A Kettering church will be filled with festive trees this Christmas in a new event for the town, with the Mayor of Kettering hosting the first-ever Kettering Christmas Tree Festival, in partnership with St Andrews Church.
Community groups, organisations and charities are decorating the trees which will then be on display in December. The winning tree will be awarded a thank you prize of £100 from the Mayor, with members of the public able to vote for their favourite.
The 20, six-foot trees are being provided by Ise Garden Centre and will be ready to decorate December. They will be in the church from Saturday 14 December across the festive period for people to come and see.
Mayor of Kettering, Cllr Craig Skinner, said: “I am really pleased to be hosting this new festival. It’s a great way of celebrating Christmas and allowing local groups to get involved and share the good work they are doing. I am really looking forward to seeing all the creative ways the trees are decorated and showcasing our great town.”
Rev Tom Houston, from St Andrew’s Church, said: “We were so pleased to be asked to host this Christmas Tree festival and enable more people to experience the amazing redevelopment works inside the church.
“I’m very excited to see the creativity from the different groups as they decorate their trees and we hope that this helps raise the awareness of the many wonderful charities and organisations in the town who do such important work.”
There will be a grand opening of the festival with the Mayor 10am, Saturday 14 December at St Andrew’s Church, Kettering.
The festival will be open for public viewing:
Saturday 14 December, 10am to 2pm
Friday 20 December, 5pm to 8pm
Saturday 21 December, 2pm to 4pm
Friday 27 December, 2pm to 4pm
Saturday 28 December, 2pm to 4pm
These organisations who will be decorating a tree are:
5th Kettering Scout Group
Kettering Mind
Grange Resource Centre
Kettering Community Unit
William Street Community Garden
Isebrook School
Hayfield Cross Primary School
St Peter’s School
The Green Patch, Groundwork Trust
Brightwayz
Picture the Difference
Millbrook Junior School
Kettering Kosmos Women’s Institute
Kettering Quilters
Youth Works
Shine Arts
Kettering Civic Society
Team Mikayla
Kettering Wombles
www.ketteringtowncouncil.gov.uk/christmas
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