Our Delivery Report
Funded on 26 June 2023 | Delivered on 30 July 2023
£5,870
RAISED
55
BACKERS
75
DAYS TO FUND
BIGGEST PLEDGE
£3,485
From North East Combined Authority
800
people have visited this project!
100% of backers think the project makes the area more family friendly
100% of backers think the project makes the area more fun
100% of backers think the project provides more things to do
Hexham Lions donated £500
1 Festival created
100% of backers think the project brings people together
More about our impact
The environment
The Festival was held in our public park and we ensured that there were extra littler bins. There was no litter at all on the site throughout the festival as it was all disposed of properly.
The local economy
The impact on the local economy of last year's festival was huge. Due to the complications, covenants and cost of having food or drink on the Sele we provided a local food map of the town, which is very close to the park. This took people into the town and the feedback from local shops, even shops that did not sell obviously related goods, was overwhelmingly positive. Cafes were full and local venues that hosted bands were full. One pub ran out of food and beer. The local convenience store trebled its takings. Even if people brought picnics to the park they still spent money in the town We will be replicating this model this year. Hexham town centre is so compact that it is no hardship for people to leave the open access site and visit businesses.
Volunteering, jobs & education
Key Change, a local youth music initiative helped last year as part of their training in Festival organization and management and subsequently organized their own, hugely successful, FIND festival on the same site in September 2023. We had local town volunteers and we were helped by a graduate music technology student who has since been volunteering at Core Music. All the organisers are volunteers and we were helped by the local Bluegrass group and members. We had 22 volunteers.
Arts, culture & heritage
All this happened.
Activity, health and leisure
Music as a participant and as audience has huge, well documented benefits foe everyone.
