Shop Local BIG DRAW

The BIGGEST prize draw ever to be made as part of the Shop Local monthly loyalty card promotion has been won by Sheila Marley from Spennymoor.

Sheila bought her Shop Local loyalty card from Occasions on Festival Walk and was thrilled at learning that she was the lucky winner quite accidentally when enjoying a coffee in ‘53’ another Shop Local member business. The Big Draw result had been carried in Spennynews and her friend had noticed the winning number, 1897. Although Sheila admits to not checking her card number regularly, she did on this occasion and to her surprise she had scooped the bumper list of prizes donated by Shop Local businesses.

Sheila said that she was delighted to be rewarded for shopping local in Spennymoor as part of the Shop Local initiative which is financially supported by the Spennymoor Area Action Partnership.

Pictured ready to hand over the prizes are Joanne Wilkinson who runs Occasions with her husband Michael and Michael Wilkes, Spennymoor Area Action Partnership’s Co ordinator.

Our sincere thanks go to every shop and business registered with Shop Local who have generously donated prizes for the monthly prize draw over the past 12 months.

A complete list of Shop Local businesses and partners can be found on this web site in the HOME drop down menu.

Spennymoor Market Initiative.

With funding being provided by the Spennymoor Area Action Partnership, Spennymoor's outdoor market was relaunched on 18 September.

Visitors to the market will see two more traders on a permanent basis with a further two who confirmed that they will start trading in Spennymoor from Saturday 6th November.

The market has seen both an Arts Market and a Halloween Market with a Christmas Toy Market on 27th November, a Christmas Food Market on 4th December and Christmas markets on 11th and 18th December.

Since January with the weather being really cold and damp, the number of market stalls has fluctuated between 1 on a very cold, wet and windy Saturday to 8 on 12th February which was a Valentines themed market.

A Red Nose Market was held on Saturday 19th March.

On 21 May which was the last market as part of the Initiative, a selection of Vintage Vehicles were in the market place to add colour and interest to the town centre.

Monthly Loyalty Card BIG DRAW

As part of the shop local monthly prize draw promotion which is designed to reward the loyalty of Spennymoor shoppers, a BIG DRAW took place on Wednesday 1 June to celebrate shop local’s first year anniversary.

Since August 2010 a monthly draw has been made and some prizes have not been claimed.

All these prizes are now being put together to make a bumper prize fund. One lucky loyalty card holder will walk away with prizes which include:

A voucher for £35 of print work donated by Festival Print

A tin of chocolates and 2 bottles of wine donated by G.D. O'Hehir & Co Ltd Chartered Accountants

A £10 voucher for in store sales at Top to Toe

A £20 voucher for in store sales at Ken Warne Supermarket

A £20 voucher for in store sales (pottery or food) at The Kilnrooms

A £25 voucher for in store sales at Occasions

A computer health check valued at £50 donated by Hybrid Multimedia

A £25 sales voucher donated by Beautiful Brides.

To be in with a chance of winning the BIGGEST shop local prize fund of all, make sure you get your loyalty card from any of the registered shops and businesses which can be found on the shop local web site www.shoplocalspennymoor.com

The winning card number will be posted on the web site on Wednesday 1 June and carried in Spennynews.

Don’t forget to check your card number and Good luck!!!

Spennymoor Market announce the arrival of ‘The Bygones’.

Saturday 21 May marked the end of a 12 month Area Action Partnership funded market initiative in Spennymoor with the arrival in style of the Northern Bygones Society vintage vehicles.

Between 10.00am and 2.00pm around 16 Classic and Vintage vehicles from Spennymoor and the surrounding area was on display in the market place.

Behind every vehicle is a fascinating story and visitors to the market place will be able to have a chat to their owners as well as getting a close up view of these beautiful machines.

The Northern Bygones Society is a relatively new club, set up in January 2011. The club meet at ‘The Copper Beech’ Neasham Road in Darlington on the second Tuesday of each month at 7.00pm.

Also in the market place on 21 May was Tudhoe Colliery Primary School who will be the last school to take advantage of having a free stall.

Take a look in this unique attraction, never been seen before in Spennymoor’s market place.

Red Nose Market

Saturday 19th March

Spennymoor Town Centre.

Come and support Spennymoor Town Football Club at the Red Nose Market.

On Saturday 19th March Spennymoor Town Football Club held a skills challenge as part of the Red Nose Market in Spennymoor to raise money for Comic Relief.

Meet the club’s mascot and put your football skills to the test, have a chance of winning prizes donated by the club and at the same time help raise money for a very worthy cause.

The Red Nose market also included swing boats, bouncing castle, face painting and the traditional Spennymoor market stalls all kicks off between 10.00am and 1.00pm.

Everyone connected with the Red Nose Market looks forward to seeing you for a fun filled  day.

Red Nose Fundraising Receives Legal Endorsement.

Spennymoor Shop Local member, Evans and Co Solicitors are in full swing to raise money for Red Nose Charities.

Debra Swinburn, Partner at Evans and Co said:

‘Have you ever dreamt of going to work in your pyjamas and your face turns red? Well that's what the staff at Evans & Co will be doing on Friday 18th March, only it will be their noses that are red. Why, you ask? Because it's Red Nose Day and we hope you will join us in trying to raise as much money as possible for a great cause'

However, before the Big Day, from Friday 11th until Saturday 19th March, staff at the law firm were selling cakes to their clients and to anyone else who wanted to pop into the office at 33a Cheapside.

If anyone else is planning a money raising event for Red Nose Day, send us the details and we will post it on the web site www.shoplocalspennymoor.com

We will also include any Red Nose event or activity pictures on the Gallery page so use the ‘Contact Us’ page to send them in.

Thanks and good fundraising.