Posted on Tuesday, 21 June 2011 |

NEWQUAY SHOPS – MY A’TH KAR NEEDS YOU!!
Four entrepreneurial 14 and 15 year-olds from Treviglas Community College are calling out to all managers of Newquay shops, organisers of local events and festivals and owners of surf lodges and surf schools and asking them to show their love for Newquay. The determined group of youngsters has created a range of amazing T-shirts to sell and the proceeds will go to sustaining the My A’th Kar Newquay art activists who are brightening up the town’s ‘grot spots’ with colourful designs. The Treviglas crew has worked with professional designer Jamin Lean of Jamin Design Studio to create the pilot project of 100 vibrant, imaginative T-shirts which are currently in production with North Cornwall-based IAMWHY. They will be available for sale within the next few weeks at the cost of £15 each. The entrepreneurial team now need Newquay retailers and businesses to do their bit and help sell the products. The team will ensure that there is a profit within the sale for the retailer and then the additional proceeds from the sales will go towards transforming the town with more amazing artworks. My A’th Kar Newquay means ‘I love you Newquay’ in Cornish and a team of determined young artist activists have been working for months to mastermind works which have now gone up around town. All of the artwork reflects the pride that these young people feel about their town and messages about how they would like visitors and tourists to see and treat the place. As a separate project, the four Treviglas teenagers have come together to form the T-shirt social enterprise to support the overall project which is funded by FEAST and the Real Ideas Organisation. Fifteen year-old Eli Hawkins says, “We’re looking for the best local shops to endorse our brand and support our cause. This is a great retail opportunity and a brilliant chance for the shops to promote their commitment to the town by showcasing our products whilst still making a profit for themselves. We did some research and in our opinion, all that Newquay tourists can buy at the minute is pretty dull screenprinted T-shirts or the tacky lifeguard hoodies. Our MAKN T-shirt looks really cool and fills a current gap in the market. ” Eli continues, “For the pilot programme we’ve created three main colourways and a range of sizes for guys and girls. So now we just need the Newquay retailers, who constantly benefit from the tourist trade, to get on board and help us transform our town.” To get involved Newquay business owners should contact Dawn Melville of Excess Energy Communications on 07876 365210. To see more news of the project please go to iloveyounewquay.blogspot.com or the My A’th Kar Newquay Facebook site. Thank you from the My A’th Kar Newquay crew.