Bunting, balloons, flags and face painting – Karbon communities celebrated the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in style.
From picnics in the park and gatherings in church halls to afternoon tea and traditional street parties, the Jubilee weekend provided a right royal reason for our neighbourhoods to come together.
Karbon invested £12,000 to help our communities organise a get together to remember and a total of 62 grants of up to £500 were awarded across the region. That number included 21 individual residents and 41 community groups. Here are just two of them…
You are cordially invited to...Community centre celebration
Where: Hadston Youth and Community Projects, Morpeth
Who: Open invitation to the whole community of Hadston
Highlights: Royalty themed games including Pin the Tail on the Corgi and Musical Thrones. Live music, streaming of the Queen’s life on a projector and crown making with help from artists from the Dry Art Centre in Amble.
“It was so lovely to bring the whole community back together after Covid. This was the first proper opportunity we’d had to do this and it was very much needed. People have been desperate to be back together!”
John Shepherd, Managing Assistant
You are cordially invited to... 1950s street party
Where: Crossfields, Coulby Newham, Middlesbrough
Who: All residents of Crossfields
Highlights: 1950s dress up, Jubilee music and afternoon tea. Karaoke, bouncy castle, prize bingo and party games.
“We really got to know our neighbours during Covid and often came together to do doorstep bingo or karaoke and deliver afternoon tea or treats to the older residents. It’s been lovely to have another chance to keep that community spirit going. Before the pandemic, people kept themselves to themselves but now we have something special between us.”
Tracey Hughes, organiser and customer
It was important to support our customers’ celebrations for lots of reasons. It offered a great opportunity for neighbours to get together, reconnect with old friends and make new friendships, after a couple of distressing years of isolation caused by the pandemic.
Mary Ormston, Community Connector
Bunting, balloons, flags and face painting – Karbon communities celebrated the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in style.
From picnics in the park and gatherings in church halls to afternoon tea and traditional street parties, the Jubilee weekend provided a right royal reason for our neighbourhoods to come together.
Karbon invested £12,000 to help our communities organise a get together to remember and a total of 62 grants of up to £500 were awarded across the region. That number included 21 individual residents and 41 community groups. Here are just two of them…
You are cordially invited to...Community centre celebration
Where: Hadston Youth and Community Projects, Morpeth
Who: Open invitation to the whole community of Hadston
Highlights: Royalty themed games including Pin the Tail on the Corgi and Musical Thrones. Live music, streaming of the Queen’s life on a projector and crown making with help from artists from the Dry Art Centre in Amble.
“It was so lovely to bring the whole community back together after Covid. This was the first proper opportunity we’d had to do this and it was very much needed. People have been desperate to be back together!”
John Shepherd, Managing Assistant
You are cordially invited to... 1950s street party
Where: Crossfields, Coulby Newham, Middlesbrough
Who: All residents of Crossfields
Highlights: 1950s dress up, Jubilee music and afternoon tea. Karaoke, bouncy castle, prize bingo and party games.
“We really got to know our neighbours during Covid and often came together to do doorstep bingo or karaoke and deliver afternoon tea or treats to the older residents. It’s been lovely to have another chance to keep that community spirit going. Before the pandemic, people kept themselves to themselves but now we have something special between us.”
Tracey Hughes, organiser and customer
It was important to support our customers’ celebrations for lots of reasons. It offered a great opportunity for neighbours to get together, reconnect with old friends and make new friendships, after a couple of distressing years of isolation caused by the pandemic.
Mary Ormston, Community Connector
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