Young entrepreneurs - Here's an opportunity for you!

Love Your Local Market is a celebration of our market culture here in the UK that happens over a fortnight in May 13^th – 27^th

This year its all about encouraging the youth into the market place by starting up businesses and trying their ideas out at their local markets.

To celebrate loveyourlocalmarket.org.uk fortnight May 13^th – 27^th Chestnuts Market are offering 8 to 10 young entrepreneurs a start up table top stall for £10 a pitch for two weeks. (thats Sunday 17th & 24th) Those who enjoy and do well may stay at Chestnuts Market as a regular stall holder and develop their brand with our help.

If you know a budding young entrepreneur aged between 13 - 25 years who would love this get in touch asap!! chestnuts_market@hotmail.com

Craft/vintage/design/produce/makers/arts/etc (Sorry no cakes please)

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 (No need for Public Liability GM Imber are providing insurance cover the fortnight for test traders)

More reading/ideas.

YOUTH ZONE at Love Your Local Market

Love Your Local Market is a celebration of our market culture here in the UK that happens over a fortnight in May.  Over 900 markets took part last year, putting on over nearly 7,000 events.  LYLM is also all about entrepreneurship and since we started in 2012 the markets industry has pledged over 10,000 pitches to new traders.

It all started in 2012 amidst growing alarm for the future of our nations High Streets when the idea of a National Market Day was proposed alongside the governments High Street Review.  With markets held on so many days throughout the month however, loads would have been left out, which was when Love Your Local Market fortnight was born …… and four years later we are still celebrating.

Markets have a long-standing place in the towns, cities and villages of the British Isles.  They were the cornerstone of every major settlement throughout our history, with people bringing in goods to trade from surrounding settlements in order to feed themselves, but also the citizens of the conurbations they visited.  Market day still holds a special place in the hearts of people from all walks of life, as a place to shop but also to socialise, meet up with acquaintances and catch up on some gossip.

Todays markets are seeing something of a revival in fortunes.  With shoppers wary of long supply chains, emphasised in the 2013 horse meat scandal, we are turning once more to our butchers, bakers and other more traditional outlets, tempted by the assurance of provence in the goods we are buying, but also to see a friendly face and to support our local businesses.  Love Your Local Market has been devised to herald the changes and to make shoppers aware of what is on offer on their doorstep.

loveyourlocalmarket.org.uk