Waterlooville mum launches business to help women turn their hobbies into hustles

Hannah Roper, from Waterlooville Hannah Roper, from Waterlooville
Hannah Roper, from Waterlooville
A COUNTRY singer has turned her experiences as a teacher, police officer and mum into a business - and she is helping women make money from their hobbies.

Hannah Roper, from Waterlooville, launched her business, The Female Creative, in April, after seeing a lot of mums starting side hustles.

She found that people she knew were using their free time during lockdown to start small businesses but found that a lot of them were lacking the knowledge and the confidence to get them off the ground.

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Hannah, 39, decided to take her years of experience in several industries and use her coaching skills to give people the tools they need to start earning a profit.

Hannah Roper, from Waterlooville Hannah Roper, from Waterlooville
Hannah Roper, from Waterlooville
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She began giving advice to people on their websites, which then branched out into branding, goal setting and turning ideas into action.

Now, she offers logo design, web design, one-on-one business coaching, pricing help, marketing, as well as running a membership group to give people a space to support.

Hannah said: ‘I have an extensive career history having been a police officer, a teacher, network marketer, learning specialist and a development coach among other things, so I’ve made all the mistakes and learnt what does and doesn’t work in setting up a business, my aim is to help other women learn from my mistakes so they can go head first into working for themselves and building a business.

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‘It’s really hard to start a business on your own - support from friends and family only goes so far and doesn’t have the expert knowledge necessary, by providing business support and education, it gives a head start and a strategy for growth so they can take their business from feeling like a hobby to working like a hustle.’

When she’s not helping to build businesses, Hannah is a country singer.

She launched her alter ego, Lily Garland, six years ago following her divorce and has since toured the country performing, released music and won awards.

She also ran a three-day music festival in Southsea in 2019 called Country on the Coast in collaboration with The Gaiety Bar.

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Hannah said: ‘Running the festival gave me a taste for running a business and was another bit of experience that I could add to my belt.’

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