Great Northern Events NW Ltd
Great Northern Events NW Ltd is the not-for-profit craft organisation that delivers the award-winning Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair, taking place annually in October in Manchester UK.
GNE champions and promotes high-quality, cutting-edge contemporary craft and design, giving new and established makers and creators unique and prestigious platforms to showcase their work. They have a programme of maker development programmes to support new emerging talent and subsidise stands at their flagship fair, as well as offering free stands to selected makers from levelling up areas, community arts organisations and new graduates.
GNE are passionate about the therapeutic benefits of making and partner various Manchester charities to deliver craft workshops for their service users. Over the past 5 years they have engaged over 1000 people from marginalised communities, including asylum seekers, the long-term unemployed, the homeless, people living with mental and health issues and refugees.