Kitty's Launderette
Kitty's Launderette is a not-for-profit worker-community co-operative and social enterprise based in Anfield, near the boundary with Everton, in north Liverpool. It offers affordable laundry and dry cleaning services alongside a community space. Opened on 16 May 2019 in response to local economic pressures and limited access to essential services, it is named after Kitty Wilkinson, an Irish migrant who responded to the 1826-1837 cholera pandemic and went on to pioneer Liverpool's public wash-house movement, helping to establish the UK's first public washhouse. The Launderette is jointly run by member-owners drawn from its staff, customers and the local community, with surplus income reinvested in the organisation. It operates with a flat organisational structure, with staff involved in business decisions and the planning of its community programme. CityChangers reported in 2025 that it employed 12 people, many of whom were under 30, and paid all staff the real Living Wage. It also distributes free laundry vouchers through local food banks and homeless shelters and provides community activities including film screenings and knitting groups. Kitty's Launderette uses environmentally preferable detergents and biodegradable bags, and its washing machines and dryers are powered by electricity from a renewable-energy supplier. The launderette is fitted with Miele washing machines and dryers of different capacities, including equipment used for its wet cleaning WetCare service, an alternative to conventional dry cleaning.
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Grasmere Street, Liverpool Everton
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The King Charles
Grasmere Street 69
L5 6RH Liverpool, Everton
England, United Kingdom
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