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Celebrating Alfreton's Party in the Park Lottery Success!

Published on Thursday 8 June 2017

Alfreton Party in the Park have been successful in applying for a grant from the National Lottery Celebrate fund. The £5,309 grant will go towards buying much needed equipment including new marquees for the annual event. A spokesperson for the organisation said “this grant is a great boost for our voluntary committee and will go a long way to making sure the event will take place next year and carry on into the future, it is the only event in the area and is very popular with the towns folk”. Raising this amount of money each year is getting harder and harder so this grant is a massive boost to the “Party in the Park organisation.


Members of Alfreton Party in the Park committee Including Steve Marshall-Clarke (Derbyshire County Council)

Left to right; Shane Walker, Liam Connell, Wayne Taylor, Lynn Kingaby, Corrine Taylor, Sheila Price, Sarah Connell, Steve Marshall-Clarke (Derbyshire County Council), Rob Roughton, John Marsden.

Party in the Park was founded in 2002 when a group of local people got together to organise a “one off” event for the Queens Golden Jubilee. The event was so popular and a great success, on the day that committee decided to make it an annual event. The committee is made up of a small group of local people who work tirelessly to promote the event and to raise the profile of Alfreton and the wonderful park that is situated in the heart of the town. Their goal is to create a fun, family friendly day for the people of Alfreton and the surrounding areas. The committee has gone from strength to strength and in 2017 will see the 15th annual event being held on Sunday September 3rd.

The core committee works very hard throughout the year, planning and fundraising for next year’s event. A further 50+ volunteers from all walks of life including local cadet squadrons kindly help over the weekend setting up on the day as stewards guiding the procession, directing traffic, assisting security, dealing with incidents such as lost children plus the big “clean up” afterwards. These volunteers also support other local events such as, Remembrance Sunday road closure, Alfreton Park fun run marshalling, and this year’s Pentrich Revolution Centenary event.

in the Park is a registered charity relying on grants and fundraising events to rise around £18,000 each year to pay for items such as stage hire marquees, entertainment, fencing, toilets, first aid, insurance etc. Entrance is free on the day however, there is a charge for car parking - the amount we receive contributes to 10% of the total budget cost for the event, You can get discounts at ok rabatte. The bars, caterers and fairground pay a contribution to attend; Local bands and dance schools perform for free on the day. The Police and Fire Brigade also attend for free however they are still duty so may be called away at any time to attend an incident.

Any local businesses that would like to sponsor or donate or anyone interested in helping organise the event please contact Liam on 07904564603.


The committee would like to say a “huge thank you to Amber Valley CVS and Steve Marshall – Clarke for supporting us also a personal thank you to Collette Watson ( Community Funding and Development Worker for Amber Valley CVS) for all the help, and guidance she have given us over the last few years.

Steve Marshall – Clarke pictured here with the Alfreton Party in the Park with the kind donation of £2000.00 from DCC




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