A host of local businesses and charities are joining forces for Kent’s first ‘Alternative Christmas Market’.
The ethical Christmas fayre will take place from 12.30-5.30pm on Wednesday 10 December in the Keynes Atrium and will boast an array of the best ethical cupcakes, clothing, food, and beauty products that Kent’s local businesses have to offer. Student groups and local charities will also be attending in order to raise funds for important causes locally and internationally.
Confirmed businesses and charities include:
- Pearl & Hemingway
- Level Up Games
- Marie’s Nails
- Body Shop
- Coco and the Butterfields ‘Clothesline’
- Compassion Cakes
- Living With Warmth
- Canteen
- Whatever Comics
- Oxfam
- Kent Against Human Trafficking
- Books to Africa
- Kent’s Environment Campaign
- UKC Amnesty International
- No-Wave
- Bell Bottom Vintage
Local residents and students alike will have the chance to play games, like our all-day Mario Kart Tournament, enter raffles, and win multiple prizes from local businesses!
A percentage of funds raised from the Alternative Christmas Market will help towards UKC Amnesty International’s local campaign to release victims of human trafficking and torture from Dover’s Detention Centre.
President of UKC Amnesty International, Maya Esslemont said: ‘Charities have argued for years that trafficking and torture victims are wrongly held in detention by the Home Office, and MPs are finally starting to listen. This Market will allow members of the public to spend their money ethically, as well as raise money for this important local cause.’
Remaining proceeds raised from the Christmas Market will go towards Amnesty International UK. AI is the biggest human rights charity in the world, and members have helped free thousands of prisoners of conscience since the organisation began.