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Baylight '24 Community Parade Night

Baylight '24 Community Parade Night

Morecambe Sparkle CIC By Morecambe Sparkle CIC

We want to create a safe, amazing Baylight ‘24 parade full of community fun, street performers, music and dance. A free event that all the family will enjoy.

Morecambe Delivery stage

39
backers
£22,564
raised
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This project was funded on 01 Aug 2023!

Morecambe’s first Light Festival exploded onto our seafront at half term this year to the delight of our community and visitors. “The atmosphere was amazing tonight!! Me and my kiddo’s had an absolute blast! Thank you”. The highlight was our Baylight Community Parade along the Prom, filmed live on Granada Evening News. This year we want to make that experience bigger, safer and even better! We will route the parade along the main road rather than the promenade, giving us much more room for street performers, community groups, drumming, dancing and plenty more fun! And it’s all for free!

What we'll deliver:

  • An amazing celebratory parade to bring the community together.
  • A safe family-friendly event, ramp-free for wheelchair users.
  • Free family-fun event organised by a trusted local group.
  • Pre-parade workshops making light up toys and costumes.
  • Large scale puppets, street performers, dancing, illuminated artworks.
  • Music and drumming with More Music and Baybeat.
  • More street food/drink vendors.
  • A more wheelchair friendly experience.

Why it's a great idea:

The project will give a boost to community pride for local residents. It will help parents who are looking for things to do with the kids during half term. It will aid businesses who generally experience a downturn in takings during the months after Christmas and New Year. It will promote Morecambe as a year-round visitor destination. Provide volunteering opportunities and work experience for young people interested in a career in the events/creative industries. It will expand the hospitality trade. Provide paid work for local artists and community groups. Involve the Morecambe community in a feel-good celebratory event. Provide a multi-generational opportunity for families to enjoy activities together. By moving the parade off the promenade onto the (closed) main road, the project will benefit wheelchair users by providing a more accessible, ramp-free experience.

Steps to get it done:

  • Confirmation of Morecambe BID funding support
  • Confirmation of Morecambe Town Council funding support
  • Consultation and route permission
  • Parade design and programme finalised
  • Parade route confirmed
  • Engage/train volunteers
  • Confirm Community programme
  • Community practitioners contracted
  • Street entertainments contracted
  • Street vendors plan agreed
  • Event insurance in place
  • Community workshops booking goes live
  • Community workshops facilitators contracted
  • Community workshops delivered
  • Workshop venues confirmed
  • Security, medical and traffic management confirmed/contracted
  • Event management plan in place
  • All relevant policies in place (H&S, Volunteering etc)
  • Event delivery

The Baylight '23 festival produced another big impact for Morecambe. It demonstrated to the outside world that Morecambe is capable of putting on an art event of high quality. The innovative art installations from top national and international artists attracted people from across the UK and were also thoroughly enjoyed by our local community. Granada TV’s decision to run their 6.30pm news as the parade started its journey underpins a new status for Morecambe which we are determined to build on.

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Location Morecambe

About the space

Battery to Clock Tower

Council

Lancaster City Council

How will the money be spent?Target (inc. fees)  £22,085

Large scale puppets/artist coordination/dancers - £10,000
Traffic management - £2,500
Consultancy time (2.5 days) - £2,000
More music venue hire (double the number of hires on Baylight '23) - £1,040
Safety officer - £1,000
Marketing - £1,000
Technical Manager - £800
Workshop facilitator - £800
Workshop facilitator - £800
Workshop materials - £400
Other - £1,180

Costs Breakdown

This shows how money raised for the project will be spent. These costs have been confirmed by the project's Delivery Manager and verified.

Large scale puppets/artist coordination/dancers
£10,000
Traffic management
£2,500
Consultancy time (2.5 days)
£2,000
More music venue hire (double the number of hires on Baylight '23)
£1,040
Safety officer
£1,000
Marketing
£1,000
Technical Manager
£800
Workshop facilitator
£800
Workshop facilitator
£800
Workshop materials
£400
Other Read More
£1,180
  • Project administrator
    £350
  • Community manager
    £350
  • Baybeat performance
    £350
  • Consultancy time (2hrs at £50 ph)
    £100
  • Consultancy time (2 hrs at £15 per hr)
    £30

Overfunding

This project is enabled for overfunding. If the project hits its funding goal before the end of the campaign period, any extra funds raised will be spent (in order of priority) on:

  • Contingency for the project to protect against price fluctuation

Target (inc. fees)  £22,085

Our Volunteer List

We're currently looking for people to offer skills and time to develop our project! Check out the list of what we need below and then use the 'Volunteer' button to the right to get involved.
  • We would love for you to join the team as a volunteer. we are looking for friendly, local people, to act as parade Marshalls, handing out programmes, staffing the information hub, helping with social media and more. Leave your name, we'll be in touch

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