CALL FOR STALLS FOR THE NEXT EID FESTIVAL (Eid-ul-Fitr 2025)

CALL FOR STALLS FOR THE NEXT EID FESTIVAL (Eid-ul-Fitr 2025)

Expected Date: 31^st March 2025 (± One day)

Event: Two days.

Time: First Day from 9am-8pm. Second Day from 12-7pm

Venue: Victoria Park Leicester LE1 7RY

Introduction:

The ‘Eid Prayer and Festival®’ is an event that takes place twice a year. The first festival is Eid-ul-Fitr (Breakfasting festival) and the second festival is Eid-ul-Adha (Slaughtering festival)

40K attends the Eid festival and are of various ages, colours, and racial and religious backgrounds.

Call for Stalls:

The Committee for the Eid Festival in Victoria Park Leicester would like to invite traders and charity organisations to apply for stalls.

Spaces are limited and we urge you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Stalls to sell the following products are required:

coffee tea and hot chocolate, sweets including oriental sweets, children’s sweets, candyfloss, chocolate fountain, pancakes, doughnuts, cold drinks, slush, children’s toys, Hijab dresses, clothing, perfumes, jewellery, arts and craft, Henna, face painting, balloon modelling, garden centre, animal encounter, hot food catering and any other suitable products. We are already booked for ice cream.

Price:

• Hot food: £650 per stall for the first day and £350 per stall for the second day. However, if
• you book both days together the total price is £900.
• Other products: £85 per stall per day. However, if you book both days together the total
• price for both days is £125.

Deposit:

To cover for any expenditures incurred because of any stall waste disposal and/or ground damage, the following refundable (in-full or in-part) deposits should be paid together with the prices above:

• Hot food: £650
• Other products stalls: £50

Please make sure you give your bank details on the “Stall Booking Form”.

Terms and Conditions:

1. A stall means a 3mx3m area with a gazebo and up to three tables.
2. Our policy is one product per stall. This means that if a trader wants to sell more than one product he/she should hire more than one stall.
3. There is no limit to the number of stalls selling the same product. However, we shall monitor this carefully and we employ a first comes first served policy.
4. All foods, sweets and drinks should be Halal or suitable for vegetarians. The ingredients should not contain animal fat (such as lard) or gelatine. Please display the Halal sign and reveal the ingredients.
5. A charity refers to a recognised UK charity. The charity stallholders are responsible for the content of any leaflets, posters and/or papers distributed or used by the charity holder. Please restrict your activities within the boundaries of your charity stall only. Please note that we do not permit fundraising signs or money collection for any charity or function except for the Eid Festival itself.
6. The stallholder who fails to comply with the Terms & Conditions may be liable for any fine or penalty imposed on the Festival Organisers by the City Council or any other governmental or legal body.
7. Stall holders Responsibilities:
   1. Bringing tables, a gazebo, a generator and boundary barriers, e.g. crowd barriers. All generators should be DIESEL generators and should be fenced adequately for H&S purposes. Please guard the generators with adequate fencing or barriers.
   2. Cleaning and tidying up the area around and adjacent to your stalls before leaving the festival. Please see ‘Deposit’ paragraph above.
8. On booking a stall please send the followings:
   1. A completed stall application form
   2. A proof of payment
   3. A valid public liability insurance certificate
   4. A valid Health & Safety certificate if applicable.
   5. A valid Risk Assessment Plan

Please note that on the Eid Festival Day, no trader’s vehicle is allowed to be driven in the park after 7:30am and once the vehicle is inside the park it should remain there until 9pm.

If you are interested or you know people or traders who are interested in this event please contact: Dr Abu Salam at 07884233670 or Mr Naeem Muhammad at 07967466965 or write an email to: info@theeidfestival.com or info@Lcassist.com. Alternatively, visit www.theeidfestival.com. Please Click Here to download the stall booking form.

Please Click Here to see the LCC Stall Holder Leaflet. Please Click Here to see an example of the Risk Assessment Form.

Once again, we emphasise that spaces are limited and we urge you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

To see videos of the Eid Festival click these links: