I'm thinking I might just go for it and have a go for my dream of having a hug hub :-) not with a view to turning it into an income generating job, just a week on a voluntary basis with the redundancy pay to tide me over.
There's lots to organise :-) I might use this as a sounding board to work out what I want. I've already started tentative enquiries about renting an unused shop for a week. I know charities can get pop up charity shops for a week. I'm not exactly a charity but hopefully one of the several I'm involved with would let me operate under their auspices. As it will be summer I've toyed with the thought of simply occupying a space in the park, but that could mean either headaches from the sun or a wash out in the rain. If I'm going to do it, I may as well do it properly, so either a shop on the high street or a marquee in the park.
I need to think about insurance, but not yet.
I'm thinking a donations tin to try and cover the cost of the rent.
In terms of my safety I'm thinking that I probably know enough people who would, on a rota system, come and keep me company over the course of a week, especially if I'm doing it as a church venture, or a parks venture. Maybe there would be brews and cake, not for sale, again donations - I wonder if there are still good regs around that?
Publicity. This will be something for much later on, when I have some actual details. But I'm a little wary. Do I just want to advertise locally so that people in my community know. If I was to do a press release that might attract people from further afield and it is a little bit of a risky venture already in terms of who might come. Plenty to still think about...
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