We’re big advocates for buying local here at MummyPages – and it seems like we’re not the only ones.
Transition year students in St Caimins Community School, in Shannon, are proving just how important it is to buy local, with their social enterprise project, Nana’s Knits and Bits.
Students Hannah, Niamh and Cillian have become the middle-man between crafters and customers with their project, and are getting their whole community involved.
With a knitting group based in their local Shannon, the three secondary school students reached out to the group and haven’t looked back since.
Setting the group a deadline, the TY students collected everything the knitting group had made shortly after Christmas, with the aim of selling it on their social media platforms.
“We wanted this to create a new community, and we tried to capture that with our slogan ‘Crafting a Community’,” team manager, Hannah told MummyPages.
“We believe in using a craft such as knitting to bring people together.”
Just a sneak peak at our new stock available now for order ! #gifts #babywear #momgifts #christening #babyshower pic.twitter.com/yO7kBKe9Rq
— Nana's Knits (@knittingnanas) February 8, 2017
With a selection of blankets and clothing for babies; and hats, scarves and Communion shawls for the bigger ones, the group has been hard at it, creating lots of amazing handmade products.
And these entrepreneurial students aren’t finished yet - they’re on the lookout for new knitters, and for anyone else who has something they would like to sell.
“Our knitters meet to knit for an hour a week as a group, and have turned a hobby into a social event.”
