Hello! Thanks for visiting this fund-raising page, please can you help?
After realising that there was nowhere that my friends and I
could go to buy the kind of clothes we liked I decided to open Ahoy. A shop
dedicated to alternative fashion and cool gifts.
Working on a shoe-string budget I managed to acquire premises
and with a bit of help fixing it up and adding a coat of paint, we had a
beautiful new shop on our hands.
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I’ve done my best with the small budget I had to stock the
shop with a decent range of clothing items, but due to wholesalers minimum order
restrictions I couldn’t make the range as broad as I’d initially hoped. One of
the areas very much under-represented in store is a plus size collection.
My hope is that if I can raise enough money via this
campaign, I’ll be able to put in an order for a range of awesome plus size
fashions. The closer I get to the funding goal the more diverse that range
could be. As it stands, if I meet the fund-raising goal I’ll be able to get a
D-rail to hang the clothing on, a set of coat hangers, four different styles of
dresses, one style of cardigan and one style of skirt. If I can exceed the
funding goal then I’ll be able to increase the variety of styles.
Ladies with fuller figures often get frustrated with the
lack of fashion ranges available for them in high street outlets and I want
Ahoy to stock clothing they’ll love, but I need your help to do it.
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I’ve put together some rewards for you, as a big thanks for
helping to raise the seed capital to get the plus size section under-way. These rewards
have also been sponsored by loyalty card scheme
Independent Lancaster,
which aims to promote local independent businesses by encouraging customers to
shop locally rather than at national chain brands. They’re very kindly offering
to give up to two free loyalty cards (worth £20) to people who donate to the
campaign – see the specifics of each reward in the list to the right. These
cards will enable you to get discounts, freebies and special offers at over 42
businesses in and around Lancaster for a whole year, plus as more businesses
support the card over the year you’ll be able to start getting discounts there
too! For more information on the loyalty card you can visit
www.independent-lancaster.co.uk
So please can you help me out? Even just a fiver towards it
would be great. I’d really like to be able to provide a plus sized section, but
I need your help.
Thank you!