We continued to paint Goldthorpe in all colours and designs by adding another 11 shops to our community art project in 2025, with Eye Violet contributing some weird and wacky designs!

Five shops (Clay Oven, Bo-Jangles, Harris Carpets, JJ’s Chippy, Pizza Plaza) were funded by the UK-SPF (Shared Prosperity Fund) and six shops (Local Market, Bargain Booze, Pizza Palace, Papa Gino’s, Nostalgic Nibbles and Marseb were funded by the UK Government through the Goldthorpe Towns Deal Fund.)

Our thanks to Liane Holdsworth, Coby Walsh and Teresa Williams of BMBC for their help with funding and to Jayde Marie Bell (Eye Violet) for her work with local shop keepers and her wonderfully quirky designs which bring a smile to our faces as we walk through Goldthorpe when shops are shut.