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06<br />
Get ready to party<br />
The Diamond Jubilee long weekend (2-5<br />
June) in <strong>Newham</strong> looks set to be a fantastic<br />
celebration, with many applications for street<br />
parties already received despite it being<br />
three months away.<br />
Coupled with all the other events<br />
planned in schools, gardens, parks,<br />
pubs, open spaces and community<br />
centres, the scale of celebration is likely<br />
to be even greater than that of last<br />
year’s Royal Wedding.<br />
We are being inundated daily with<br />
enquiries about the June weekend, the<br />
2012 Games and St George’s Day.<br />
“Enthusiasm is rising and so<br />
far we have had more than<br />
150 applications, at a rate<br />
well beyond that of last<br />
year’s Royal Wedding.”<br />
As part of our Let’s Get the Party<br />
Started programme to help you organise<br />
your own events, we are pulling out all<br />
the stops to make holding your party as<br />
straightforward as possible by cutting<br />
out the red tape.<br />
We can help you with grants of<br />
between £250 and £500, advise you on<br />
road closures and offer practical help with<br />
promoting your event. We can also help<br />
you fi nd a venue and get support from our<br />
<strong>Newham</strong> Volunteers.<br />
Not every application will be perfect<br />
fi rst time round, but if you have<br />
Community celebrations mark last year’s Royal Wedding<br />
questions or problems, talk to us; with a<br />
bit of common sense and by talking to<br />
each other we should be able to fi nd a<br />
solution.<br />
Enthusiasm is rising and so far we<br />
have had almost 150 applications, at a<br />
rate well beyond that of last year’s Royal<br />
Wedding. You are telling us you had such<br />
a great time at street parties then that<br />
you want to hold one again, and many<br />
people who didn’t get involved in those<br />
community celebrations don’t want to<br />
miss out this time round.<br />
Bringing communities together is one<br />
of our key roles so it’s fantastic that the<br />
Diamond Jubilee weekend and Games<br />
will get people across <strong>Newham</strong> coming<br />
together to enjoy a good old knees-up.<br />
The East End’s street party tradition<br />
has been well and truly resurrected and<br />
people have told me they are preparing<br />
to dust down their fold-out tables and<br />
unpack the bunting.<br />
Our straightforward guidance is<br />
available from Local Service Centres,<br />
libraries and online, along with simple<br />
application forms: visit www.newham.<br />
gov.uk/party<br />
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