Businesses join forces for 'Pay it Forward with a Penarth Fiver'

By Jack Wynn 24th Mar 2022

Customers will be entered into a prize draw to win a luxury hamper. (Image credit: Angelina Hall/Penarth Business Group)
Customers will be entered into a prize draw to win a luxury hamper. (Image credit: Angelina Hall/Penarth Business Group)

Penarth independent businesses will come together to promote shopping locally with the launch of 'Pay it Forward with a Penarth Fiver'.

Running from April 1 to April 16, the scheme has been set up by the Penarth Business Group and follows Penarth's participation in Fiver Fest last year.

When a customer spends £5 or more in one of the 57 Penarth independent businesses taking part, they will be given a Penarth Fiver. On the back of the Penarth Fiver, customers will need to write their names and contact information.

If the customer then spends another £5 or more in a separate business, they will be invited to hand in their Penarth Fiver and entered into a prize draw.

Angelina Hall, chair of the Penarth Business Group and co-owner of Glass By Design on Station Approach, told Nub News: "We did Fiver Fest last year which is run by Totally Locally and it was fantastic in bringing everyone together and for the shop local feel," said Angelina.

"But as Fiver Fest has come around again, we weren't sure whether to go ahead and do it this year. Fiver Fest is all about offering products that would have normally been more expensive at £5.

"We're trying to find things that we can sell at £5. Businesses have been hit very hard and because the cost of living has gone up so much, and the cost of buying materials, it's very difficult to find something that you could make any money on."

However, the group still wanted to work on a collaborative project with many Penarth independent businesses. "We wanted to create an event that would promote shopping locally," said Angelina. "A member of the Penarth Business Group mentioned a similar initiative in Bristol with the 'Bristol Pound', and that's when we worked on the idea of the Penarth Fiver."

There are ten hamper prizes to be won and all businesses involved will be donating a small gift for all the hampers. The hampers will also be displayed in the windows of Glass By Design.

"The more you spend locally, the more times you'll be entered into the prize draw," said Angelina. "We called it 'Pay it Forward' because it's that feeling of doing something for nothing and that you're helping our local town.

"It's very unique and very creative. We've come up with an event that isn't costing retailers anything apart from the hamper prize gifts they're donating, and it's about Penarth traders working together."

Here is a full list of all Penarth businesses taking part:

  1. A B Snell
  2. Anne Morgan Jewellery
  3. Apothecary 64
  4. Artisans Corner
  5. Bar 44
  6. Beauty Box
  7. Brutons The Bakers
  8. David Baker
  9. Enerchi
  10. Fauvette
  11. Florist 64
  12. Foothills Reflexology
  13. Foxy's Deli
  14. Funky Monkey
  15. Gifts @ No 9
  16. Glamorgan Motors
  17. Glass By Design
  18. Griffin Books
  19. Hair at Six
  20. Heads 'N' Tails
  21. Hi Plan Copy Print
  22. Jeni is Healing
  23. Jo's Organics
  24. Keyif
  25. Lily Pad Florists
  26. Lou's
  27. Not Socks Again
  28. Osmond Drake Opticians
  29. Paramount Tandoori
  30. Penarth Eye Centre
  31. Penarth Mobile Repair and Vaping
  32. Penarth Music Centre
  33. Penarth Pet Shop
  34. Pickfords
  35. Polka Dot Door
  36. Romeos BY the Sea
  37. Rowleys of Penarth
  38. Rowleys The Jewellers
  39. Snowcat Cinema
  40. The Bike Shop
  41. The Crepe Escape
  42. The Green Room
  43. The Hair Business
  44. The Queen B Casual
  45. The Queen B Occasion
  46. Umpa Lumpa
  47. Victoria Tearooms
  48. Windsor Fruit Stores
  49. Windsor Restaurant & Tea Rooms
  50. Zero Penarth
  51. Hamptons
  52. Willmores 1938
  53. Thompsons Butchers
  54. Hello Gorgeous
  55. Penarth Nutrition
  56. Smile Studio
  57. Blu Hair Design

     

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