Story: Clarete Sibanda
We are a group of 6 women and we buy our shopping together to help save money. We want to share our idea to inspire others.
We save £3.75 per week for 6 months, which we use to buy bulk items at different supermarkets where there are bargains or special offers. We buy things like soap, washing powder, toilet paper, dish washing liquid, cooking oil and rice, and things that don’t go off.
Then every six months we share out what we have bought. We take it in turns to collect the money and buy things and keep the shopping until the sharing day. We all look out for bargains and we tell the person with the money, so they can buy things on offer. We contribute £2 each for the person doing the buying to pay for petrol.
We meet up every 6 months to talk about things we might need, or things we already have so the shopper can get the things we want. On the sharing day, we bring food and eat together as well as sharing out the shopping. Last time we celebrated one of the group's birthdays with a decorated cake!
We want to inspire other women to do something similar, it saves money and you don’t have to worry about running out of things like toilet paper or washing powder. Also we get to share each other’s company and we are supporting each other during hard times.
If anyone wants to start something similar and wants to get advice contact Clarete via the Messenger 242 0564, mail@burngreavemessenger.org