When we started the Community Festival it was just an idea which a few people thought was a ” good idea” – it was certainly a new approach to supporting the way we all enjoy being in Shefford. It took a lot of work and a lot of talking (still does!) and we had to cancel in 2020, although signature events went ahead on their own – well done Lesley and Jo with the Garage Sale Trail and the Scarecrow Festival.
But understanding if the Festival is meeting its aim has always been difficult to judge – so it has been especially gratifying and helpful to receive positive and unsolicited, feedback – which has come my way in recent months.
So I want to say thank you to all the people who have gone out of their way to give that positive feedback – for example to the lady who expressed ” I want to congratulate you on what you have achieved with the Festival.”
With any project which depends on goodwill, there will always be a range of responses so it is really supportive to get the positive along with the negative – it makes all the effort worthwhile. I think it shows that in a very “community” way we, as a town are coming together to do something which makes life a bit more enjoyable.
I am very much looking forward to an even bigger/better program in September 2022 – so there are three ways that you can contribute:
- Be a participant – run an activity or event
- As a business, you can sponsor the festival
- Join the fun – be a visitor
Now is a great time to think of what you might do to participate – take a couple of months – then having created the intention and a “back of the envelope plan” please let me know by registering on the website here. If you would like to join our sponsors then please email or phone 07860 218334 – the more sponsorship we have then the more promotion we can do.
