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Closed 20/07/2022
Iʼve raised £1,838 to Inflatable Amnesty®
- Isle Of WIght
- Funded on Wednesday, 20th July 2022
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Story
Since 2010 we have been salvaging bouncy castles and inflatables and turning them into sustainable bags and accessories, here in the UK
In 2017 we opened our Inflatable Amnesty initiative up to the public, to allow them to send in their broken inflatables, instead of sending them to landfill.
Since then we have received a large amount of media and press on a global scale, which has meant that so far we have swerved around 500 tonnes of these plastics in addition to shining some much needed light on this issue.
This has brought with it, its own logistical problems.
We used to pay for postage for these items to be posted to us. This was all boot strap funding...
Eventually the problem became so large, that we then paid TOWARDS postage...
It has now reached a scale whereby we can no longer accept items, if we don't manage to get some kind of funding to scale the initiative in a way that is large enough to deal with this HUGE [and ever increasing] problem.
When the inflatables arrive with us, they need to be washed, stored and processed, ready to be made into bags.
This process is enormously labour intensive. We used to be able to handle it under Wyatt & Jack, but now it has grown its own legs, it needs to be a separate company, with its own employees and logistics managers.
It has reached a scale whereby we can no longer continue to fund the influx and we're asking [hopefully] for enough funds for us to continue this work, as well as be able to expand into other countries and teach others the process.
Thanks so much for reading so far, if you can't afford to help right now [we know its been a tough year for everyone!] Perhaps you may be able to share this page, in the hope that it will reach people who may be interested too...
Here are some links, so you can read a bit more of our story x
Updates
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- 3 years ago
georgia wyatt- lovell
3 years agoMorning! The second part of the grand plan to continue the Inflatable Amnesty initiative, is now complete! We now have a BRAND NEW site, dedicated entirely to the Inflatable Amnesty... This is now the place to find labels to send in inflatables, also all the new products will be on there... We're getting there! It's a slow process, but each small step helps bring us a little bit closer to our goal of being able to continue! THANKS so much for helping us build these things! x www.inflatableamnesty.com
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- 3 years ago
georgia wyatt- lovell
3 years agohi everyone 🙌 firstly, MASSIVE apologies for the radio silence, it’s definitely been a tricky start to the year for us (and pretty much everyone else i think!) you’ll all be pleased to know that Inflatable Amnesty Ltd is now a registered company in its own right AND the brand new site is now almost ready for launch 🚀 It will be where all the products made from inflatables received as part of the amnesty, will be for sale. It will also be where you can find labels to send in defunct inflatables 📦 sign up for the launch via the link above x
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- 3 years ago
georgia wyatt- lovell
3 years agoinflatable amnesty unboxing https://www.instagram.com/tv/CT9WdA4gofB/?utm_medium=copy_link
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Supporters
67
Anonymous
Apr 23, 2022
Well done on the wonderful work, we're looking forward to you accepting donations again!
Louise Jamieson
Jan 29, 2022
Fantastic work, hope you get the funding.
£12.00
Moira Strickland
Oct 20, 2021
Great way of removing non-recyclable plastics and reusing them, plus giving people the chance of work and earning and income - fantastic
£20.00
Anonymous
Oct 14, 2021
£10.00
Mary Peirson
Oct 14, 2021
Great stuff
£20.00
Anonymous
Oct 13, 2021
Hope you get there!
£5.00
Nikki Ochtman
Oct 12, 2021
A fantastic initiative that needs support
£30.00
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