With the cost of living crisis making Christmas a challenge for many, two free events for people to build, buy or repair gifts will run tomorrow.
Arts and community group RivelinCo has organised festive maker and repair shop events as part of the Gathering Ground Programme in Hillsborough Park.
Starting at 11am in The Pavilion, the festive market will have 20 stalls, while the repair shop will open at midday in the Bradbury Makers’ shed, offering a chance to make gifts for free.
Emily Thew, programme manager of RivelinCo, said the market was the first in the organisation’s history.
Ms Thew said: “There was quite a lot of consultation with the community about things we’d like to see in Hillsborough, and markets was one of them.”
Each stall has also donated an item to the raffle for a chance to win several great items.
The repair shop is also looking to collect for the S6 foodbank.
Ms Thew said: “The idea of the repair shop tomorrow is mainly because the cost of living is so hard and things are so tight for people at the minute.”
This is RivelinCo’s third repair event which happens quarterly allowing people to get things mended and learn the skills to fix things for free.
Both events are part of the Gathering Ground Programme, a collaboration with Age UK Sheffield, Depot Bakery and the Friends of Hillsborough Park.
The Maker’s Market finishes at 4pm while the repair shop closes at 3pm.
