New Christmas Shop Local schemes for Buncrana and Carndonagh

By Brendan McDaid
Published 7th Dec 2020, 08:18 BST
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.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.
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.
Spraoi agus Spórt, with the Carn Trader’s Association have announced the commencement of the Shop Local Carndonagh Loyalty Card, while a Shop Local Voucher Scheme is being organised in Buncrana.

Buncrana Chamber of Commerce have said that the new gift vouchers will hopefully be available for sale within days, possibly this weekend.

Businesses in the area can sign up for the new scheme by emailing Natasha on [email protected].

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It is understood the vouchers will be accepted at numerous businesses across the town and can be purchased locally as an ideal Christmas gift.

Meanwhile in Carndonagh, 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 in the town that will be given as a ‘thank you’ to shoppers 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. 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. The FabLab Inishowen offers laser cutting machines, vinyl cutters, and 3D printers, all of which were used in the Creative Communities workshops.

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Deirdre Bradley from the Carndonagh Traders’ Association said the loyalty scheme was “an opportunity to thank people who choose to shop local in Carndonagh”. She added: “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.”

*Details of the shop local schemes are on the Facebook Pages of Buncrana Chamber of Commerce, Spraoi agus Spórt, Carndonagh Traders Association.

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