Businesses join forces for 'Pay it Forward with a Penarth Fiver'
By Jack Wynn
24th Mar 2022 | Local News
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:
- A B Snell
- Anne Morgan Jewellery
- Apothecary 64
- Artisans Corner
- Bar 44
- Beauty Box
- Brutons The Bakers
- David Baker
- Enerchi
- Fauvette
- Florist 64
- Foothills Reflexology
- Foxy's Deli
- Funky Monkey
- Gifts @ No 9
- Glamorgan Motors
- Glass By Design
- Griffin Books
- Hair at Six
- Heads 'N' Tails
- Hi Plan Copy Print
- Jeni is Healing
- Jo's Organics
- Keyif
- Lily Pad Florists
- Lou's
- Not Socks Again
- Osmond Drake Opticians
- Paramount Tandoori
- Penarth Eye Centre
- Penarth Mobile Repair and Vaping
- Penarth Music Centre
- Penarth Pet Shop
- Pickfords
- Polka Dot Door
- Romeos BY the Sea
- Rowleys of Penarth
- Rowleys The Jewellers
- Snowcat Cinema
- The Bike Shop
- The Crepe Escape
- The Green Room
- The Hair Business
- The Queen B Casual
- The Queen B Occasion
- Umpa Lumpa
- Victoria Tearooms
- Windsor Fruit Stores
- Windsor Restaurant & Tea Rooms
- Zero Penarth
- Hamptons
- Willmores 1938
- Thompsons Butchers
- Hello Gorgeous
- Penarth Nutrition
- Smile Studio
- Blu Hair Design
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