Claire House Summer Festival set for Summer 2011

WIRRAL, ENGLAND, February 15, 2011

Our ethos is to have a community based event that not only raises valuable funds for Claire House Children's Hospice but also helps local community groups to raise awareness and funds for their own cause. We are also inviting local craft artisans and food producers to come along and participate. With stalls priced from GBP30 for the weekend we have already had a great response. It is shaping up to be a wonderful local Farmers Market and Craft Fair with a unique and high quality range of food stuffs, crafts and gifts.

It will be a family orientated event with fairground rides, a climbing wall and pony rides. Also face painting, clairvoyant, pet's corner, artists, live music and dance. The Main Arena will host various displays during the day.

The Claire House Cup Football tournament will be held over the two days with competitions for 11 and under, under 16's and over 16's (16-60). Saturday will be the knock out stages with the finals held on the Sunday.

Friday and Saturday nights will have local bands and comedians, as well as fairground rides, local food stalls and full bar facilities to midnight. Sunday will host live music with a Big Band, a Hog Roast as well as our Balloon Race and Raffle.

We are looking for the following:

• Sponsorship from local companies and business partners
• Advertisers for our Festival Programme - massive circulation throughout The Wirral, Merseyside and North Wales
• Football Teams to take part in our Claire House Cup Football Tournament.
• Dart Teams to take part in our Claire House Darts Tournament
• Community Groups to get involved on stalls - Churches, Schools, Scouts, Guides, Dance and Drama groups and other local charities.
• Local artisans and food producers to take part in the Farmer's Market and Craft Fair.
• Singers/Bands - we need day and night time entertainment
• Stage Acts, Dance Schools, Sport Displays
• Volunteers to work stalls, sell merchandise, collect rubbish, parking attendants as well as collect and help throughout the weekend
• Bar Staff (voluntary - must be over 18 years)
• All volunteers must wear smiiles!!!! 

For more information please visit http://www.clairehousesummerfestival.com

About Claire House:
Located in Bebington on the Wirral, Claire House is a bright, vibrant place of hope. In addition to caring for our children and young adults, we also focus on the needs of the whole family, providing bereavement and other support for as long as it is needed. With no guaranteed government funding we need to raise in excess of GBP2.5 million each year to maintain our present levels of service.
Our specialist nursing team also work in the community through our 'Hospice to Home' programme which offers paediatric palliative care in the family home. With a hospice to home service also operating from our Liverpool office we are now reaching more families than in previous years and hope to see this grow in other areas too.