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HEADINGLEY DELI MARKET |
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Locally produced meat, cheese, honey, preserves, bread, organic veg and fish brought fresh over from Whitby: this is just some of the produce available at the new Yorkshire Deli Market in Headingley, to be launched on Saturday September 9th at 9.00am by Leeds North West MP, Greg Mulholland. The market will be open every second Saturday of the month from 9.00 til 12.30 on the Rose Garden on North Lane and will give the people of Headingley and beyond an opportunity to buy high quality provisions direct from the grower or producer. The market is being launched on the weekend where we “Celebrate Headingley” with a rich range of events.
The market is an initiative of Headingley Development Trust (HDT), a social enterprise set up to use business approaches to revitalise Headingley for the people of Headingley. With over 250 local members, it saw the market meeting a need for a better variety of food and supporting local Yorkshire producers. “The range of shops in Headingley has declined dreadfully over the past 20 years. We have an excellent greengrocers and great wholefood shop, but we have no butchers, nowhere to buy Yorkshire cheese or Yorkshire wet fish and seafood, or locally sourced honey, jams or baked good”, said Helen Seymour and Rachel Harkess, two of the organising group and HDT directors. “We think the market will help to revitalise Headingley and the existing shops. All research from farmers’ markets across the country shows there is increased footfall for other traders when the market is on”. The market will be small – just 8-12 stalls - but the organisers have invited stallholders whose produce people have said they want, determined by its local market research. Therefore the market will stick mainly to food, all sold by the producers themselves. “And we wanted to stick as far as possible to the “rules” for real farmers markets in that all produce must come from within 50 miles of Headingley and, where possible, within 30 miles. In certain instances, due to supply constraints (like seafood!) this requirement may be waived up to a maximum of 100 miles”, say the organisers, a group of nine HDT members. There is huge enthusiasm for the venture, not just from the people of Headingley. The local authority councillors and officers have been very supportive indeed and sponsorship has been obtained from Leeds Co-operative Society. "Leeds Co-operative is very pleased to support such a good grass-roots initiative. After all the Co-op has always been passionate about people "doing it for themselves" and about good quality food", said Alan Gill, chief executive. Headingley Deli Market is run by Headingley Development Trust (www.headingleydevelopmenttrust.org.uk) to provide
access to good quality local food, support local producers and help revitalise Headingley centre. For further information on the market contact: Helen Seymour, |
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