WATERLOOVILLE COMES TOGETHER FOR THEIR CHRISTMAS LIGHTS!

While some towns moan that council cuts mean they have no Christmas Lights – Waterlooville came together this weekend to create a great event to switch theirs on.

So many people gave their time for nothing:

· 10 acts performed on stage in the cold (and rain at the start of the day)
· TS Tenacity led the lantern parade and the police and air cadets provided the marshalls
· The Rotary club sent Santa and his fantastic light up sleigh (and the donkeys came!)
Princesses from Princess Party Entertainment and Friends provided photo opportunities

· And, of course, the volunteers from the Waterlooville Events team were on their feet for 9 hours (in addition to the months of work planning the event) to make sure it went as smoothly as possible.

Local Businesses played their part:

· Leaders Estate agents paid for all our advertising
· O2 sponsored 2 of the workshops for children to make their lanterns for the parade
· 24 local businesses made a donation towards the cost of installing the lights
· Clinton Electrics went the extra mile and spent far more time than budgeted for to install the lights.
· We Big Local sponsored a Lantern Workshop
· Profile productions gave us a very generous discount on the stage.
· and we must not forget Wilko who donated all the batteries for the lights

We had tremendous support from the council employees to help us through the nightmare of documentation and rules. Individual councillors also gave us some of their personal grant allowance towards two extra lantern workshops and the cost of installation.

We hope to increase the number of lights every year subject to attracting the funds to buy them. Things can always be improved so give us feedback for next year.

Overall the Waterlooville Community came together and nearly 1000 people enjoyed the entertainment and the switch on. Waterlooville should be very proud!

Thank you to Archibald &Edwards for photo

Waterlooville Community & Business meeting 3rd Sep 7pm

I recently asked someone why I should come to this meeting.... 'I live in Waterlooville and I have a business in Waterlooville but how can this meeting help me' I asked. You might be asking yourself the same thing, but there may be things happening in Waterlooville that you have questions about, or you might find out about things happening in the community that could have an impact on you. Councillor Tim Pike will be there, as well as members of the Waterlooville Events Team. Tim is deputy leader and also cabinet lead for regeneration of the community. Getting to know the teams of people who are working in the local community as Councillors or volunteer can really help you to know who can help with any questions. If you want your voice to be heard, is it not better to be among other community members to share ideas, share concerns or simply to find out what is going on in the area. As a business owner I confess to not truly know what is happening in the area so this is...

SUMMER FETE SUCCESS

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BUSINESS/COMMUNITY MEETING

Business/community meeting held last night. Sadly only ONE business attended and 20 residents. Even with such a poor turn out some interesting topics were discussed and it was agreed that there should be another meeting in Mid July but at 7.30pm so that more people will be able to attend. The 5.30 start had been to encourage businesses, but that obviously failed! From the meeting: Subway being repaired;Jubilee park facilities under review - A meeting to be called to discuss way forward for the park. Wellington way- discussion on lack of parking etc. Comments can still be sent to HBC until beginning of June. Remember next meeting will be mid July, Date will be well publicised with plenty of advance notice. If still a poor turn out there will be no more!

Waterlooville Events Team

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