Take A Tenner down to Little Chelsea for cash mob

Published on 27/04/2012 09:05

A CASH mob is set to descend on Little Chelsea tomorrow (Saturday) for the latest attempts to give local traders a boost in business.

An online campaign began earlier this month aimed at encouraged shoppers to head to different parts of the town and spend their money in stores they would usually visit.

The idea is simple. By getting as many people as possible to go to a certain shopping area it not only gives retailers a cash boost but also opens peoples eyes to the variety of stores, cafes and restaurants available on their doorstep.

Dubbed Take A Tenner days, the campaign gets underway in Little Chelsea tomorrow.

Dozens of people have already taken to Facebook to signal their intent to attend, including the town’s MP Stephen Lloyd, and the people behind the idea locally want to stress that people don’t have to spend £10 – in fact, any amount however large or small is welcome.

A spokesman urged people to, “bring a crisp £10 note along on Saturday and be ready to spend it in any of the great independent retailers in Little Chelsea.

“Cash mobs are all the rage in the USA with lots of people turn up willing to spend a small amount of money.

“Independent shops get a much needed boost in trade, you get to see shops you may not have seen before and also meet plenty of like minded people who love Eastbourne.” The cash mobbers are meeting at noon outside the library and will walk up Grove Road, left into South Street and then double back to the library by 2pm.

And anyone who fancies extending the event is welcome to join a party which plans to stroll to the seafront and enjoy some fish, chips and ice cream.

Take A Tenner events are one of the schemes being backed by the team behind Eastbourne’s bid to become a Mary Portas pilot town – a title which would see the town benefit from a £100,000 influx of cash.

And entering into the spirit of the occasion the Herald dispatched one of its reporters with £10 to see what they could come back with.

This is their shopping list:

- Cornish pasty: £1.55p from Cavendish Bakery.

- Greetings card of Eastbourne bandstand: 99p from Grove Road Cards.

- Orange, lemon and lime presse: 99p from Sunny Foods.

- Room with a View Penguin classic paperback: 50p from Samaritans.

- Porker sausage roll, chips and beans: £5 from The Eagle.

- Eastbourne Herald: 65p from Garners newsagent.

Total: £9.68.

News

What is a Cookie?
What is a Flash Cookie?
Can I opt out of receiving Cookies?
About our Cookies

Cookies are small data files which are sent to your browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome etc) from a website you visit. They are stored on your electronic device.
This is a type of cookie which is collected by Adobe Flash media player (it is also called a Local Shared Object) - a piece of software you may already have on your electronic device to help you watch online videos and listen to podcasts.
Yes there are a number of options available, you can set your browser either to reject all cookies, to allow only "trusted" sites to set them, or to only accept them from the site you are currently on.

However, please note - if you block/delete all cookies, some features of our websites, such as remembering your login details, or the site branding for your local newspaper may not function as a result.
The types of cookies we, our ad network and technology partners use are listed below:
- Revenue Science ►
  
  A tool used by some of our advertisers to target adverts to you based on pages you have visited in the past. To opt out of this type of targeting you can visit the 'Your Online Choices' website by clicking here.
- Google Ads ►
  
  Our sites contain advertising from Google; these use cookies to ensure you get adverts relevant to you. You can tailor the type of ads you receive by visiting here or to opt out of this type of targeting you can visit the 'Your Online Choices' website by clicking here.
- Webtrends / Google Analytics ►
  
  This is used to help us identify unique visitors to our websites. This data is anonymous and we cannot use this to uniquely identify individuals and their usage of the sites.
- Dart for Publishers ►
  
  This comes from our ad serving technology and is used to track how many times you have seen a particular ad on our sites, so that you don't just see one advert but an even spread. This information is not used by us for any other type of audience recording or monitoring.
- ComScore ►
  
  ComScore monitor and externally verify our site traffic data for use within the advertising industry. Any data collected is anonymous statistical data and cannot be traced back to an individual.
- Local Targeting ►
  
  Our Classified websites (Photos, Motors, Jobs and Property Today) use cookies to ensure you get the correct local newspaper branding and content when you visit them. These cookies store no personally identifiable information.
- Grapeshot ►
  
  We use Grapeshot as a contextual targeting technology, allowing us to create custom groups of stories outside out of our usual site navigation. Grapeshot stores the categories of story you have been exposed to. Their privacy policy and opt out option can be accessed here.
- Subscriptions Online ►
  
  Our partner for Newspaper subscriptions online stores data from the forms you complete in these to increase the usability of the site and enhance user experience.
- Add This ►
  
  Add This provides the social networking widget found in many of our pages. This widget gives you the tools to bookmark our websites, blog, share, tweet and email our content to a friend.
- 3rd Party Cookies ►
  
  We use Advertising agencies to provide us with some of the advertising on our websites. These include (but are not limited to) Specific Media, The Rubicon Project, AdJug, AdConion, Context Web. Please click on the provider name to visit their opt-out page.

Take A Tenner down to Little Chelsea for cash mob

Top stories

News

Discover The Most ...

Contact us

What is a Cookie?

What is a Flash Cookie?

Can I opt out of receiving Cookies?

About our Cookies

Revenue Science ►

Google Ads ►

Webtrends / Google Analytics ►

Dart for Publishers ►

ComScore ►

Local Targeting ►

Grapeshot ►

Subscriptions Online ►

Add This ►

3rd Party Cookies ►

Take A Tenner down to Little Chelsea for cash mob

Top stories

News

Discover The Most ...

What is a Cookie?

What is a Flash Cookie?

Can I opt out of receiving Cookies?

About our Cookies

Revenue Science ►

Google Ads ►

Webtrends / Google Analytics ►

Dart for Publishers ►

ComScore ►

Local Targeting ►

Grapeshot ►

Subscriptions Online ►

Add This ►

3rd Party Cookies ►

Send to a friend

Report

Eastbourne 5-day weather forecast