For the past few years we have organised, promoted and successfully run a Christmas wreath-making class with the award-winning RHS Chelsea Gold medal winning Hilary's Floral Design of Abergavenny. Held at a venue in Raglan the class has proven popular through our social media advertising and looks set to become bigger for Christmases to come.
Following the success of the Wye Valley Food Festival, a second one-day festival returned to Chepstow racecourse and featured cookery demonstrations, live music, an indoor craft market and a host of food and drink traders.
The inaugural Wye Valley Food Festival was born out of our passion for food and desire to showcase the home-grown produce and talent Monmouthshire has on its doorstep. Having been a part of the event’s team for a similar festival in the area we took the plunge and organised our own two-day free-entry festival at the prestigious venue Chepstow Racecourse. Featuring a chef’s theatre, musicians, children’s activities and fair rides, over 70 craft, food and drink traders and musicians the festival attracted more than 5,000 visitors. Our social media, Sunshine Radio campaign and extensive press coverage paid off and ensured the festival was a success.
In 2018 we founded the inaugural Wedding Dress Charity Ball to raise funds for causes close to our hearts. The event, held at the Celtic Manor Resort, Newport, raised thousands for Velindre Cancer Centre and St David’s Hospice Care. We came up with the idea to hold a ball to give brides the chance to wear their dress one more time and were over-whelmed by the support and generosity of our guests. The event, believed to be the first of its kind in South Wales, was held in the prestigious Caernarfon Ballroom andfeatured a three-course dinner, disco, live band, auction and singing waiters. As well as raising vital funds, the story featured in several local newspapers, the Wales on Sunday and news websites, helping to raise the profile and work of our charities.
We were approached by the event’s organiser with a brief to promote the fundraising supper, which formed part of the world-famous Abergavenny Food Festival’s fringe events. Hosted by a Pride of Gwent winner, the supper raised funds for the Abergavenny Scouts and the Conference and Art Centre Cornerstone’s sensory garden for the Royal National Institute for the Blind in Cardiff. Using promotional images and creating press releases that featured in local weekly and daily newspapers, together with social media posts, the event was a sell-out and raised thousands.
RURAL BUS SHELTER DISPLAYS NATIVITY SCENE
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RESIDENTS in a sleepy Welsh village discovered their bus shelter has been transformed into a nativity scene tonight (SUN)
Worshipers coming out of a carol service at St Cadoc’s Church and customers at The Beaufort in Raglan, Monmouthshire, were greeted by a life-size nativity display featuring mannequins dressed in costume, which mysteriously appeared in the shelter on high Street at around 6.30pm.
It is unclear who was behind the transformation but one customer said he thought it will bring joy to the community and help to promote the true meaning of Christmas.
“It is one of the most recognizable symbols of the festive season”, said a local passerby.
“There was clearly no room at the inn, which is directly opposite,” he added.
