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Gordons Sweets
Everyone loves a traditional sweet shop. Last year Gordons Sweet was one of the favourite stalls and we are delighted that they are returning for 2018.
Gordons Sweets is a family run business that started in 2010. From the humble beginnings of Bethnal Green Market they are now an ever present fixture at some of the UK’s leading festivals including Glastonbury, Car Fest, Love Supreme, Isle of Wight plus many more including Lechlade!
They stock over two hundred jars of traditional sweets, handmade fudge, gourmet liquorice as well as fresh candy floss and Belgian Chocolate Marshmallows. With huge choices what’s not to love!
www.gordonssweets.co.uk
www.facebook.com/gordonstraditionalsweets
Karma Gear
Karma Gear started in 2012 with a love of music festivals, ethical fashion, travelling (particularly to Asia) and a desire to do a job that reflected those joys! With backgrounds in sociology and environmentalism, they are particularly committed to the environment, sustainability and social justice.
Karma Gear designs and makes their own unique handmade clothing and accessories inspired by music, travel and alternative cultures. Their products include ethical adult and children’s clothing and accessories, home décor and instrument cases and bags. Using sustainable, natural and recycled materials, alongside environmentally friendly natural dyes and processes to make their products. Most of the handmade items are made without the use of electricity and travel very few miles from farm to material manufacture to final product assembly. Karma Gear personally visit their suppliers in Nepal each year to work alongside them to design beautiful new products and to ensure working standards are kept high. They always pay a fair price to our suppliers and support them where necessary to build their businesses. We have always worked hard to ensure that our products are beneficial to the people and land of Nepal.
Every season they update their range with innovative designs and products. They have a very successful line made using waste fabrics and offcuts recycled into beautiful unique clothing. More hemp items are being developed with a gorgeous range of hemp instrument cases and bags. They have recently begun to use nettle fibres and are currently looking for ways to utilise this amazing sustainable material.
The stall is fun and colourful, as well as accessible for all – customer service is paramount. They are always on hand to explain about their products and pride themselves on their knowledge and transparency.
Bagz-n-Bitz
As a Lechlade Festival regular Bagz-n-Bitz wherever possible offer products that are eco-friendly and made from renewable sources around the world. They import and deal direct with the people and women's charities who make them to ensure they get a fair and proper wage. All products are handmade and unique, and no two items are the same.
Rock and Rose Boutique
Rock and Rose Boutique are a fun and unique children's clothing store predominantly based online from their headquarters in The Cotwsolds. They specialise in the unique, quirky and alternative side of clothing - designing and importing only the coolest, funkiest and sometimes bizzarest clobber they can find!
They love the Six Bunnies and WL Monsoon brands and also have their own brand label, Rock and Rose, which is designed, printed and made in England, beautifully created to the highest quality.
Trading mainly online they be can found during the summer months touring around attending markets and festivals. Recently adding to the range with vintage and retro garments and fun home decor items.
http://www.rockandroseboutique.com/
Gwynne Speed Rally
360 Media Studio
Returning for their second year with their festival, dress up and party store. They provide a range of festival wigs, hats, inflatable's and glow sticks to make you look fabulous.
http://www.festivaloutlet.co.uk
Mehndi Moments
Mehndi Moments will decorate to celebrate your time at Lechlade Festival! Returning now for a third year, Yvette a Professional Henna Artist prides herself in using an organic product that is 100% natural and safe. She creates 'free hand' designs including mandalas, hand bracelets and floral patterns with an influence of traditional henna designs.
Silver 2 Dream
We welcome back Silver 2 Dream who have traded at our festival for the last 3 years.
Priding themselves on producing high quality handcrafted designs of Sterling Silver jewellery, be sure to pop by and treat yourself.
Pretty Craft
Returning for a second year are Pretty Craft who are about making handmade quality crafts. Their products are mostly felt made from 100% Sheep wool from New Zealand as it sustains the ancient technique of felting. This method is used to create unique and vibrantly coloured decorations, bags, purses, hair accessories and children’s gifts. Based in Kathmandu, Nepal, these products are made by an organisation that provides fair trade jobs for a number of disadvantaged women and single mothers.
https://www.facebook.com/prettycraft
Om Shanti Gifts
Om Shanti Gifts return to the UK festival circuit during the summer months after spending the winters in Thailand sourcing goods from Vietnam, Bali and Thailand. Returning to Lechlade for the second year they will be bringing with them wall hangings, bunting, hand carved wooden magic boxes, bags, Vietnamese lampshades, Bali Boho pants and other festival wear for adults and children.
Spa Vapes
Spa Vapes are a UK based purveyors of premium quality Ecig products for the discerning palate. Driven by a mutual passion for vaping, the SpaVapes team are very motivated to bring the revolution to you, and make that transition as exciting as possible! Why don’t you pop by their stall to meet them or pop into their Cheltenham, Gloucester or Cirencester stores.
Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust
Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust works throughout the county to provide wildlife knowledge and expertise, from ecological consultancy to wildlife advice. The Trust is the leading partner in Gloucestershire's state of the art data unit GCER, where there are over 2,000,000 million records!
Through the generosity of local support, the Trust is able to protect habitats and species both on its 60 nature reserves and throughout Gloucestershire.
The Trust works towards introducing and inspiring more people about nature, through running over 100 wild events each year and educating over 3,000 school age children.
http://www.gloucestershirewildlifetrust.co.uk/
https://www.facebook.com/gloswildlife
https://twitter.com/gloswildlife
Let's Laze
Hippie & Chic
We welcome Joanne, a local trader who started making her own clothes as a hobby. When friends began asking her to make clothes for them an opportunity came to start her own business. Hippie & Chic have now started to trade at festivals so visit their stall to see the colourful items that have been made and tye dyed by Joanne. Many of the accessories and clothing available will be one offs and items can be ordered and dyed to colours of your choice.
https://www.facebook.com/tyedye66/
Fabulous Partyware
Local Lechlade-based business ‘Fabulous Partyware’ returns to the Lechlade festival for another year of fun and frolics. Whether you fancy a game of Giant Jenga or wish to purchase some little pocket money gifts to entertain yourself and the kids whilst at the festival, they have lots to offer, for all ages. Don’t forget the glow sticks and temporary tattoo’s too!
Funky Cool Medina
Fadh from Funky Cool Medina was born in Marrakech and grew up learning the art of leather work. He has been bringing beautiful and unique products from Morocco’s famous artisans to the UK and selling on the festival circuit in the UK for the past 3 years. Fadh is super fun and funky and encourages Moroccan style bartering.
Kitty Bliss Face Painting
A big welcome back to Kitty Bliss Face Painting. Kitty and friends are busy every year decorating our festival goers. To get you in the festival vibe visit Kitty for your face/body painting, temporary tattoos, glitter tattoos and carnival feather headdresses.
Capo Custom Guitars
Grant of Capo Custom Guitars has been playing and building guitars for several years. Four years ago he switched to building custom guitars and cigarbox guitars made from old cigarboxes, biscuit tins, hubcaps and American License Plates.
https://www.capocustomguitars.co.uk/
Practical Car & Van Rental
Practical Car & Van Rental is one of the largest vehicle rental businesses in the UK. Local franchisee George's MOT Centre in Lechlade will be promoting their car & van rental with a stall at the festival.
TS Raleigh
After doing a wonderful job last year we are pleased to welcome back the TS Raleigh Cadets from Fairford who help to keep our festival site neat and tidy with their litter picking.
TS Raleigh are a charitable organisation who organise and run military style activities for children aged 8 to 17 years. With outdoor experiences such as orienteering, sailing, kayaking and hiking expeditions.
Visit the cadets on their stall to find out more about what they do and to purchase small handmade items or have camouflage face painting done.
https://www.maritimecadets.org/units/ts-raleigh/
Swindon Children's Scrapstore
Gloucestershire County Council Fostering Recruitment Team
Adoption is all about making a positive difference to a child's life and providing a stable, loving and permanent home for a child who, for whatever reason, is not able to live with their birth family. Making the decision to adopt is one of the biggest steps anyone can make, but also one of the most rewarding.
In order to decide whether adoption is the right thing for you we think it is important that you find out as much as you can.If you wish to discuss adoption further please visit our stand or feel free to give one of our duty workers at Gloucestershire County Council a call on 01452 427753.
Pip's Vintage Emporium
We are pleased to welcome Swindon based Pip's Vintage Emporium as a new stallholder to the festival. With a super eclectic mix of Antique, Vintage, Retro, steampunk and all things cool. Everything is for sale and waiting to be loved by you.
Viniak Native
We welcome Viniak Native from Ecuador who will be selling handmade products from South America.
Visit their stall to see the colourful Ponchos, bracelets, hats, toys, dream catchers, jackets, keyrings and products for summer...etc
Representing culture and the Inka tradition, they are honoured to show a little handicraft from their country.
Ridiculously Rich by Alana
We can’t wait to try these delicious cakes brought to Lechlade Festival by the local Ambassador of Ridiculously Rich by Alana. Which will be your favourite?
Led by chocolatier and head cake-maker Alana, Ridiculously Rich was born from a devotion to deliciousness. Founded in 2010 (and known as Narna’s Cakes until Alana won BBC’s The Apprentice in 2016), Ridiculously Rich began in a little country kitchen in West Wales.
We’re proud to be obsessed with flavour, tantalised by texture, and motivated by everything moreish. Our luxury cakes and chocolates are designed to delight, and we love bringing smiles to the faces of cake cravers nationwide.
www.ridiculouslyrichbyalana.co.uk
www.facebook.com/RidiculouslyRichGloucestershire
Victoria Tostevin Massage Therapist
We welcome back to the festival Victoria Tostevin Massage Therapist an independent Massage Therapist, offering mobile treatments as well as being part of a small Team in Old Town, Swindon. Everyone is welcome, they also specialise in treating people with disabilities, Dementia and for Palliative Care.
As a Spiritual character she loves nothing more than helping others along their path of healing, whether that is through Massage or Reiki, she will do her very best.
At the festival there will be a nice quiet retreat for festival goers of all ages and abilities.
Appointments can be pre-booked, call 07950 565 949 to book or for more details.
With the training that she has received, no one needs to miss out on the chance of being able to recharge their batteries in the Healing Garden.
View or Download the Treatment List Here
https://www.facebook.com/Victoria-Tostevin-Massage-Therapist-1268349113179713/
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