About

Find hand made, local and amazing quality and design at Brighter Days Markets, online and at in person events – each maker and artisan is a small and local business and currently all East Kent based.

Brighter Days Markets was established in 2013 and was awarded CIC (Community Interest Company) status in 2024 to provide benefit to makers, craftspeople and artists by supporting their activities and providing selling opportunities and training to upskill and improve their route to success. In 2024 alone it offered selling opportunities to 42 East Kent independent small businesses.

Brighter Days is part of Craft UK, a network facilitated by Crafts Council for organisations from across the craft sector and a member of a-n, The Artist Information Company. Brighter Days Markets CIC holds the Fair Payment Code Gold Award.