Winter In The City 2024 hit its fundraising target!4 months ago
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Supporting Culture and Sport in Lancashire.
Celebrate the winter season with a month long programme of free festive fun in Lancaster city centre. With music, performing arts, reindeer and Santa, there really will be something for everyone.
Winter In The City will be a month long festive celebration to bring the community together in Lancaster city centre. Starting with a fantastic stage show at the end of November to launch the festive season in style, there will then be FREE family focused fun in the city every Sunday until Christmas. The stage show will showcase a packed schedule of top local musical acts alongside performances from local dance and performing arts groups featuring local young people. This day will also see the launch of a trail of snowmen decorated by local schools in the windows of businesses throughout the city. The annual Toy Appeal also launches to collect 1000s of gifts for local children who would otherwise miss out. The following Sunday sees the Cairngorm Reindeer bring the magic of Christmas to Lancaster. The final three weeks of festivities will each see a mobile Santa grotto in the city with different musical and street theatre acts roaming the city centre each week.
What we'll deliver:
Why it's a great idea:
Our Winter in the City festival will bring the local community together to celebrate the festive season with a month long programme of weekly events. The events will be free to attend to ensure they are fully accessible to all. Local children will get to showcase their artwork through decorating the snowmen to form a trail round the city. The stage show to launch the festival will alsofeature local perfoming arts and dance groups give local children the opportunity to show off their talents. The Toy Appeal running throughout the festival will attract thousands of donations for local charities to help children and families who could otherwise miss out, ensuring the whole community is made genuinely welcome in the city. The festival will also bring economic benefits to Lancaster businesses by attracting increased footfall and encouraging visitors to explore and discover new places. The What's On Guide will showcase festive events to promote Arts and Cultural venues across Lancaster.
Steps to get it done:
With your support, Lancaster BID will ensure that the city centre has one of the best festive seasons ever with a month long celebration showcasing local talent whenever possible. We will support local performing artists with high profile performance opportunities in the city centre whilst also engaging with the local community through school engagement on the snowman trail and local dance and drama groups performing in the city. We'll be bringing culture into the city as part of the festive celebrations to bring positivity to the local community and give a boost to local businesses to support everyone through the cost of living crisis.
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Brilliant news, thanks everyone!
Whoop, 30 people have pledged since fundraising began!
Whoop, 10 people have pledged since fundraising began!
Supporting Culture and Sport in Lancashire.
Whoop, 10 people have pledged since fundraising began!
How will the money be spent?Target (inc. fees) £33,423
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Target (inc. fees) £33,423
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VolunteerLancaster BID is a not for profit company with a remit to make Lancaster city centre a more attractive place to visit, live, work and do business. We have been working hard to promote Lancaster for more than 11 years.
One of our key priorities is to organise flagship free public events in Lancaster city centre to draw more people into the city and make sure they want to come back.
Our events make use of public space and are accessible to everyone to make sure the whole local community can benefit. We also carry out extensive marketing to promote the city and encourage visitors from further afield.
Lancaster BID is led by a volunteer management board with projects delivered by a small staff team of just one full time and two part time staff. We keep our overheads to a minimum to maximise investment in the city centre. As a not-for-profit company, every penny we receive goes back into the city centre to benefit the whole local community.
We encourage people to shop local and use local suppliers wherever possible to maximise investment back into the local economy.
We are award winning for our events. In 2022, we won the 'Tourism & Visitor Attraction' Award at the Bay Business Excellence Awards and were a finalist again in 2023. We were also finalist in the Small Event of the Year category of the Lancashire Tourism Awards 2022 and 2023. With your support, we will continue to make our events even bigger and better for the whole community to enjoy.
We live up to our strapline to Love Local, Love Lancaster!
Project Owner: Lancaster BID The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.
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