If you wish to be involved in the Bedford Park Festival or Green Days this year, please address your enquiry to one of the following (click the name to email them). Watch here for updates.
Green Days:
· Craft Fair – Helen Simkin
· Sunday Stalls – Jane McCabe
· Bandstand – Miriam Morris
Festival Events
· Art Exhibition – Miriam Morris
· Other Festival events - Sue Johnson and Hugh Johnson
If you would like to volunteer to help, or have other enquiries, please contact: Nicola Chater, Festival Administrator.
We raise money for our charities, including St Michael & All Angels, which organises the Festival. To find out how your firm can be involved as a sponsor, or by donating goods or services, or how we can promote each other on social media, click here: Commercial opportunities or email Torin Douglas. See High Roller Tombola and Win a Meal below.
If you haven’t thought how you can contribute already, please start thinking now! Here are some of the ways:
· Unwanted gifts and bottles for the High Roller Tombola as well as vouchers and donations from local shops and businesses. Read more here. Please contact Mira Tzekova
· Encourage your favourite local restaurants to donate a meal for two in our Win A Meal Raffle. Read more here. Please contact Catherine Miller.
· Children’s toys and games in good condition
· Searching out rarely used hats, bags and scarves for the Hats, Bags & Scarves stall: please leave at the back of church (St Michael's or St Peter's). Please contact Pam Bickley.
· Making savoury items as well as cakes and scones for the Refreshment Tent.
· Making jams, pickles and homemade bread, as well as small cakes for the new Home Bakes Stall. Please contact Katy Timmons via email here to say what you might be happy to bake or make for us. With huge thanks in advance
· If you would like to volunteer to help on one of the Church stalls on Green Days please contact Jane McCabe.
From Tuesday 27th May you can take the following to the Parish Office
· Unwanted gifts and bottles for the High Roller Tombola
· Second hand toys and games for the Toy Stall
· Unwanted items for The Bric-a-brac stall
· Rarely used hats, bags and scarves for the Hats, Bags & Scarves stall
Take to St Peters Any unwanted second-hand books for the Book Stall
Take to the stall on the day Plants you have or can start growing for the Plant Stall
Take to the stall on the day Jams, pickles and homemade bread, as well as small cakes and savouries for the new Home Bakes Stall
To volunteer your time:
· To help on one of the Church stalls on Green Days please contact Jane McCabe janemccabe@hotmail.co.uk
Books stall
Book sorting will take place at St Peter’s Church, Southfield Road
Tuesday 28th May – Friday 7th June
10am – 2pm, Mon – Fri (excluding Bank Holiday on 27th May)
Before this time books may be dropped at St Peter’s Church between 10am and 2pm on Mondays. Tuesdays and Fridays. They can be left at the back of church – Tassy Russell will put out a box. If you have any queries, please contact Helen Wareham
Each Arts Festival event needs 2/3 bar personnel, and 2 Front of House personnel who will check tickets at the door and sell tickets to those who have not yet booked. Please email Sue Johnson or Hugh Johnson if you wish to volunteer stating whether you would prefer to work on the bar, or on the Front Desk.
Bedford Park Photography Exhibition and Competition - See rules and how to enter on The Chiswick Calendar website.
Bedford Park Summer Exhibition - all local artists are welcome to enter - see details and entry form
Bedford Park Open Gardens on Sunday June 23rd - would you like to open your garden?
We will be showcasing up to a dozen gardens for people to enjoy on the final afternoon of the Festival. Would you like to open your garden and help raise money for local charities and St Michael & All Angels Church?
Once again we are looking for a varied range of gardens - from traditional to contemporary, large and small, formal and relaxed. Taking part is easy, good fun and a great way of meeting local people. If you would like to know more, please contact Carol Douglas.
Sing in the Festival Mass Choir
On Tuesday May 14th at 8pm in St Michael & All Angels Church, the Festival Mass Choir will begin rehearsals for the Festival Mass which will take place on the final day of the Bedford Park Festival. This year they are singing Josef Rheinberger’s Mass in C. Rehearsals are on Tuesdays at 8pm with a dress rehearsal with orchestra on Friday June 21st and the service on the morning of Sunday June 23rd. Please email Jonathan Dods for further details.
