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Paul Calland ·
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Grant AWARDED - Gregson Festival Group (G.F.G.)
The 3R Foundation recently awarded £1000 to the Gregson Festival Group (G.F.G.) for a portable generator. Since the inception of the GFG in 2009 the group has developed events that are now an important part of the community calendar and have become traditions that many local families have grown up with.
Key events include a halloween celebration, Santa’s grotto and Christmas crafts at the Gregson Community and Arts Centre. They also hold flagship outreach events including a Santa float that travels around local streets visiting local families and a lantern procession, bonfire and firework display. They exist to put on inspiring events for their community in Bulk ward in Lancaster which is amongst the 10% most deprived wards in the UK.
They have previously borrowed a generator for their community programmes such as the Santa float and the bonfire / firework display but have had issues and breakdowns. They explained to us that the generator would be used to power the sound and lighting systems and if they had their own it would open the way to allow them to put on more outdoor events in the community if they could provide safe lighting for example.
They have previously borrowed a generator for their community programmes such as the Santa float and the bonfire / firework display but have had issues and breakdowns. They explained to us that the generator would be used to power the sound and lighting systems and if they had their own it would open the way to allow them to put on more outdoor events in the community if they could provide safe lighting for example.
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