We are really excited to announce that The Guild Dumfries C.I.C will be popping up in Dumfries Town Centre once again! We are delighted to have secured the use of an empty propery within a prime location in the heart of the town and are able to host a Festive Pop Up Shop for 4 weeks from the 28th November through to the 24th December. We know that the festive period this year is going to be even more important to makers & creatives and we want to encourage people to shop small and support local businesses that live and work in our region.
We can't wait to throw open the doors of our pop up shop and showcase 70 talented makers, designers, producers from across the region & beyond. It will be a one stop shop for all things beautiful, unusual and handmade. A place where customers can purchase covetable products they might not find elsewhere in the town and they'll also be happy in the knowledge that they are buying directly from local makers. The Guild Dumfries C.I.C want to provide our community of makers, creatives and producers with a platform so they can flourish and grow. We want to showcase and champion our talented creative community and raise awareness of the importance of shopping small and local.
Our Pop Up Shop in August last year was an overwhelming success, over the two-week period we saw between 500-1000 visitors to our shop every day. With many of our makers having to restock time and again due to the huge demand for their desirable products. We were astounded to find that shop sales generated over £15,000.00 for our makers in only 14 days! We are delighted that we've been able to secure our pop-up shop premises in The Loreburne Centre again this year and we want to thank them for their support. This time round we will take over a bigger premises and open for a longer period so we can allow visitors a safe place to shop. But this also allow us to collaborate with even more businesses!
The Guild Pop Up is no ordinary shop though, as a social enterprise we want to run a business, make a profit, but any surplus income we generate from this project, after covering running costs and overheads, is reinvested in the business and goes towards its social aims. We use that money to create a positive social impact and it will help us to develop the types of facilities, projects, events, activities and opportunities our community and town needs.
Please do pop in and visit! It's going to be the perfect place to get all your christmas gifts under one roof, you'll be supporting independent businesses and our social enterpise while you're at it too. Why not take a pledge this Christmas and shop small and make a big difference we can't wait to welcome you.
Our Collective of 70 Makers, Creatives, Food & Drinks Producers
from the Region & Beyond
We can't wait to work with our community of makers during this exciting project to nurture new connections and grow the partnerships we had already made at our previous events, projects and market festivals.
Ann Smith Arts
WEEK 1,2,3 + 4
Astrid Weigel
WEEK 1,2,3 + 4
Caerlaverock Candles
WEEK 1 + 2
Carrot Top Design
WEEK 1,2,3 + 4
Copeland Walker Art
WEEK 1,2,3 + 4
Dark Sky Spirits
WEEK 1,2,3 + 4
Somberknots
WEEK 1 + 2
Deborah Campbell
WEEK 1,2,3 + 4
Dorothy Stewart Handwovens
WEEK 1 ,2,3 + 4
Earth Threads
WEEK 2 + 3
Elfy
WEEK 1,2,3 + 4
Ellid Ceramics
WEEK 1,2,3 + 4
Ellie Lauder
WEEK 4
Endure Leather
WEEK 3 + 4
Farm Boy Brews
WEEK 1,2,3 + 4
Freedom Chocolate
WEEK 1,2,3 + 4
Galloway Arts
WEEK 1,2,3 + 4
Galloway Belters
WEEK 1,2,3 + 4
Girl of the Sixties
WEEK 1,2,3 + 4
Glenstocken Herb & Plant Co.
WEEK 1,2 + 3
Hannah Pascoe Illustrations
WEEK 1 + 2
HappySnail at Studio 17
WEEK 4
Historic Gifts
WEEK 1,2,3 + 4
Holywood Aromas
WEEK 3 + 4
Horncraft Scotland
WEEK 1,2,3 + 4
House of Rothach
WEEK 1,2,3 + 4
Idiom
WEEK 1,2,3 + 4
ille ILLUSTRE
WEEK 4
In House Chocolates
WEEK 1,2,3 + 4
in the loop macrame
WEEK 1,2,3 + 4
Jane Fraser Studio
WEEK 1,2,3 + 4
Janet Carson Art
WEEK 1,2,3 + 4
Juli Partlett Ceramic Design
WEEK 1,2,3 + 4
Kate And The Ink
WEEK 1,2,3 + 4
KB & Co. Designs
WEEK 1 + 2
Kindness & Co CIC
Laconic
WEEK 2 + 3
Leah Halliday
WEEK 2 + 3
Lever Photography
WEEK 3 + 4
Little Dot Creations
WEEK 1,2,3 + 4
Liz Jones Studio
WEEK 1,2,3 + 4
Lorraine Gibb Jewellery
WEEK 1,2,3 + 4
Mauralen
WEEK 1,2,3 + 4
Morrison’s Crafts and Gifts
WEEK 1,2,3 + 4
Mountain Daisy flower farm
WEEK 1,2,3 + 4
Mucky Ducky
WEEK 1 + 2
Natalie Farrell Handmade
WEEK 1,2,3 + 4
NorthStone Art & Jewellery
WEEK 1,2,3+4
Och Vegan
WEEK 1,2,3 + 4
Old Toll House Crafts
WEEK 1 + 2
Pip and Ell
WEEK 3 + 4
Professor Pods
WEEK 1,2,3 + 4
RedApple Handmade
WEEK 1,2,3 + 4
Rhubarb 'n' Custard
WEEK 1 + 2
Roncadora Press
WEEK 1,2,3 + 4
Rosie's shed
WEEK 4
Ruin & Redemption
WEEK 1,2,3 + 4
Solway Silver
WEEK 1,2,3 + 4
Studio Ides
WEEK 3 + 4
The Adorned Page
WEEK 2 + 3
The Galloway Fudge Company
WEEK 1,2,3 + 4
The Grey Earl
WEEK 1,2,3 + 4
The Kitchen Witch
WEEK 1,2,3 + 4
The Little Willow Kitchen
WEEK 3 + 4
The North Kind
WEEK 1,2,3 + 4
The Wee Shade Shop
WEEK 1,2,3 + 4
Wee fairy folk
WEEK 1,2,3 + 4
WeeMake
WEEK 1,2,3 + 4
Wildflower Designs
WEEK 1,2,3 + 4
Woman of the Woods
WEEK 1,2,3 + 4
Mala Interiors
WEEK 2 + 3
Station House Cookery School
WEEK 2,3 +4
Beer Without Borders
WEEK 2,3 + 4
We are delighted to secure a festive pop-up shop premises in The Loreburne Centre and we want to thank them for their support. The Guild will take over one of the empty properies in the shopping centre, the former Monsoon premises. We have worked hard behind the scenes to transform into our pop up into an inviting space to welcome potential cuustomers. The property occupies a prime location within the town centre and is the perfect location with lots of potential customers passing the large shopfronts.
FESTIVE POP UP SHOP LOCATION:
Unit 35 | Loreburne Shopping Centre
High Street | Dumfries and Galloway | DG1 2BD
OPENING HOURS:
Monday to Saturday | 9am to 5pm
Sunday | December | 11am to 5pm
If you're a maker, designer. artist, producer or indie business owner and are keen to find new ways to get your products in front of new customers in a prime location then why not sign up t.o our mailing list. We are keen to collaborate with makers from across the region and beyond. We hope that we can work together to offer makers support and opportunities to grow their business and build their audience.
