By now we hope every household in Shefford has received their own copy of our draft program for the Community Festival from 12 to 21 Sept as an insert delivered for us by our sponsor LivingLife magazine – also if you have been in town in the past two weeks you may have noticed our posters on posts and poles along the High Street and the Ampthill Road. Necessarily this is presented in abbreviated form – for full details please see the complete program with details, times and contacts here on our website www.sheffordcommunityfestival.co.uk
As a business or commercial group in Shefford you can support the development of community activities in many ways – one of them is to sponsor the Community Festival. We receive no public funds – although many thanks to Shefford Newsline for publicity assistance – so we are entirely dependent on sponsorships to help cover the cost of organising the Festival. This includes Bedfordshire Schools Trust, John R Ford, Country Properties, Bathroom Vogue and Lemon Plaice.
Now in our eighth year and having seeded many associated activities, while boosting others – we are delighted that the Festival has grown each year and survived even through Covid! However our ability to self-sponsor by pro-bono working through the marketing businesses of myself and my partner is now much reduced and costs are increasing – we are grateful to loyal sponsors already helping us but do need to seek additional support.
The Shefford Community Festival is unusual in being funded privately in this way by proactively linking businesses and social organisations; so if you think your group or company would like to join us in our efforts to make Shefford a better place to live and work, then please contact me to find out how we can do so together. Call, text or email Ian Deavin on 07860 218334 or [email protected]
