Craft stall report

Phil, who was running his craft stall raising money for us yesterday, has sent in this report...

Hi All

Just a quick update on how the Sunnyfields thing went.

We raised £62.

This is not what we'd hoped for but that market is a shadow of it's former self.
There were maybe 6 other stalls and I doubt if more than 200 people came through all day.
So, although the total is disappointing the take up rate is actually very encouraging.
A lot of people who didn't buy took away an Aquativity flyer so it was also successful as an awareness raising exercise.
Sunnyfields are having a Xmas market on the 22nd and 23rd so we'll try again then and see if they get more footfall.
They've agreed to us having a free stall on the 23rd.

On the whole, I think that this is worth pursuing as both a fundraising and a marketing exercise.
We just need to find the right place to do it.

It's also a way of involving parents who produce craft work and might not have an outlet for their work - or be too shy to sell it directly.

The goal might be to have an Aquativity/4thNFN craft stall every 3 months at a successful market like Lyndhurst, the New Forest Show, Sunnyfields at Christmas and our own Donkey Derby.
There must be others.

Anyway, thanks to all who supported this one.
Not a great result in terms of cash in, but lots of positives to build on.

Phil

Thanks again to Phil, that's another £124 (2x £62) towards our total - if anyone has any good ideas for doing something similar (or totally different!) to raise some money, please email us or leave a comment.