Creative Crafts Association

Organisers of superb craft and gift events throughout the north west

Upcoming Events...

17^th Jul - 19^th Jul 2020
Craft & Gift Fair, Dobbies Chesterfield
25^th Jul - 26^th Jul 2020
Lytham Ice Cream Festival
1^st Aug - 2^nd Aug 2020
Craft & Gift Fair, Dobbies Carlisle
21^st Aug - 23^th Aug 2020
Craft & Gift Fair, Bellis Bros Garden Centre
4^th Sep - 6^th Sep 2020
Artisan Craft & Gift Fair, Dobbies Southport
12^th Sep - 13^th Sep 2020
Craft & Gift Marquee at the Great British Food Festival, Dalkeith Country Park
18^th Sep - 20^th Sep 2020
Craft & Gift Marquee at the Great British Food Festival, Hardwick Hall
26^th Sep - 27^th Sep 2020
Craft & Gift Marquee at the Great British Food Festival, Arley Hall
2^nd Oct - 4^th Oct 2020
Artisan Craft & Gift Fair, Dobbies Carlisle
9^th Oct - 11^th Oct 2020
Craft & Gift Fair, Gordale Garden Centre
16^th Oct - 18^th Oct 2020
Craft & Gift Fair, Dobbies Clifton
21^st Oct - 24^rd Oct 2020
Runcorn Shopping City
25^th Oct 2020
Christmas Craft & Gift Fair, University of Bolton Stadium (formerly Macron)
30^th Oct - 1^st Nov 2020
Craft & Gift Fair, Dobbies Chesterfield
14^th Nov 2020
Christmas Craft & Gift Fair, Lowther Pavilion
15^th Nov 2020
Christmas Craft & Gift Fair, Haydock Park Racecourse
20^th Nov - 22^nd Nov 2020
Christmas Craft & Gift Fair, Dobbies Southport
21^st Nov - 22^nd Nov 2020
Crafts & Gifts at the Staffs English Winter Fair
27^th Nov - 29^th Nov 2020
Christmas at Moreton Park Garden Centre
4^th Dec - 6^th Dec 2020
Christmas Craft & Gift Fair, Dobbies Gailey
10^th Dec - 12^th Dec 2020
Christmas Craft & Gift Fair, Runcorn Shopping City
13^th Dec - 22^nd Dec 2020
Craft & Gift Fair, Runcorn Shopping City

Social Distancing Guidelines

We just wanted to give you a quick update on the set-up and social distancing measures we have put in place with the various venues for our up and coming events. It is strange times for us all at the moment whilst we work to slightly different rules as lockdown is eased. We would also like to draw your attention to a number of our key terms of trading as well at this time, as we all need to ensure we all stay safe and well.

Firstly, with each event we must all adhere to the set up and break down times as stated by our team at each venue. We need to adhere to times as this has been approved with the venue management with a view to ensuring safety of traders and shoppers. Times for each event differ slightly, so these can be found on our Facebook/website pages, and we will also remind stall holders at the individual events.

Secondly, have been working hard with all the different venues to reorganise our events for the rest of this year. The latest list of confirmed events has now been published on our website ready for you all to start booking your stalls again. This list is complete to the best of our knowledge at this present time. We will however, need to keep abreast of any government changes and advice that may occur, so please keep checking our Facebook and web pages for any news and updates relating to these events.

Specific social distancing guidelines we all need to follow include:

• All stalls will have 3ft clearance between them to help ensure traders are apart from one another. We also ask that traders use one entrance to their stalls to keep a safe distance from each other

• From front to back stalls will have 6ft space in total

• Each stall will have a safe distance between the trader and customers

• Stall holders will not be permitted to sell from the front of their stalls - restocking from the front is ok as long as there are no customers in front at the time

• Hand sanitiser will be available for customers on each stall - this will be provided by us

• There will be a poster displayed on each stall asking customers to abide by social distancing rules - we will provide this

• Appropriate PPE should be used by stall holders such as gloves and masks. Stall holders should bring their own with them if possible, we will have a few available as back up if you are unable to get them

• Customers should be asked to pay by contactless/card wherever possible

• The 1mtr distancing rule will apply as it stands - this may change however as government guidelines change

We appreciate everyone's help with this. We will continue to monitor government advice as it changes on a daily basis, and should any of these guides change, then of course we will apply them to ensure everyone's safety.

With regard to our general terms of trade, we also wanted to take this opportunity to remind/update stall holders of a few key issues for trading as we move forward:

• Please be set up 10 minutes before opening time of each event, keep the front of your stall clear and move cars, vans to designated parking area as instructed

• Please make sure that you have a table covering - preferably black - which reaches the floor at front, sides and rear of table so that all stock, flasks etc are hidden from public view. Please keep you stall clean and tidy

• Do not move tables without permission as they have been positioned to give the correct width for social distancing, walkways and fire exits

• Only display those items, which are agreed by Creative Crafts from those listed on your booking form. You will be asked to remove good that are not agreed

• JEWELLERY CANNOT BE MIXED WITH OTHER ITEMS without permission at the time of booking your stall

• Please take all your rubbish home at the end of every event. Traders who do leave rubbish behind will be charged £5

• All exhibitors should have Public Liability Insurance (PLI). If you do not have PLI then we can provide this for you at a cost of £5 per event - please get in touch if you require this

• A Food Hygiene certificate is compulsory for anyone selling food; this must be displayed on your stall

• ALL EXHIBITORS MUST PAY FOR THEIR STALL IN ADVANCE (no exceptions). This must be no later than one week before the event. If you have not paid in advance we will not be able to guarantee your stall and it may be given to someone else

• Anyone who needs to cancel on the morning of an event, or the day before, please ring us on our MOBILE: 07966 499748

• Refunds cannot be given on any event that has to be abandoned due to extreme weather conditions or for any other circumstances beyond our control

We understand that it is a difficult time for us all and we are endeavouring to make our events as safe and successful as possible for everyone. By following the guidelines and terms above we hope to achieve this as we move ahead through 2020.

Thanks in advance for your understanding. We hope you all stay safe and well, and have successful events with us.

Kind regards,

Andrew & the team

This year has seen an unprecedented time for us all and although things are tough at the moment, the team at Creative Crafts are doing our best to help our traders and customers by trying to plan our events for the second half of this year.

In planning our future events, we will be monitoring Government guidelines and safety measure to help ensure that everyone who attends the events remain safe and well. With this in mind, our events will follow strict social distancing guidelines - details of which will be published on our website and Facebook pages over the coming weeks.

We are hoping to relaunch our events in July - all being well with the current situation - starting with our Artisan Craft Fairs at a number of the Garden Centres we regularly attend. These dates will be confirmed though nearer the time as we monitor the situation. Social distancing procedures will be agreed with each Garden Centre Manager ahead of any confirmed dates/venues.

Creative Crafts also work with the Great British Food Festival (GBFF) at a number of events scheduled to restart from August 2020. Once again we will work with the GBFF team and venues to ensure these are carefully planned and safely organised.

You can view our current list of venues on our events page and any subsequent changes/amends will be added there. Please keep checking our website and Facebook page for the latest news on our events. We hope to see you all again soon - in the meantime, stay safe and well.

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