Do you shop in the Asda Charlton store, or know someone that does?
If so, please support the Plumstead Make Merry, our community event run solely by local volunteers, which is now in its 45th year!
Ask for a green token at checkout and vote for Plumstead Make Merry every time you shop, between now and the 31st of March. You’ll be helping to raise much needed funds to stage this year’s festival on Saturday 6th June!
Applications to be a performer or workshop provider at the 2020 Plumstead Make Merry festival on 6th June will open on
You will find full details and everything you need to know to apply on the following page on that date
https://plumsteadmakemerry.co.uk/get-involved/perform/
Applications to be a stall holder at the 2020 Plumstead Make Merry festival on 6th June will open on
You will find full details and everything you need to know to apply on the following page on that date
The date of the next Plumstead Make Merry has been announced as Saturday 6th June 2020, from 12 noon to 6pm on Plumstead Common, London SE18.
The Make Merry is the longest-running community festival in the Royal Borough of Greenwich with thousands of people coming along to enjoy a fun filled day of music, arts and activities that celebrate the history and diversity of the local area.
The Make Merry is run entirely by volunteers and is completely reliant on the generosity of its supporters. The more money we raise, the more free activities we can offer at the festival.
If you would like to join the merry team that organise our community event, please email us at info@plumsteadmakemerry.co.uk
PLEASE NOTE: Applications for stalls and performers will be open in January 2020. No applications or reservations can be made now.
You can find an event page on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/events/2397618753609364/
Plumstead Make Merry news!
Would you like to join our merry team? Or maybe you know someone who would like to?
Come to our AGM on Sunday 22nd September at 2pm in the Rugby Club pavilion on Plumstead Common (opposite The Old Mill pub and Plumstead Manor School).
Support your local community.
You can find our Facebook event page at https://www.facebook.com/events/453943081851065/
You can find photographs from our official photographers on our Facebook page, just click onto ‘photos’ and select the albums you want to look at.
Not only can you find photos from the 2019 festival, but past years too!
Feel free to tag yourselves, and don’t forget to ‘like’ our Facebook page to keep updated with news about the Plumstead Make Merry.
www.facebook.com/PlumsteadMakeMerry/
Bringing people together to fill bellies, not bins
We are delighted to announce that Greenwich Co-Operative Development Agency, GCDA, is hosting another Surplus Feast as part of the Plumstead Make Merry Festival this Saturday 8th June. You can find them in our Acoustic Cafe.
About a third of the food produced for human consumption is either wasted or lost; roughly 1.3 billion tonnes EVERY YEAR – just a quarter of which could feed 870 million people! There’s been loads of awareness around food waste recently, but there’s still so much perfectly good food going in the bin.
Using surplus food from the wonderful FareShare, who re-distribute surplus food from the food industry before it’s even reached the supermarket floor and Paul Rhodes Bakery, who donate all their surplus bread, they’ll be cooking up a storm to serve to the hungry public. They never know what we’re going to get until the day, but you can expect vegan stews, Thai curries, vibrant salads and hopefully some fruit salads too.
So pop along to our Acoustic Cafe on Saturday for some inexpensive refreshments and some yum in your tum, and you’ll even be entertained by some fabulous local acts in the marquee too.
For full details of what you can expect at the festival on Saturday go to:
https://plumsteadmakemerry.co.uk/2019-2/
The fantastic letterpress designer, Richard McDonald, has created posters for this year’s Plumstead Make Merry festival.
Each poster in individually printed in colour, and makes a unique addition to your home or workspace.
A3 size, letterpress printed on 140 gsm Fedrigoni Woodstock paper.
The highly sought after Plumstead Make Merry posters are now available to purchase for just £5 (+p&p)! All proceeds go the Make Merry to help organise next year’s event.
To get your hands on one, send an email to hello@richard-mcdonald.com
You can check out Richard’s work on his Instagram page at
www.instagram.com/richardmcdonald/
We are pleased to announce that Andrew Johnson Funeral Services are sponsoring some of our technical services for the Plumstead Make Merry this year.
They are based on Plumstead Common Road. You can find details of our local funeral service organisation at:
www.andrewjohnsonfuneralservices.co.uk
We really appreciate their support for our community festival.
See you on Saturday 8th June.
Plumstead Make Merry 