Gavin Williamson, MP for South Staffordshire, attended a Festival on Easter Monday at Holy Cross Church, Bilbrook.
Gavin visited many of the stalls, meeting stallholders and residents who, despite a smattering of snow, were enjoying activities on offer. There was a wide variety of stalls offering games, puzzles, prizes, cakes, raffles and bric-a-brac. Local community group Friends of Bilbrook who work so hard locally with various community projects also had a stall detailing their achievements and upcoming activities.
The church has invested significant funds into the Easter Monday Fair, investing heavily in providing gazebos for the stalls in the street as well as more family orientated games and activities. The Easter Monday Fair is now in its 35th year, having originally been organised to pay for the refurbishment of the church hall in the 1980s. All of the profits that are now raised by the fair are put straight back into funding church's community activities for all ages.
After the event Gavin commented: “Despite the weather, there was a brilliant turnout at the Easter Fair last Monday in Bilbrook. I would like to thank all those involved in Holy Cross Church for once again organising a wonderful community event.
“It is so great to see all the money raised will go straight back into the community, funding various important projects and providing funding for the church's community activities for all ages. It is fantastic to see local people putting so much in to making both of these events such a great success. At this special time of year, it is events like this that bring communities together and which are so important for all of us.”