The Teenage Market, the free creative platform started by teenagers for teenagers by Stockport brothers 22 year old Joe and art student Tom Barratt, is being run in five UK towns and cities all on the same day.
This Saturday 23rd May, the city of Salisbury and the towns of Barnsley, Huddersfield, Sleaford and originator Stockport are all running Teenage Markets as part of the national ‘Love Your Local Market’ fortnight.
The Teenage Market supports young people by giving young creative traders a free stall to sell their own handmade products and promoting local performers to add a festival feel to the events.
Joe Barratt said:
“When we started The Teenage Market in Stockport we couldn’t have believed that three years later the idea would have been taken up by more than twenty towns all over the country.
“Not only does The Teenage Market help young people to kick start their businesses but it also gets them engaged with their town centre and brings a new vibrancy and excitement to market areas.”
The Teenage Market has been supported by the National Association of British Market Authorities and high street campaigner Mary Portas declared it “unique, innovative and inspiring”.
Joe has developed a web portal for The Teenage Market which has over 500 trader and performer profiles and allows market organisers to easily manage their events through the site.
For more information visit www.theteenagemarket.co.uk