As part of the bi-monthly Stanley Street Food Market, sponsored by Karbon Homes, traders have been given the opportunity to test and grow their offer in a real market environment, receiving tailored support and guidance along the way from food market specialists, Baccanalia.
Victoria Keen, Head of Place Partnerships and Engagement at Karbon Homes, said: “Running the mentorship programme, alongside the markets, has enabled us to offer a real breadth of support to local businesses. The programme has been designed to help small market trading entrepreneurs build confidence, develop their skills, and create sustainable opportunities for long-term growth.”
One of the businesses to have benefitted from the events and business mentoring is Nourish Food School, who have held live cookery demonstrations at the market and developed recipe kits for customers to help them cook nutritious recipes at home.
Nourish Food School successfully applied for funding from Karbon Homes’ Community Investment Fund, part of the Karbon Foundation, to turn recipes suggested by local residents into professionally designed recipe cards and short tutorial videos. It also enabled Nourish Food School to purchase equipment to help them continue to run demonstrations and engage with communities.
Building on their success at the Stanley Food markets, they will now be holding ongoing tasting and kit giveaway sessions outside PACT House in Stanley each month.
Joanna Lacey, Founder and Managing Director of Nourish Food School, said: "Attending Stanley Market has been a fantastic opportunity to test our new recipe kits directly with the local community.
“The positive response — with people coming back to us after having previously used a recipe kit — has helped us recognise a desire and demand for the kits and has led us to launch a new project celebrating the community’s own recipes.
“The support from Baccanalia and paired with the funding from Karbon Homes has been instrumental in helping us test and grow our product concept and expand our reach in Stanley, which we are very excited about."
As part of the bi-monthly Stanley Street Food Market, sponsored by Karbon Homes, traders have been given the opportunity to test and grow their offer in a real market environment, receiving tailored support and guidance along the way from food market specialists, Baccanalia.
Victoria Keen, Head of Place Partnerships and Engagement at Karbon Homes, said: “Running the mentorship programme, alongside the markets, has enabled us to offer a real breadth of support to local businesses. The programme has been designed to help small market trading entrepreneurs build confidence, develop their skills, and create sustainable opportunities for long-term growth.”
One of the businesses to have benefitted from the events and business mentoring is Nourish Food School, who have held live cookery demonstrations at the market and developed recipe kits for customers to help them cook nutritious recipes at home.
Nourish Food School successfully applied for funding from Karbon Homes’ Community Investment Fund, part of the Karbon Foundation, to turn recipes suggested by local residents into professionally designed recipe cards and short tutorial videos. It also enabled Nourish Food School to purchase equipment to help them continue to run demonstrations and engage with communities.
Building on their success at the Stanley Food markets, they will now be holding ongoing tasting and kit giveaway sessions outside PACT House in Stanley each month.
Joanna Lacey, Founder and Managing Director of Nourish Food School, said: "Attending Stanley Market has been a fantastic opportunity to test our new recipe kits directly with the local community.
“The positive response — with people coming back to us after having previously used a recipe kit — has helped us recognise a desire and demand for the kits and has led us to launch a new project celebrating the community’s own recipes.
“The support from Baccanalia and paired with the funding from Karbon Homes has been instrumental in helping us test and grow our product concept and expand our reach in Stanley, which we are very excited about."
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