Brentford Festival celebrates Charity Award

The organisers of the Brentford Festival can wipe the perspiration from their brows and breathe a communal sigh of relief now that they have received a charity award from Ealing & Brentford Consolidated Charities (EBCC) towards the ever popular Brentford Festival. In order to accommodate a wide range of local and national charities at the Festival, Brentford Festival offer especially low fees (£10.00) for charities to take stalls who, in turn, provide games, raffles, entertainment, advice and assistance to festival visitors.

Unfortunately, this fantastically low price for official charities comes at a cost to the festival. The award from EBCC will, therefore, provide a buffer and, if you will excuse the pun, consolidate a long association between EBCC and the Brentford Festival, being the third year that EBCC has substantially supported this major event.

In the words of Maggie Pound, Grants & Quality Performance Manager with
The Ealing & Brentford Consolidated Charity, following last year’s Brentford Festival:

“"EBCC had a very successful day with our stall and from what I could tell the other stalls were also well frequented. I was able to meet a number of stallholders whose group EBCC had funded, which was a nice bonus. ... Everyone I spoke to was genuinely enjoying themselves and there was a lovely family atmosphere. Even the weather co-operated. So again a big thank you to all involved. "

EBCC is a major grant provider and has delivered over 30 grants totalling £1,010,000 since 2004 to groups and charities within the Ealing and Brentford area. These have included grants to the Log Cabin, BFC Sport in the Community, Open House and Ealing Abbey. In addition EBCC provide sheltered homes for the elderly and owns two allotment sites. For mor information please visit their website http://www.e-bcc.org.uk.

The Brentford Festival, which takes place in Boston Manor Park, on the border between Ealing and Hounslow, on the first Sunday in September each year, is one of the major community events in the West London calendar, attracting 10,000 visitors – and growing! For full information about this year’s event, please visit the website at www.brentfordfestival.org.uk/BF2010.htm. The organisers of the Brentford Festival all contribute their time on a voluntary basis and any funds raised are used to improve facilities in Boston Manor Park and surrounding areas.