Beeston festival is organised by a committee of local residents, with posts of Chair, Secretary and Treasurer elected at an Annual General Meeting held in the Autumn. We work closely with other groups and agencies including other community groups.
Friends of Cross Flatts Park in particular but also Groundwork Leeds, local sport, arts and youth organisations, and Leeds City Council's Area Regeneration Team and Parks Department. Our operating ethos is one of participation and empowerment and of partnership working.
The aim of the festival is to provide an exciting, entertaining and informative day that brings together all the different communities in Beeston. In doing so, we hope to promote racial harmony, local regeneration, community sports and arts, and environmental education. We also aim to positively portray both Beeston and Cross Flatts Park.
Beeston Festival relies on sponsorship, grants and donations for its continuing success. So far this year we have received sponsorship from Arts@Leeds, Leeds 11 Community Grants, MICE, Tiger 11 and Beeston Motor Spares. The organising committee would like to thank them all for their support.
Beeston Broncos Junior Rugby League Club will for the second year running be joining forces with the Hamara Healthy Living Centre, the Rugby Football League, Leeds Rugby Foundation and Leeds City Council Sports Development at the Beeston Festival to promote rugby league to the Beeston Community.
The Broncos and the Beeston Festival are delighted to announce that local boy and Rugby League legend Ikram Butt has agreed to come along on the day to promote his new autobiography and support the partnership.
At 3pm Ikram Butt will be meeting our local MP Hilary Benn, then will visit the festival Sports Zone and do a book signing of his new autobiography 'Tries and Prejudice: The Autobiography of England's First Muslim Rugby International'.
Don't miss this amazing opportunity to meet one of the most influential Asian role models in the country.
For more info about the book visit http://www.therhinos.co.uk/news/7362.php
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