Ferryhill Town Council Secures Grant Funding to Host Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Party in the Park Event

Ferryhill Town Council is celebrating having secured a grant of £9,500 through the Big Lottery’s Awards for All Fund to enable an ‘Across the Decades themed Party in the Park’ event to be held from 11.00am – 8.00pm at Dean Bank Park on Saturday, 4^th June 2022. The event which is being organised by Stanley Events to celebrate the Jubilee will include afternoon tea with a picnic in the park, music from the different decades in which the Queen has reigned, including war-time performers. For children there will be a range of vintage games, inflatables and fairground games. The family orientated event will also comprise side stalls and a range of refreshments, with a bar. Entry to the Event will be FREE. Anyone who would like to hold a stall at the event should contact Danielle on telephone: 07951479165.

The Party in the Park event will join a programme of events/initiatives being organised by the Town Council to commemorate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, including a Beacon Lighting Event in the Town Hall garden on the evening of Thursday, 2^nd June, a Traders Window Display Competition, and a Community Fund for Local groups to apply for monies to be able to host their own Jubilee Celebrations. For more information about any of the Town Council’s Jubilee Celebrations please contact Karen Younghusband at Ferryhill Town Council on telephone: 01740 652157 or email: kyounghusband@ferryhill.gov.uk

Mayor of Ferryhill, Councillor David Farry said ‘It is great news that Ferryhill Town Council has managed to secure such a large grant to support the Town’s Jubilee Celebrations. I would like to say a big thank you to the Big Lottery for supporting the Town Council’s plans for a Party in the Park event, which promises to provide a fantastic community event, which the whole family can enjoy’.

Councillor Joe Quinn, Chair of the Town Council’s Events Committee said “Officers at Ferryhill Town Council have worked extremely hard to secure £9,500 through the Big Lottery’s Awards for All Fund, which is great news. Funding will enable the Town Council to host an across the decades themed Queen’s Jubilee Party in the Park event, providing something for all generations to enjoy and bringing the whole community together.”