Shop local loyalty
card launched in Carndonagh
30.11.20
CARNDONAGH Trader’s
Association and Spraoi agus Spórt are delighted to
announce the launch of the Shop Local Carndonagh Loyalty
Card. Using the resources of the FabLab Inishowen and
the design creativity of Donegal County Council’s
Creative Community project group, a bespoke Christmas
decoration has been designed and produced that will be
given as a thank you to shoppers in Carndonagh who chose
to shop local this December.
With the loyalty card scheme, shoppers who collect eight
stamps, one for each local shopping transaction, will be
given a Christmas keepsake made in the FabLab in
Carndonagh. The bespoke Christmas mementos are in fine
wood and have a Celtic star engraved in the centre with
the message shop local Carndonagh. Shoppers can pick up
a card at participating outlets and once the card is
filled can claim the Christmas keepsake. |
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Launching the Shop Local Carndonagh
Loyalty Card at the Visit Carndonagh Office is Deirdre
Bradley (L) with Elaine McColgan (R) from the Carndonagh
Traders’ Association and Louise Grant (C) from Spraoi
agus Spórt and the FabLab Inishowen. |
The thank you gift is a
bespoke design by local textile artist Orna Doherty. In
the month of November, FabLab Inishowen, with the
support of the Donegal County Council, ran workshops for
people in business and creative industries to access the
resources of the digital fabrication laboratory in
Carndonagh which is run by Spraoi agus Spórt. The FabLab
Inishowen offers laser cutting machines, vinyl cutters,
and 3D printers all of which were used in the Creative
Communities workshops.
Deirdre Bradley from the Carndonagh Traders’ Association
said: “The loyalty scheme is an opportunity to thank
people who choose to shop local in Carndonagh. We want
to recognise the impact that choosing to spend your
money in the town can have. The local multiplier effect
means that every €100 spent in the local economy is
worth €500 in terms of employment, revenue for other
local businesses, and support for local community
groups. It is a wonderful collaborative project, and we
are proud to have the gift made here in Carndonagh”
Eimear McLaughlin, manager of Spraoi agus Spórt, said
“We are delighted to have the opportunity to produce
something locally in the FabLab Inishowen that local
people can take home. The design and production of the
keepsake, loyalty cards, stamps, signage were all done
in Carndonagh. It reflects the enterprising way this
community works together.”
Details of the shop local scheme are on the Facebook
pages of Spraoi agus Spórt and the Carndonagh Traders
Association. |
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