On September 16th and 17th thousands of people will be attending Crow Point Festival - Newport's free celebration of the centenary of our wonderful Transporter Bridge.
We are now recruiting (voluntary and paid) stewards for the event. If you
are interested please complete and return the
application form and email it back or bring it along to one of our briefing
sessions (see below)
Safety is the thing! With a great lineup of local and national main stage
and community stage acts, plus special events, shows and all the fun of
the fair, Crow Point will be a popular event. We want to make sure it is
safe as well! We are now recruiting up to 200 stewards (paid at £6/hour
or voluntary) to help us ensure the Festival is safe and happy event for
everyone who comes along.
Stewards should attend one of the two briefing sessions we are running at
6.30pm on Monday September 11th or Wednesday 13th September at Coleg Gwent's
City of Newport Campus (formerly known as Nash College). You can link to
a map for directions to the College here.
Go to the College reception when you arrive for directions to the session.
These sessions will be friendly and informal. You will learn the essential
information about your role as a steward, be assigned to a team and receive
your stewards info pack.
Meet outside Corinthians Clubhouse on Stephenson Street for a site overview.
We will walk the site and show you the key points for stewards. At 7pm we
will rehearse our site evacuation plan which we will use at the end of each
evening to clear the site and in the case of a major incident at any other
time.
We all will need a rest after the Festival, but things don't stop there!
All stewards will be invited to our crew party in early October. You will
also be invited to participate in our festival evaluation to be held at
the Newport Hilton on the afternoon of Sunday October 8th. This is a head
down session to learn essential lessons from Crow Point for future community
events.
One of our aims is to recruit and train a team of event stewards and event
managers to help support the safe development of all community events in
the City. Over the last few months we have been working with Coleg Gwent
and the RISE Partnership
to launch an entry-level training course for event stewards in October.
( NSFE Level - 2 Certificate in Event Stewarding. Click here to
download course details). Dates and venues are being finalised by Coleg
Gwent now and full details will be available at our evaluation session or
on request.
Links in the community section include:
Click the following summary for more ...
04 Sept 2006
From the semi-natural ancient woodlands of Coed Wen and Plas Machen to the meadows at Llanmartin and the wet pastures and reen systems of the Levels, Newport has a wealth of habitats and wildlife. You can find out more by meetingNewport's Countryside Team at Crow Point Festival.
One thing you shouldn't miss if you come to the festival by bike is the Newport Wetlands Reserve. The Reserve was created as compensation for the loss of habitat caused by the building of the barrage in Cardiff Bay. Reedbeds, lowland wet grassland, saline lagoons, and saltmarsh have been created over 438.6 ha between Uskmouth and Goldcliff.
04 Sept 2006
After a hearing on Monday 4th September Crow Point Festival has a full licence for the 16th and 17th September. Crow Point is the first large scale event of its sort to get a licence in Newport since the new licensing act was introduced.
The festival organisers are delighted to have received this piece of good news. We would like to remind the public that no cars are allowed on site and that last entrance on both days will be at 7.30pm. For more information on opening times and admission requirements please click here. Enjoy the free festival!!
18 Sept 2006
Over the weekend of Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th September close to 14,000 attended the free attractions in Coronation Park. After a delayed start we saw 5,300 on Saturday and a further 8,500 on Sunday. More information will appear on the website over the next weekend. In the meantime Crow Point organisers would like to thank our team of workers, our sponsors and supporters, our traders and the public of Newport for making this such a great event.
04 Sept 2006
On Saturday 16th September the festival programme includes a late-season produce show. This the first horticultural and produce show in the centre of Newport for many years.
The produce show marks and supports the renewed interest in gardening and healthy eating in the City. The schedule of competition classes, which are aimed at both novice and expert growers, is now available to download by clicking here . For further information contact Sara Walsh on 01633 665989 (evenings) or at saras.garden@ntlworld.com .
31st July 2006
Crow Point will be one of the fundraising events to support Mayor Miqdad Al-Nuaimi's two chosen charities: Growing Space and the Campaign to Restore St Woolos Cathedral.
Crow Point will help these two causes by giving them the excluive rights to collect money at the festival. Please click here for more.
