Shipping container needed

Description

Lil (Lower impact living) is a community interest company; 100% of funds are invested in delivering projects. Lil connects, inspires, and empowers communities to deliver positive outcomes for people and our planet. We deliver projects focused on facilitating a circular economy and host the East Lothian Climate Hub.

The Ask:

We are looking for a watertight, secure shipping container to locate in Tranent to be a new Revolving Wardrobe (a place to donate and take preloved clothes, accessories, toys and books) for the community in and around Tranent. We also need to fit it out with shelves and clothing rails.

The existing wardrobe in East Linton has supported over 150 families in the last 10 months. It is in a more rural location than Tranent, where we anticipate demand may see double that using the service per year.

 

Why:

The ‘Lil Revolving Wardrobe’ provides an accessible preloved clothing supply for everyone from new-borns to full-growns! Our current Wardrobe (in East Linton) is very successful and well used by a broad range of people, both donating and receiving.

We have been asked to replicate this model in Tranent, working with the local community to locate and support the initiative. This is why we are looking for a shipping container. At the East Linton project, we found that a shipping container with keycode access allows anyone registered to access the wardrobe at any time and is also very useful for support staff from a range of social care and return to work services.

To keep this free at the point of service, we minimise costs as much as possible, and donating a container would be a massive contribution to the community, especially given the recent closure of the charity shop.

This isn't urgent, but having the new Wardrobe up and running by Autumn 2025 would be good.

You can see our request for hub space here.