The Makers Market West Didsbury, Manchester, UK visited September 2020
This month I visited The Makers Market West Didsbury, Manchester.
It was a beautiful Sunday morning and I headed over to Nell Lane, West Didsbury with my sister Irem.
I surprised to see so many wonderful artisan stalls selling bespoke hand crafted items.
Our first stop was the YESBVIP stall and Irem decided to model some beautiful headbands.
The YesBVIP ladies at The Makers Market West Didsbury Manchester
My sister Irem modelling a lovely tiara headband at The YesBVIP stall
My sister Irem modelling a lovely tiara headband at The YesBVIP stall
We wondered around the market and came across Soraya's stall.
Soraya and her beautiful handcrafted silver jewellery
I couldn't resist this beautiful bee pendent and chain with peridot stone.
My beautiful silver bee pendent with peridot purchased at Soraya's handcrafted silver jewellery stall
My beautiful silver bee pendent with peridot in its box
My beautiful silver bee pendent with peridot purchased at Soraya's handcrafted silver jewellery stall
We spotted gorgeous scarves at Julia Rose
Cotton Bee Scarf at Julia Rose
Love the bees!
Bee motif enlarged
We discovered Signature Soaps and purchased goats milk hand wash and
un-fragranced goats milk soap.
Goats Milk hand wash and un fragranced goats milk soap purchased at Signature Soaps
Our last stop at the Makers Market was The Biscuit Tin...
The Biscuit Tin
Yummy Chocolate Cookie and Macaroon for tea!
We had a lovely morning visiting the Makers Market West Didsbury and hope all the vendors and local businesses had a brisk days trade.
As a passionate fairtrade campaigner and advocate I felt compelled to join the Fairtrade Fortnight 2024 webinar.
2024 will be 30 years of Fair trade in the United Kingdom.
This webinar was organised by the Fairtrade Foundation UK team.
I have attached photographs of the webinar below for those interested.
All credit and source courtesy of the Fairtrade Foundation team UK.
This October I continued to heal from my shoulder surgeries.
My right shoulder was very painful and inflamed again and I have struggled to type this blog.
I attended the volunteers webinars for Islamophobia Awareness Month 2023 and the 30 years of Fairtrade in the UK.
I joined the October 2023 Power Inclusive Excellence Committee and Training Tuesday: Climate Change: Taking Action to Support Women and Girls with World Pulse.
During August 2023 I attended a 2 day online webinar titled, 'Journey towards Meaningful Connectivity Exploring Value' with the Institute of Social Entrepreneurs Asia, (ISEA).
I have tried to translate these webinars in Urdu.
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