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	HOME ABOUT US CONTACT US TAKE PART TASTER STALLS AFFILIATED SITES		Taster Stalls What are they? How do they work? How to apply. We recognise that having the courage to sell your work to customers, other than friends and family, can be very daunting and additional encouragement and support is sometimes needed. As our City Centre events developed, we noticed that we were only receiving applications from a small number of new crafts people. Part of our success across our events is how fresh and vibrant they are, so we decided to do something to encourage more exhibitors to take part with us. We decided to locate our taster stalls in Trinity Street. Whilst this area is still part of the Christmas Market it can attract less footfall than our non-taster locations of St John Street, Working Street, Hills Street and the Hayes, hence the greatly reduced stall rental (see below). This scheme has been running for some years now but to ensure we don't lose sight of why we originally started offering taster stalls we undertook a review and have now refined our participation criteria covering the Spring, Summer and Christmas Markets. The reduced stall rental is the only difference as the provision of the wooden stall, tables, power and 24hr security is the same whether you are in a taster or non-taster stall. Some of the trading periods are also shorter too, as you may be more comfortable taking part for a five-day slot if your business is only just evolving and you have limited stock and funds. Taking part in our Christmas Market can be a big undertaking if you are just starting out, or exhibiting with us for the first time, and is a very affordable way of advertising, selling and testing the market with your work. Taster stalls are only available during our Cardiff City Centre events in wooden stalls and are subject to availability, completion of our booking forms, Public Liability Insurance, and the fulfillment of the following: You can apply for a taster stall at the Cardiff Spring and Summer Markets: a. If you are a new exhibitor to Craftfolk, with less than 18 months trading, you will be eligible to apply for up to two years. b. If you are a new exhibitor to Craftfolk, with an established business, you are eligible to apply for one year. You can apply for a taster stall at the Cardiff Christmas Market: a. If you are a new exhibitor to Craftfolk, with less than 18 months trading, you will be eligible to apply for up to three years. b. If you are a new exhibitor to Craftfolk, with an established business, you are eligible to apply for one year. Provided you fulful the following criteria: 1. All products must be created/made by the exhibitor/s and/or family member/s with a strong measure of artistic integrity and individuality in their work 2. If the exhibitor has altered, adapted or assembled the products then there must be a very high ‘added value’ to the artistic content of the finished article in order to justify participation Our 2025 Request for Event Application Forms is available to download on our Take Part page. You just tick the events you would like to find out more information about and they will be sent to you, on receipt of your completed form, together with our standard documentation as explained below. As we do not publish our stall rentals here, requesting our application forms is not a commitment to participate from either party, but they will give you the individual event costs together with more information on the event itself. This should then allow you to decide if you wish to apply to take part. At the top of our forms we state that the event is still *subject to contract* - this is because when we publish our dates not all permissions are in place, or negotiations completed, with regard to the ground rent payable or the space allocated to us. Details on the canvas and wooden stalls we provide can be found on our About Us page. -------------------------------------------------------- For those exhibitors who are new to CraftfolK - we are a very small, independent company and have been organising art and craft events for 30 years. There are only a few of us working full time, but we do need a fair number of part time staff when building and dismantling our stalls and staffing our events. Unlike some event organisers we know a lot of our exhibitors personally, more like a big family, and that is how we like to operate as we feel that the personal touch is important and hopefully sets us apart. We don't stick to conventional office hours so don't be surprised if we reply to your email late at night! Our mantra is we work when you are. Booking Information* On receipt of the 2025 Request for Event Application Forms, all requested forms will be emailed to you in Word format so that they can be completed and returned to us by email, as booking deposits are not required. PDF copies are also available on request. With regard to the Cardiff Christmas Market - if your application is successful then a deposit of £100 will be payable immediately on confirmation of participation. Our 2025 Terms & Conditions will be sent to you with your first booking form/s for your information and retention, together with the following forms: Agreement to Abide by our Terms & Conditions Fire Risk Assessment Event Risk Assessment Criteria Form General Data Protection Regulation Form These forms are all in word format, their completion is compulsory, and by returning them to us from your email address you do so warrant that you have agreed to the terms as set out on the application form/s, the Agreement to Abide by our Terms and Conditions, Fire Risk Assessment, Event Risk Assessment and Criteria documentation. PDF copies of all forms are available on request. We will confirm, by email, the initial receipt of your application form/s. If you have not heard from us, say two weeks after submitting your application forms, please get in touch with us as we may not have received them. We will then advise you by email if your application has been successful or not. Please be patient as the decision on your participation may not be immediate and will be at our discretion, as we are committed to ensure that each event offers the best possible variety of arts and crafts from both existing and new exhibitors. Once accepted, please ensure that you keep a copy of all the application forms you have submitted in order to keep a record of the payments you have made to us as we do not provide receipts. It is your responsibility to forward any outstanding balances by the required date/s listed on the application forms. Failure to adhere to this will mean that your booking may be cancelled. *With CraftfolK you can: Sell directly to the customer and benefit from promoting your business further. In order to help advertise your business and to bring an added dimension to the events we actively encourage art, craft and food demonstrations and if the venue and space allow, free demonstration stalls (to be used alongside an already booked stall) may also be available at our discretion. Request attending for less than the full duration of the dates shown on the Booking Forms. It is normal procedure to attend for the full duration, for example, the full three days, the full week, etc, but we may be able to link you up with another potential participant who also requires reduced participation. New exhibitors with CraftfolK can:* Test the market with our offer of low cost Taster Stalls, available at our Spring, Summer and Christmas events in Cardiff City Centre. These events are also split into shorter trading periods but participation would be reliant on the remaining period/s also being booked by other exhibitors, to ensure full occupancy. Whilst it is not our general practice, under certain circumstances at our discretion, we may also consider applications if you wish to share a stall with a fellow maker. It is not as daunting as you may imagine! Please contact us for a leaflet with information on costs and trading periods providing full details of your craft, to ensure you fulfil our participation criteria, together with images or a link where they can be viewed on line. There is also a PowerPoint Presentation available on request with advice on stall layout, lighting, signage etc. Site visits to workshops/premises may be arranged to verify originality of goods. If you have any queries regarding the safety of your goods Trading Standards are very helpful. Please note that they may also inspect your work at events. Insurance All crafts people must also certify that they are carrying adequate Public Liability Insurance of at least £5,000,000 in connection with their attendance and with the sale and usage of their goods and by application do so warrant. We look forward to your participation in 2025 and please don’t hesitate to contact us for a chat, if you need any advice, or have any additional queries.





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