Hello from all of us here at Kitty’s. We hope you've been handling the summer heat well, we’ve been well here even next to the iron!  The doors have been wide open allowing a gentle breeze through. A few months ago Homegrown Collective, Myerscough college, and CLT planted some beautiful flowers and hanging planters outside. They are in full bloom and adding some wonderful colour and a much needed green corridor to our little road.

Eurovision

Liverpool did an amazing job at hosting Eurovision and we at kitty’s really enjoyed watching organisations and individuals across the city shine. As some of you already know we worked very hard for several weeks in the run up to Eurovision doing mountains of washing for BBC staff re-located here for the production of Eurovision. It was a great success and has boosted the confidence of the team, and what we believe is our commercial contract capability. From this we have formed a Marketing Team of Anthony, Bryn, Grace and Timothy, to try and promote our work further and find more customers who want us to meet their laundry needs.

Annual General Meeting

The launderette team hosted our Annual General Meeting of members (AGM) back in April. This is a key moment in our community co-operatives calendar and a fantastic opportunity to come together to celebrate and reflect on all we have achieved collectivlty in the last year. From the events and activities, to developing our services and initiates to support our local community. None of this would have been possible without your continued and valued support.

The AGM is also an important way to ensure transparency and community accountability of our systems and processes, including the organisations finances. At the AGM We invite input from the members about the direction of the organisation going forward. This and the findings from our customer survey will go on to shape future how Kitty's Launderette develops and improves.

At every AGM some of our community board members retire and new members are elected to join the voluntary board and help shape our future development. We would especially like to thank Brit and Valerie as they stand down from the board, for all of the work they have put in over the past years, and to welcome customer representatives Paula, Suzy and Sue as they embark on their journey as new board members.Membership is open to any who share our values and commitments to local projects and supporting the community, so please pop down and have a chat with any of the co-op members about community membership

Upcoming Events

We have a great selection of upcoming celebrations, exciting launches and a fantastic local market to fill your summer with.

First and foremost, the talented John Thompson will be launching his latest novel ‘Dogs and Other Mammals’ at Kitty’s Launderette. A Liverpool author, John Thompson has written a trio of novels that span from the city's Victorian heyday to the managed decline of the 1980's.

About Dogs and Other Mammals:

Liverpool of the early 1980’s is suffering a managed decline. Brenda Shields is desperate to escape it and the high-rise tenements whose shadow she has never left. Yo-yo might have the means to help his sister realise her ambitions in the form of a drug sniffing chocolate-brown-spaniel, stolen from the prison he has just been released from. He plans to use Seamróg and her innate ability to discover drugs to help his girlfriend kick her habit but will soon find out that Seamróg is going to put him on a course of collision with not only the prison governor but also the drug-dealers fuelling a citywide heroin epidemic.

Summer Market 

All Saints Parish Church 8th July 11am-3pm

Our lovely friends at HomeBaked CLT are hosting one of their lively summer markets. If you have been to one before, you know there will be loads of family friendly activities, stalls to browse, food to eat, and loads of cups of tea to wash it all down with. Come and join your neighbours, support local businesses, and maybe pick up a little treat for yourself?

Kitty's 4th Birthday Party

Saturday 15th July 3-9pm

It's that time of year again, it's our birthday! Well technically our birthday is a little earlier in the year, the 18th of May for your calanders next year, but better late than never! We’re excited to invite you to a celebration of our 4th year, the time really does fly by. Come along for a day of celebration and merrymaking, there will be food, live music, a licensed bar for the adults, and some great creative activities for the kids from Plastic Tactics!

Final Thoughts

Whether you've got exciting plans over the summer and that suit hanging in the back of your wardrobe needs a freshen up, or just a good wash for the winter duvet you put away recently, bring them down!
 

As you know we offer affordable, eco-friendly services washes and dry cleaning or if you want to do it yourself, DIY is always an option! Have a look at our process and we hope to see you soon.