Fright Night

I went to the meeting with local police at 11 am today to talk about a youth project planned for halloween.

This is called Fright Night - a free event arranged for Halloween. Halloween is on 31st October, which in 2009 falls on a Saturday. This is going to be called Fright Night. The rationale behind it is that there is a big nuisance spike at Halloween, and in the past, some of the usual suspects have been taken off for a weekend away. Although this has given residents a measure of relief, it has led to people to feel angry and to suggest that that is tantamount to rewarding bad behaviour. What about an event for everyone, and especially families and those who do not misbehave? This year there will be a community event that everyone can go to - not just those kids who misbehave.

The venue will be King George V playing fields and it will be organised as a family event from 5 pm to 10 pm with a mini funfare. This will be a no-alcohol family style event. There will be a free shuttle mini bus to bring kids in from around other areas, including those from other wards and afterwards a drop-off will be arranged. - We are hoping to take kids back to the street where they live - not just a single drop off point.

Things that are planned are a funfair - with dancing, bands, on stage thriller dance. Organised with help from Oaklands College who have also picked out some of the best students, including those who were talent-spotted during the street dance project over the summer.

There will also be a mini-funfair.

Some of the events will be:

Ghost Train
Stage magic
Spooky bouncy castle
Local School bands
Free face painting - with the help of students from Oaklands college
Costume competition
Children's rides
Fire brigade
Smoke tent

WGC safer neighbourhooods team will be there
Oaklands college will send 15 - 20 marshalls, and stewards, these will be drawn from the public services course at Oaklands College.

There will be media present - Heartbeat FM, Anglia TV.

See you there - this is an event not to be missed!