Celebrate Festival Report

Celebrate 2015 Festival Report

“Our 18th Celebrate Festival took place on Saturday June 27th, 2015, with the theme
Light up Your Life – in recognition of the global International Year of Light Festival 2015.
We are grateful to Rev. Robert Boulter for agreeing to let us hold Celebrate 2015 at the St Margaret’s Centre and Playing Fields on Brantingham Road.
The original plan was to hold the event during the solstice with 6 different themes representing dance, faith, the environment, learning, space and participation, but due to venue unavailability, the date was put forward a week. Nonetheless we went ahead as planned – and the sun shone on the beautiful grounds of the St Margaret Centre…”

Read the Report in full: Celebrate_Report August 2015


 

 

Here is the programme for this year’s Celebrate Festival

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Read our latest issue of News & Events here!

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Click on the link below to read the latest information and upcoming activities from the Whalley Range area.

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Please contact us if you’d like to submit an article for the September issue: news, reviews,  photos and details of upcoming activities/events.

We would particularly like to hear from young people – so if you know anyone who might be interested – or if you are a local young person with something to say – please get in touch!

We are also busy producing the Celebrate Festival Report: if anyone has any photos of this year’s event please share with us: your work will be acknowledged in the Report 🙂

Many thanks to Anthony Morris who once again took on the role of Celebrate Photographer for 2015.

See Anthony’s photos at Celebrate Photographs 2015

100% of our target raised in Pledges for the Celebrate Festival!

Firstly: Thank you so much to everyone who  pledged their support!

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The community response to our crowdfunding project to fund some of the Celebrate Festival costs for 2015 was amazing!
We  raised an incredible £2,326 in pledges from members of the community, businesses and local groups!
This went towards funding our performance stage and marquees – so a huge thank you to everyone who contributed!

We did it!

Age-friendly Whalley Range Newsletters

Welcome to our  newsletter links!
Since the first issue of our newsletter was circulated door to door across the Whalley Range ward, we have held lots of events and made lots of new friends and contacts.

Issue 1: AFWRNewsletter2014_Draft

Read issue 2 here: AFWR_Newsletter_2

And here’s issue 3! AFWRNewsletter3_2014_Final