Creative Hemel teenager's lockdown business supports mental health charity

A teenager from Hemel Hempstead is using her new business, which she started during lockdown, to support a mental health charity.

Student Holly Carter has unleashed her creative side during lockdown and started a new business, Little Peach Crafts, selling handcrafted earrings on her online shop on Etsy.

The 19-year-old decided she also wanted to give something back with her new business, so decided to donate 10% of sales to the mental health charity, Mind.

All of the items are one of a kind, and are made and finished by hand from polymer clay.

Holly, who is studying music at Royal Holloway university, recently expanded her offer with a new range of beaded earrings which are proving to be very popular.

Stylish, fashionable and unique, the earrings have already attracted the attention of a loyal customer base as well as catching the eye of a few Instagram influencers.

Holly said: “I started this little business to help my mental health during lockdown, allowing me to do something I love to distract me from the world around us.

“I have struggled with my own mental health for many years now, so have decided to give 10% of my profits to Mind, an absolutely amazing mental health charity!

"So if you buy some earrings, you are also helping to support a wonderful charity, whilst getting yourself some stylish new jewellery."

Holly sees her business as a hobby as she is a full time university student, but finds the creative process really therapeutic.

She added: “It’s great that people are enjoying my designs, the more I sell, the more I can make which is fantastic.”

Mind offers advice and support to anyone experiencing a mental health problem, the charity campaigns to improve services, raise awareness and promote understanding.

To visit Holly's shop click here, or visit her Facebook page.