Celebrate Festival JNR8 Youth & Community Centre Bank Holiday Monday 7th May 2012 12.00 – 6.00pm (Sorry, no dogs, glass bottles, bicycles or alcohol.) ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: An afternoon of music, dance, poetry, arts, crafts, food, information and much more to celebrate the diversity and energy of Whalley Range. The 15th annual 'Celebrate' Community Festival for local residents will take place at JNR8 Youth & Community Centre, Cromwell Avenue, Whalley Range, M16 0BG on May Day Bank Holiday Monday - May 7th - from 12-6pm. As we don't have a central community centre in Whalley Range, our annual event gives residents the opportunity to access local services around health and information. We work with partners to promote health initiatives and invite local services to host stalls to promote themselves and to share information. This popular event attracts hundreds of residents and is a volunteer led event offering local groups, schools, musicians and artists the opportunity to showcase their achievements. Celebrate is a fun social event for members of our diverse community to participate in activities - and to find out what's happening locally. We theme our Festival each year to highlight issues and encourage participation from everyone in the community. This year to celebrate the International Year of Co-operatives, our theme is Co-operation, focusing on bringing members of the community together to work together, share ideas and resources, building support - and raising awareness of co-operative values such as fair trade, environmental concerns and sustainability and ethical investment. ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: If you would like a stall at this year's event please get in touch; information stalls are free of charge (a reduction in funding this year means we would request you bring your own table/chair/gazebo if possible) and if you can provide an activity - that would be fantastic! The Festival is held at a different Whalley Range venue each year: this year our venue is the JNR8 building and grounds and Manley Park Methodist Church - (adjoining the centre) - have kindly allowed us the use of the Church hall to showcase local bands and performers. We will have a health and information area in which health and wellbeing taster sessions will be promoted as well as stalls hosted by various service providers. See the link for last year's Festival Report: http://whalleyrange.org/newsdocs/Celebrate_Report%202011Final.pdf We hope you can join us at our event this year; if you require any more information please get in touch. 0161 881 3744 info@whalleyrange.org www.whalleyrange.org

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