[jedimaster]

Originally Posted by Gayle

This is the big stumbling block of course.
Finding some people to actually do these things - there are plenty of people willing to pitch in with good ideas but they seem to expect some mythical body to actually do these things.

Let's look at some of the tasks needed

Decide what the actual event would be (the group as a whole ie. volunteer commitee)
Design posters (me)
Print posters - who's going to pay for that? (me)
Distribute posters - all around Hyndburn, Blackburn and even Burnley
Sign up stall holders/participants (volunteers)
Notify all shop keepers as to how they can be involved (volunteers)
Get stall holders at the market involved (not required)
Send out letters to the press to get publicity(volunteers)
Apply for the licence (should be automatically given by hbc as they are in charge)
Fill in any forms needed to get road closures or permissions - bear in mind that even if you want to put a poster up on a highway you need to apply for permission (see hbc above)
Do a running order of the event - if it's an event (project manager)
Decide what the competition is - organise it and then judge it (project manager)
Find judges (apply for volunteers through the community section of observer)
Get prizes - talk to people about donations for prizes (volunteers - mrs jedi good at this)
Award prizes - invite the Mayor to come (simple job)
Look after the Mayor for the evening (project manager)
Do you need a loud speaker system so that the Mayor can be heard? (can get one or get the bee or hospital radio events team to cover)
Invite people down to the event - print invites - cost involved. (me)


All of these items on the list are off the top of my head and I'm not saying it can't be done. But you need to find quite a few people willing to share out the jobs and do it because it might sound simple but never is.

Find the people and I'll help.

we have a wonderful resource called hyndburn CVS for recruiting volunteers we can also canvas local community groups for help for instance new era are very pro community events