Fontmell Magna Christmas Fayre

 Fontmell Magna Christmas Fayre
The annual Fontmell Magna Christmas Fayre will take place on Saturday 5 December, from 10am to 2pm, raising money for the hall’s general appeal fund to support its upkeep. Visitors can browse gifts, crafts, food and accessories, from pottery and jewellery to local charcuterie and festive decorations. Bookings Manager Cath Allard has brought together more stalls this year, featuring popular local artisan makers, new exhibitors and stallholders returning after several years. Stallholders include:
• The Tack Room Distillery, with award-winning gins and vodkas for cocktails
• Freckledy Speckledy, with thrown earthenware pottery gifts by Anita McCoy
• Ellie Adams, with the Tropic Skincare range
• Jo Felton, with handmade silver jewellery
• Eileen and Bill, returning with felted gnomes and reindeer
• Sarah Panton, returning with honey from three counties and wax candles
• A new stallholder offering cushions, notebooks, tea towels and coasters
• Richard Stevens, with handbags upcycled from old saddles
• Paula Grewal and her husband, with scarves, jackets, accessories, stoneware and ornaments, you will find them in the Committee Room
• Jayne, with beaded jewellery and accessories
• Local artist Pat Guy, with paintings and cards
• The Real Cure, with local award-winning charcuterie from Hartgrove
• Sue Ferns, with pocket-money toys for stocking fillers
• New stallholder Gaynor Lunn, with knitted items
• Stour Valley Dog Rescue, running a craft stall this year
• Becky Davies, with fairy doors and plaster painting kits
• Zoe Rawley, with a selection of festive sweet cones

Outdoor gazebos will offer further stalls and activities:
• Fontmell Friendship Garden will sell Christmas wreaths, table decorations, dried flowers, cakes, jams and more.
• A raffle area near the entrance will offer tickets for Christmas-themed hamper prizes. Further prize details will be announced when ticket sales begin.
• Dorset Wildlife Trust will return with a gazebo near the entrance.
Further information about the Christmas Fayre and its stallholders is available on Facebook and Instagram at @villagehallfontmellmagna.
Organisers are appealing for raffle prizes and pre-used empty hampers or baskets that can be refilled. Anyone able to donate can contact Lisa Le Druillenec at secretary.fmvh@mail.com or call 07962 138 039.