Save Bracknell's South Hill Park arts centre and sign the petition

Please do support South Hill Park arts centre which is losing its grant from the Art Council due to the government cuts. From £216,745 for 2011/12, to £100,000 for 2012/2013 and zero from 2014. see save_south_hill_park_say_protesters

 

This funding helps to pay for events such as the Big Day Out festival, it also helps funds those parts of the arts that do not bring in large amounts of funds to the arts centre.

The petition to keep some of the funding can be found at http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/save_our_south_hill_park/

Hopefully this cut won't mean the loss of our arts centre, however I'm sure it will lead to a loss in some of the arts or an increase in ticket prices. I guess we will soon find out.

 

Armed forces Big Day Out in Bracknell

Saturday was a busy day in Bracknell with a parade in town for our Armed Forces and a big day out festival at South Hill Park.

This was the first ever armed forces parade of any kind in Bracknell town. It was well attended and well organised with representation from Many Standards, Veterans, Gurkhas and Cadets. There were also a number of stalls, too many to mention. Veterans were presented with veteran badges by the Mayor of Bracknell after the parade.

Also on Saturday was Bracknell’s big day out festival which is held at South Hill Park and was well attended in the sun. There were many acts and plenty of activities to get involved in at this free event that catered well for families.

All in all a great sunny Saturday in Bracknell.

Please find here the official armed forces day web site

http://www.armedforcesday-bracknell.co.uk/

And the details of the Big Day out festival in Bracknell

http://www.southhillpark.org.uk/documents/SHP_big_day_out2009.pdf

http://www.myspace.com/bigdayoutuk


I would also like to give my personal thanks to the veterans for what they did and continue to do to keep our country free. Thank you