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.
We are pleased to announce that the Berkeley Group are sponsoring the printing for the Plumstead Make Merry this year, and also the inflatables area run by Inflat-a-bros so that we can offer free activities to children throughout the day. There will be two bouncy castles, a soft play area for the pre-schoolers, and even a giant Connect 4 game.
Berkeley Group will also be running a free activity workshop to create a large ‘Plumstead’ mosaic that we hope will be used by local organisations after the festival.
They will engage with the local community to showcase the work that they do with local schools including Plumstead Manor, to teach children and young people about jobs in construction and to encourage more girls to work in this sector.
You will be able to find them next to the inflatables area at the festival.
We are very pleased to announce that Art Plumstead will be managing the Fruit and Vegetable Sculpture Competition at this year’s Plumstead Make Merry festival on Saturday 8th June.
The competition is open to all ages, and is free to enter.
No theme this year so your imagination can run riot.
Winners decided by votes cast by the public at the Make Merry.
Voting takes place between 12-3pm.
First, second and third prizes provided by Art Plumstead.
Please bring your entry to the Information Tent at the Make Merry between 11am and 12 midday.
Later entries will be accepted if space allows, but will have missed earlier voting.
Looking forward to seeing your creations.
We are pleased to announce that Beaumont Gibbs Estate Agents are supporting the 2019 Plumstead Make Merry festival in the following areas:
They will be offering face painting and balloon modelling from their stall at the festival, with all proceeds going to their chosen charities.
Come along and make some merry yourself on Saturday 8th June, from 12 noon to 6pm on Plumstead Common (London SE18).
You can find Beaumont Gibbs Estate Agents at:
134 Plumstead Common Road, London, SE18 2UL.
Telephone: 020 8319 7600
https://www.onthemarket.com/agents/branch/beaumont-gibbs-plumstead/
We have a variety of sponsorship options available to purchase for the 2019 festival.
It’s a great way to support your local community and get your business noticed!
We have thousands of attendees at the event and lots of regular followers on social media.
You can find details on our webpage at
www.plumsteadmakemerry.co.uk/get-involved/sponsorship/
Please email Sarah at info@plumsteadmakemerry.co.uk if you would like to become a valued sponsor of the Plumstead Make Merry.
