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Market Collective CIC supports UK small businesses through creative markets, pop-ups, and workshops — helping high streets and rural communities thrive, together.

Who says learning can’t be fun?What a day we had at the Grainger Market!Our independent businesses started with a full d...
17/08/2026

Who says learning can’t be fun?

What a day we had at the Grainger Market!

Our independent businesses started with a full day of visual merchandising with the brilliant Create Intrigue, learning how small changes to displays, signage, pricing and product positioning can make a real difference.

Then came the best bit.

Taking that learning out of the classroom and putting it into practice in a real day of trading.

And they absolutely stepped up their displays!

Ann was there on the day helping businesses look at their tables through a customer’s eyes, test ideas and make those final tweaks.

The feedback afterwards was lovely to read.

“More confidence.”

“A real boost… dream come true.”

Businesses made sales, met new customers, made new friends and went home with practical ideas they can use at their next event.

But the day became about so much more than selling.

Children painting. Families creating together. Storytelling. Our art exhibition. Local authors, illustrators, artists, makers and independent businesses all under one roof.

Money changing hands and supporting local businesses.

One lady in her sixties picked up a paintbrush and told us she hadn’t painted since she was at school. She loved it so much that afterwards she went and bought paints so she could start again. ❤️

And throughout the day, people added their fingerprints to our community artwork. Lots of individual little marks coming together to create something much bigger.

Now we need to give it a name!

We have a few ideas:

🌸 The Collective Bloom
🌸 Community Bloom
🌸 People’s Blossom
🌸 A Little Piece of Everyone

Which one do you like? Or can you think of something even better? Pop your ideas in the comments.

Business. Creativity. Confidence. Community.

That’s what Saturday felt like.

A huge thank you to everyone who helped make the day happen and everyone who came along, shopped, created, chatted and joined in.

And we get to do it all again at the Grainger Market on 24 October, with Rock Choir, more amazing independent businesses and lots more planned.

We can’t wait!

The Creative Growth Programme is a Creative Impact project, part of Creative Central NCL , funded by the North East Mayoral Strategic Authority and Newcastle City Council.

Who says learning can’t be fun? 🙌Our independent businesses started with a full day of visual merchandising with the bri...
17/08/2026

Who says learning can’t be fun? 🙌

Our independent businesses started with a full day of visual merchandising with the brilliant Ann English .

Then came the fun part…

Taking everything they’d learned and putting it into practice at the Grainger Market !

And they absolutely stepped up their displays.

Ann was there throughout the day helping them test, tweak and look at their tables through a customer’s eyes.

The feedback afterwards made us smile.

“More confidence.”

“A real boost… dream come true.”

Businesses went away with new customers, sales, new friendships and practical ideas they can take to their next event.

But the day became about so much more than selling.

Kids painting. Families creating. Storytelling. Art. Local authors, illustrators, artists and makers. Money changing hands and people discovering brilliant independent businesses.

One lady in her sixties picked up a paintbrush for the first time since school and enjoyed it so much she went and bought paints afterwards to start again. ❤️

And people of all ages added their fingerprint to our community artwork, each little mark becoming part of something bigger.

But it still needs a name!

🌸 The Collective Bloom
🌸 Community Bloom
🌸 People’s Blossom
🌸 A Little Piece of Everyone

Which would you choose? Or have you got a better one? Tell us below 👇

Business. Creativity. Confidence. Community.

That was our day at the Grainger Market.

And we get to do it all again on 24 October, with Rock Choir, more amazing independent businesses and lots more planned.

CreativeBusiness

The Creative Enterprise Growth Programme is a part of Creative Central NCL, funded by the North East Mayoral Strategic Authority and Newcastle City Council.

🚨 This genuinely doesn’t happen very often! 🚨We have a small number of FREE trading tables available at Grainger Market ...
09/08/2026

🚨 This genuinely doesn’t happen very often! 🚨

We have a small number of FREE trading tables available at Grainger Market on Saturday 15 August, with the added opportunity to receive one-to-one support from the brilliant Ann English while your table is fully set up!

It’s the chance to:

✨ Trade for FREE inside one of Newcastle’s most iconic venues
✨ Showcase and sell your products in the market’s new event space
✨ Have Ann look at your real display from a customer’s perspective
✨ Receive practical advice on product placement, visual merchandising and creating a table that attracts attention and supports sales
✨ Potentially join us for further Grainger Market events in October and December

People regularly finish their time with Ann, wishing they could have longer with her. This is a rare chance to get that extra one-to-one support while she can see your products, your display and your business in action.

The day is also going to feel like a proper creative event, with:

🎨 A local art exhibition
🖌️ Adult art sessions
📖 Storytelling and creative activities for children
🛍️ A brilliant mix of independent creative businesses

Our future Grainger Market dates are 24 October and 12–13 December, so this could open the door to more trading opportunities too.

Spaces are limited and the August event is nearly here, so if you’re interested, please email me as soon as possible:

📧 [email protected]

I’ll check your eligibility and suitability and get straight back to you.

Please tag or share this with a creative business that deserves to know about it. This really is too good an opportunity to miss!

The Creative Enterprise Growth Programme is a Creative Impact project, part of Creative Central NCL, funded by the North East Mayoral Strategic Authority and Newcastle City Council.

06/08/2026

Looking for something exciting to do this school holidays? 🎨

Market Collective are organising a full day of free family fun at Grainger Market on Saturday, 15th August, featuring local art, storytelling, and creative workshops.

✨ Local art exhibition
✨ Vincent van Gogh art experience for adults
✨ Storytelling and artwork for children
✨ Up to 16 local creatives
✨ Great coffee, food, and a stunning market to explore

And while you're in town, Peter Rabbit: Tales on the Tyne is running right across the city centre 🐰 96 sculptures to find, raising money for St Oswald's Hospice. You can download the free trail map here: talesonthetyne.co.uk/art-trail

Make a full day of it. Find a few rabbits, then come and see us at the market 💛

📍 Grainger Market
🗓️ Saturday 15th August
🎟️ Free entry

Share this with someone who needs a fun day out 🌿

Peter Rabbit: Tales on the Tyne is running across Newcastle and North Tyneside all summer, with 96 sculptures to find and all money raised going to St Oswald's Hospice.

Here's the free trail map:https://talesonthetyne.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/DIGITAL-Dual-Trail-Map_North-Tyneside-and-Newcastle.pdf

Find a few rabbits, then come and see us at Grainger Market on Saturday, 15th August, for a free day of local art, storytelling, and creative workshops.

Delivered as part of the Creative Growth Programme, funded by the North East Mayoral Strategic Authority and Newcastle City Council, in partnership with Creative Central NCL.



artist & Ginger Bird Creative Graham Story Teller

04/08/2026

Yesterday was a good one 💛

We spent the day with Ann English from for our Creative Growth Programme, digging into visual merchandising and how a stall or shop actually *feels* to the person walking past.

The Goldilocks Effect.
Sensory merchandising.
Height, flow, and where the eye goes first.

There was a lot to take in, and honestly, the conversations around the table were just as valuable as the content itself. People sharing what’s worked, what hasn’t, and picking up ideas from each other.

Plenty to go away and try 🌿

Next up, Grainger Market on 15 August.

Come and meet some brilliant North East creatives, join in with the art workshops, and stay for story time.

We’d love to see you there.

What is get involved check out our events page on Market Collective website.

The Creative Enterprise Growth Programme is a Creative Impact project, part of Creative Central NCL, funded by the North East Combined Authority and Newcastle City Council.

If your stall could be working a bit harder for you, this is the day to sort it!We are bringing Ann English from Create ...
28/07/2026

If your stall could be working a bit harder for you, this is the day to sort it!

We are bringing Ann English from Create Intrigue to Newcastle Arts Centre for a full day on setting out a stall that sells. Ann has over 30 years in design and display, and she has a real gift for making this stuff feel simple and doable, with ideas you can use straight away for little or no cost.

We will cover things like layout, height and colour, grouping products so people naturally browse, pricing and signage, and how your display tells your brand story without you saying a word.

Then you get to actually use it.

Everyone who comes along is invited to trade for free at Grainger Market on Saturday 15th August. Ann will be there on the day, working with each business at their stall, helping you see it through a customer's eye and make changes there and then.

There is also a free trading opportunity at our Grainger Market event on Saturday 24th October, so you have another chance to put it into practice. We only have 16 spaces available for these events.

🗓 Monday 3rd August 2026, 9:30am to 4pm
📍 Newcastle Arts Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne
🎟 Free to attend

This one is open to creative businesses based in Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside or Northumberland.

Been trading a while and fancy a refresh? Getting ready for your first market? Either way, there is a space for you 🌿

Booking is open now, full details and tickets here: https://marketcollective.co.uk/events/

Can't make this date? Drop us a message and we will let you know what else is coming up.

This programme is part of Creative Central NCL, funded by the North East Mayoral Strategic Authority and Newcastle City Council.

24/07/2026

Last week we met at Grainger Market and confirmed our creative events dates: 15th August, 24th October, and 13th-14th December. Now the fun part begins: prep time!

Huge thanks to Victoria for organising the craft events alongside the and . The 15th August is shaping up to be a brilliant day, local artists selling their products, plus one-to-one time with on how to set up their tables and displays.

Before that, Ann’s running a full day workshop on 3rd August on exactly how to do this well. So this week we went to IKEA, hunting for props the artists can use to present their work. The “power of three” display tip Ann shared has stuck with me, such a simple thing that makes such a difference. Thank you, Ann!

If you’d like to take part in these events, or you know someone who would, send them my way for a chat.

This is a North of Tyne project, open to makers and creatives across Northumberland, North Tyneside, and Newcastle.

“Delivered as part of the Creative Growth Programme, funded by the North East Mayoral Strategic Authority, Newcastle City Council. 💛”

A few spaces have just become available for our Websites & Marketplaces workshop this Monday.If you've been struggling w...
01/07/2026

A few spaces have just become available for our Websites & Marketplaces workshop this Monday.

If you've been struggling with your website or listings and not sure where to start , this day is for you.

📅 Improving Websites & Marketplaces

📍 Newcastle Arts Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne

🕤 Monday 6th July | 9:30am – 4pm

💰 Free
⚠️ Open to creative businesses based in Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, or Northumberland only.
Grab your spot here 👉 https://marketcollective.co.uk/events/

There's a kind of networking that looks nothing like networking.This week, we took our Digitising the High Street commun...
16/06/2026

There's a kind of networking that looks nothing like networking.

This week, we took our Digitising the High Street community over to -Sunderland for an evening of wall climbing, boat rides, dolphins, and a whole lot of laughter.

But more than any of that, it was an evening of people stepping outside their comfort zones.

We watched people tackle personal challenges, cheer each other on, celebrate small wins, and make new connections. New friendships formed. Confidence grew. And people left feeling part of something bigger than themselves.

People told us they loved it. So different. Just what they needed

And that's the bit that never quite fits on a spreadsheet.

Because business doesn't always have to be about growth in numbers.

Sometimes it's growth in confidence. Growth in friendships. Growth in community.

There's something about an evening like this that builds real trust.

When you're hanging from the top of a wall, and you barely know the people at the bottom keeping you safe, you find out pretty quickly what a community actually feels like.

That's exactly what we're trying to build for small businesses across the region.

Because too many people are doing this alone, and they really don't have to be. The community is already out there. Sometimes it just needs a room, a climbing wall, and a few dolphins to bring it together.

If you'd like to know more about what we do, sign up to our newsletter on our website.

Delivered as part of Digitising the High Street with Enterprising Sunderland, funded by the North East Mayoral Strategic Authority through its Integrated Settlement.

What a day Yesterday we teamed up with the brilliant photographer Rachel McClumpha from RJM Photography for a full-day p...
16/06/2026

What a day

Yesterday we teamed up with the brilliant photographer Rachel McClumpha from RJM Photography for a full-day product photography workshop as part of our Creative Growth Programme, and honestly, it might be the most hands-on session we've run yet.

The morning was all about the theory. Understanding light, thinking about how your brand shows up in your images, and getting clear on what good product photography actually looks like for your business.

Then came the afternoon 📸
Six photography stations. Props, lighting, backdrops and products everywhere. A lot of lifting, moving, tweaking and problem-solving. But watching everyone get properly stuck in and come away with photos they were genuinely proud of? Worth every single minute.

Here's what people said:
✨ "Fantastic, inspiring, supportive!"

✨ "Really helped with my understanding and knowledge. I'll definitely use it in the future."

✨ "It's been great to get photography advice from Rachel, she's amazing."

✨ "I love these sessions. I want to go and buy a light right now!"

✨ "I've come away with photos I can actually use. Highly recommend Rachel's workshop."

✨ "I loved the practical side, getting stuck in, and there was loads of space for everyone to work."

✨ "It was very helpful to learn as a group, and learn from each other."

A massive thank you to Rachel for sharing so much of her knowledge, and to the team at Newcastle Arts Centre for having us. And when your guest expert all but collapses on the floor the second everyone leaves, you know they've given every last inch of themselves 😄 Thank you, Rachel!

This is exactly what supporting our creative community is all about 🌿

If you're a creative business in Newcastle, North Tyneside or Northumberland and you'd like to hear about future workshops, sign up to our newsletter via our website or drop us a message.
This programme is part of , funded by the North East Combined Authority and Newcastle City Council.
And a little shout out to everyone who came along and got stuck in 💛

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