Ravenfield Community Plan Group

Toni Leach

Telephone: 07739 478682
Email: rfg.enquires@gmail.com
Website: http://

The journey began in 2019 when Toni decided that she wanted our village to have an annual Community event where we could all come together. The Parish Council had previously organised events but due to costs/loss of events on this scale, it would no longer be in the future plans of the Council.

Then 2020 hit us and Covid shut everything down. Over the next two years the Group started fundraising as and when they could. This started with organising a Driveway Sale with residents paying £5 to basically have a car-boot on their own driveway, and that was the start!

We then organised a full car boot at The Cavalier, a Christmas Market at The Cavalier, a Halloween Party at the Parish Hall and a Race Night at The Cavalier.
The Group then started to look at organising the first Fete for 2022. It was a steep learning curve! We have now organised three events, and each year we learn a bit more.
The Group is now down to 4 volunteers who form the Committee. Jenny is Chair, Lynsey is Secretary, Grace is Treasurer and Toni is Treasurer and Fete Organiser. As a Committee we have a Constitution and bank account, with all meetings having an agenda and minutes taken.

For the three events we have organised we have relied on family and friends to help support us steward the event. Going forward we will be requesting that help from our community.

We have had great support from business’ who have come back to our event each year, and business’ who have heard how well organised the event is and wanted to be involved.

The Group will be looking for volunteers from the community to come on board for any future events. Without this the Fete will just not survive.

Please get in touch if you would like to be a part of future events. You do no need any experience, we learn together as we go along!