Delighted to announce the 2019 Green Fair - Sunday 7 July in Valentines Park
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We are currently setting up the organising committee following a well attended AGM on Sunday 24 February of 18 Redbridge folk.
We have been advised by Jas Athwal, Leader of the Council and Iain Varah, Head of Vision to use our £3000 Redbridge Arts Grant to support a green zone at the Fairlop Fair on 6th July rather than our own big event on 7th July!. This was in response to our latest email and ongoing complaint that Vision's community events such as Fairlop Fair and Wanstead Festival get a ring-fenced £10 K grant from the Council each year. As the only grassroots, volunteer-led community event of a similar scale, (bigger actually!), and the only significant environmental event in the Borough), we have to raise our own funds (time, energy and a big element of uncertainty) and then pay Vision £3K to hire Melbourne Field!!! We took the vote: Shall we go ahead with the 2019 Green Fair as planned? Do we value our brand and event? *Yes! Are we still interested in helping to run other smaller events and green zones on the non Green Fair years. Yes! |
* We have 4 funding bids in and are hopeful that they will all be successful. We are going ahead with planning for the 2019 Redbridge Green Fair on Sunday 7th July. We will know for sure that the Fair is fully funded by the end of March and will confirm this in the Ilford Recorder, on our social media, and on our website at that point. In the meantime, if you shop at Tesco, please vote for the Green Fair and help us raise £4000!
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STALLS
We are currently updating our stalls bookings and will update on the stalls page soon. Unfortunately, as always, we need to have higher stalls prices than we want because of the lack of support and unfair treatment of the Green Fair (see above). No worries. As a passionate group of Redbridge residents with a deep love of the Green Fair, we always work out a way through. We are enormously grateful for the support we always have from community and campaigning groups, arts & crafts, veggie caterers, traders, eco attractions etc that helps make our stall zones such an important part of the fair. We know you come in such large numbers because you value the day and love the community spirit. You tell us every time! 
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GREEN COMMUNITY ARTS, ECO ATTRACTIONS, PLAYING. -
Another important part of the Redbridge Green Fair! We are on the look out for anyone that wants to be involved in these areas. We have some funds but limited. Get in touch if you have ideas. We are up for anything innovative, exciting, participatory, green, fun. There will be dressing up, parades, drumming, making, mending, composting etc for sure. The carnival will have a Caribbean theme this year. But what else?! Email us at redbridgegreenfair@gmail.com. |
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MUSIC, HAVE-A-GO AREA, BUSKING
We will have 2 music stages (one solar powered, one acoustic). Contact Steve and Chris on the Music Club and Music Fest page, our Green Fair music organisers. We will also develop the popular Have-A-Go area for ongoing dance and workshops led by local instructors. We would love busking too. |
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Workshops, demos, environmental attractions
As a community development event, we draw on the environmental and community talents, skills, energy and resources we have in Redbridge. We are working in partnership with Ilford Transition Town and others to create a new series of workshops, to join the usual Dr Bike, hands on activities, displays and workshops. Please do get in touch with your ideas. |
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