: £50 and 2 x £20 vouchers to our store
Pride Bike Rides by @ridehiit for Pride in London
We offered 30 x £10 vouchers for those taking part in the event.
Bunny.Style Launch Event
We had our Brand Launch Event in the summer of 2018 and all proceeds from tickets were donated to a chosen charity in Poland focusing on fight for equal marraiage and civil partnerships for same-sex couples (neither is currently legal in Poland) Total donation was over £300.
Lublin Pride March, Poland
We have donated £100 towards the organisation costs of the march after being notified about homophobic hate speech of various Polish politicians. Currently there is no law in Poland that protects the LGBT+ community against verbal abuse and homophobic behaviours. It should never be allowed for politicians to speak about LGBT+ as degenerates and deviants - yet it is exactly what has been happening lately in Poland.
2019 projects we are working on:
Llama's Pyjamas Charity Shop and their network.
We have donated a few hundreds of baseball caps from our previous collections, socks and other items to Llama's Pyjamas, who later distributed them around England in their network of friendly charity shops.
Bitchy Bingo Fundraiser Event by @thetipsyqueens for Southampton Pride
Yet again we helped them by offering a few vouchers for the winners.
LGBT+ Charity Fashion Show at Durham University
We are renting out and donating multiple pieces of clothing for a student fashion show in the aid of the Albert Kennedy Trust, which supports homeless LGBT+ youth.
Unfortunately, we are not able to commit to donate percentage of our profits to charities on a regular basis. This is because we are too young, too small and have to be very careful with our cash flow. We are still investing our own savings into the brand and it would be a huge risk to sign up for something that we know we would not be able to deliver at the moment.
