A market with a difference is launching in Glasgow this week – it’ll be the city’s first regular social enterprise market.
Market on the Corner will take place on the first weekend of every month near The Barras Market and will feature a range of community-minded stallholders, as each business is a social enterprise (meaning all profits are reinvested back into the local area to help enrich the lives of local residents). Several social enterprises have teamed up to bring an unused building back to life, and plan to offer goodies to buy, food and live events at their monthly events.
Stallholders at the inaugural market will include homemade bathbomb makers Creating Space, vintage clothing sellers Gladrags and furniture upcyclers Treemendus among others. Food will be available from donations-based eatery Free Lunch Café and The Dream Machine, who create sensory immersion experiences, will be opening up their Dream Room for music and dance.
The team say they hope to bring back some vibrancy to the area and turn the space into a community hub.
Market on the Corner, first weekend of the month starting Saturday August 1 and Sunday August 2, 10am-4pm, 253-257 London Road.
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