Borough Market launches support fund to help traders suffering business losses since London Bridge terror attack
BOROUGH Market has launched a fund to support traders hit by business losses since it was targeted in a terror attack a week ago.
The usually bustling hotspot for Londoners and tourists reopened 10 days after three terrorists left eight dead and 48 injured on June 3 in a devastating attack.
To support people who have lost revenue due to the temporary closure the market in partnership with United St. Saviours and Better Bankside.
United St. Saviours is a charity that supports the people and communities of north Southwark through grant programmes, as well as working to provide housing for older people.
Better Bankside is a Business Improvement District which works to keep the area thriving. Peter Williams, Better Bankside's CEO said: “We are deeply saddened by the shocking events in the heart of our neighbourhood on Saturday evening. Our thoughts are with all those most directly affected by this terrible act.
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"There is a strong sense of community in this area, shared by businesses, residents and community groups who will remain close and support each other.
"Our team of wardens are on the ground directing people through the restrictions in the area. If you need any assistance or if your business is located within the cordon area and you need a temporary space to work, please get in touch."
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The fund set up in partnership with these charities is to help those who depend on the market for their livelihood, as police continue their investigation and the market remains closed.
The Chair of the Borough Market Trust, Donald Hyslop, said: "An atrocity of this magnitude has many hidden victims.
";Among these are the independent traders and producers who rely upon Borough Market for their livelihood.
"With the market still closed and with valuable stock lost, some of these traders—although none would be quick to admit it—are struggling.
"If any of these traders, whose skill and dedication make the market such a wonderful asset, were to find the viability of their work threatened by this act of violence, the result would be to add a sad injustice to a terrible tragedy.
"The Borough Market Trust and some of the wider Bankside community, the market’s larger businesses have joined together to establish a hardship fund for those traders who are suffering most in these uncertain times.
"Anyone who wishes to support this fund will find their generosity gratefully received.
"There was never any doubt in my mind that the market’s community would pull together in a crisis, but it is nonetheless humbling to see that solidarity in action."
The fund has already raised more than £23,000 but aims to rise to a target of £50,000.
The Chair of Trustees at United St. Saviours, Richard Heaton CB, said: "We look after the centuries-old legacy of the various investment properties we own in Borough Market; these pubs, shops and flats are part of Southwark's historic fabric.
"That they were viciously attacked recently for being places where people congregate and relax at the weekend makes us even prouder of them."
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