Pig Chase
‘We created our ‘Pig Chase’ scarecrow trail three years ago, inspired by the infamous Tamworth Two, a pair of pigs that escaped from the local abattoir and made international headlines. Each year we choose a different theme; last year it was Piggywood. Each pig scarecrow was dressed up to represent the title of a film and participants had to guess the title. We held a competition to guess the most movies correctly and had a vote for the best three pigs. Six months before the event, we start
contacting individuals, families and companies that have previously built scarecrows to see if they would be
interested in joining in again. We also offer three levels of sponsorship. Bronze costs £30 and the sponsor gets their details in the trail map and signage next to the pig on the day of the event. Silver costs £50 and means the company also gets their logo on a stall, as well as in the trail map and promotional information. Gold sponsorship (£100) gets the company logo on all advertising and also on one of the bigger fair stalls. In the past couple of years, we’ve
focused on advertising far and wide to attract visitors from miles around. We do a flyer drop in the local villages and send out a newsletter with raffle tickets. We advertise in the local press and place banners on key sites around the village
and in the local town. Our efforts attract between 500 and 700 people a year. We hold the trail on a Saturday
afternoon in either June or July. Participating families work their way around the trail, filling in the map with the answers. Tea, coffee and cake are available at the church, a villager provides a refreshment stop in her garden and we hold our summer fair at the school at the same time. In 2019, we raised £4,400 from the
Pig Chase, raffle and fair. This year’s theme is going to be ‘Olympig’, based on the Olympics.’ Kellie Chandler, former PTA chair, Lea & Garsdon CofE Primary School, Lea, Wiltshire (110 pupils)
Special persons tea party
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‘Our school garden was looking unloved. Parents had been working hard to clear weeds and paths, but the area still lacked colour. We needed an idea for an event that would brighten up the garden and reach out to the community. One of our members suggested a grandparents tea party to help involve more of our extended families. It was decided that, because all families are different and not all children have grandparents, we would make it a ‘special persons tea party’. On the day, grandparents, friends, cousins, aunts and uncles all attended and it was a very inclusive event. Each person was asked to bring a plant with
them to help brighten up the garden. Some were bought from local garden centres while others had been lovingly grown at home by keen gardeners. On the day, more than 70 special people came,
which was a great turnout for a school of 93 pupils! It was so popular that we had to run two sittings in the school hall. We greeted the special people, paired them up with their special child and invited them in for cake and refreshments donated by
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