School fayres and Public Liability Insurance

[your theme]

After reading about peoples successes at school fairs I wondered if it was the right place to test the water?

I phoned 3 local schools today who all wanted/needed more stalls,2 charging £10 + raffle prize and 1 charging £15.

What surprised me and the reason for my post is that none of them require Public liability insurance 1 would prefer it and a couple hadnt even heard of it.
Is this normal?

[indigo]

hello surely the school has public liability insurance,Do you only need it if your running it as a buisness, i only do mine as a hobby,

[greannancrafts]

It doesn't matter whether you are a hobbyist or business, if you are selling to the public you need insurance.

Just think of the consequences if something went wrong??

Jane

[sparkysdad]

hello surely the school has public liability insurance,Do you only need it if your running it as a buisness, i only do mine as a hobby,

Richard Branson has a £300m a year hobby too..

I know where you are coming from, but Jane is right.. sell one item, you must look in to the aspects of what "could" go wrong, and who would be liable..:o

[indigo]

Hello thank you for that information,who is the best to go to for this insurance and roughly how much is it .thank you for your help everyone,Imight just give it up,as i dont make any money anyway ,

[woodtattoos]

Hello thank you for that information,who is the best to go to for this insurance and roughly how much is it .thank you for your help everyone,Imight just give it up,as i dont make any money anyway ,

Most companies start at around £50 per year so it doesn't have to be expensive and it's worth it for the peace of mind. Use the Search facility on the Forum typing "public liability insurance" and you'll find a host of threads with different companies named on them and how to contact them.

Si.

[shpangle]

After reading about peoples successes at school fairs I wondered if it was the right place to test the water?

I phoned 3 local schools today who all wanted/needed more stalls,2 charging £10 + raffle prize and 1 charging £15.

What surprised me and the reason for my post is that none of them require Public liability insurance 1 would prefer it and a couple hadnt even heard of it.
Is this normal?

Hi 'your theme' !

In answer to your first question, this very much depends upon what you are selling and the prices that you are going to charge. In my opinion most of the sales at school fairs tend to be to the children. Therefore prices need to be 'pocket money' prices. Its would be good if you could sell something for both boys and girls as both are looking for things to buy.

With regard to the public liability insurance question, although I have this I still tend to ask and most think that they have it covered, although I am not conveniced ! I would recommend getting it anyway, as stated on a previous post its £50 well spent. You never know what may immediately follow holding a school fair...word tends to get around very quickly in the crafting world and before you know it you could be doing lots of events !

Good luck anyway and keep us posted !