Resources
From local cookery to craft to music to neighbourliness, it’s all part of a Fete. Check out our resources to bring The Fête of Britain to your town.
The Fête Blueprint
Your guide to everything a Fête involves, what they feel like and look like and how to put one on.
Good Neighbours Directory link to guide
A washing line filled with people’s ‘entries’ of who their good neighbours are. It’s a lovely way to dress the space. You’ll need some string (or washing line), some card/paper and pegs or paper clips.
The Fête of Britain Zine Station link to guide
Zines are a fun visual way to document how we feel about where we live, our hopes, dreams and concerns about the future, our love and our annoyances. You’ll need a couple of tables, a few chairs, and a bunch of old magazines, printouts, cards etc. Most times there have been local zine creatives who have run the workshop/table.
The Soapbox link to guide
Popping up throughout the day, the soapbox shines a light on the amazing people and groups from your local area who are doing great things and getting things done. This is an invitation for local community organisers to talk about their work. It’s a call to action: an opportunity to share, celebrate and inspire. You’ll need a space, platform or space on a stage for people to speak from, a mic if possible and someone to keep the time.
Recipes of Love (in collaboration for Humanity Project) link to guide
This workshop brings people together to make, talk and share recipes and memories about the food they love. You’ll need a table and chairs, pens and paper. It’s great if there is a kitchen space that can be used to make a dish or two or food to share, but not essential. Contact Humanity Project for more info.
Nation of Neighbours flag posters link to guide
Our nation needs new flags to represent how we live together. Flags to celebrate how we accept one another’s differences, flags to honour hard won battles against inequalities, flags to glorify the welfare state. Here, you’ll find over 40 flag posters designed by some of the most well-known designers in the UK, free for you to use and decorate your space.
Public Living Room link to guide
A public living room is a no-agenda space made up with sofas, chairs, rugs, coffee tables and lamps, games, cups of tea and biscuits, bunting and fairy lights (very important!), and plonked right there inside, or preferably outside, your event, as a way to encourage people to pop in, but also just to sit and have a chat and a biscuit with a stranger. It’s a simple but profoundly powerful concept championed by our friends The Association of Camerados!
Workshop Menu link to guide
A few more ideas you can include in your programme, from workshops to tea ceremonies, along with guidance on who you might like to collaborate with.