Decision details

Light up New Romney Lantern Parade – Materials for Lantern making workshops – a series of workshops including two at St Nicholas School to enable as many people as possible to get involved and make their own lanterns for the parade.

The event culminates at the Old School, with carol singing in the garden.

To provide funding of £300 to the above project.

Reason for decision:

There was a clear need for a winter/Christmas event to help provide a boost to New Romney for both the community and traders.  Late night shopping in the town had not taken place for over a decade. Compared to how vibrant the community spirit is during the summer, the consensus was that New Romney was a sad place in the winter with no events taking place.

We wanted to produce a winter event which the town would be proud of and which would benefit the community and traders on the High Street. Last year saw our first Lantern Parade which was a great success with an estimated 2000 people attending the parade and the all-day workshop.