Council grants to help celebrate Queen's Platinum Jubilee in Harrogate
The council has handed out £37,000.
Last updated 16th May 2022
Harrogate Borough Council has given £37,000 worth of grants to community groups - to help celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.
The council has given 46 grants to fund events and activities taking place over the bank holiday weekend next month.
Councillor Richard Cooper, leader of Harrogate Borough Council, said: "I’m delighted we have issued so many grants to community groups across the Harrogate district to help celebrate the Her Majesty The Queen's Platinum Jubilee.
"Her Majesty The Queen is the first British Monarch to celebrate a platinum jubilee and it is therefore only right we recognise this momentous event in such a way.
"I’m sure that the residents – young and old – who are involved in the festivities of these 46 community groups will remember this event for many, many years to come.
"And of course, there are events happening all across the district. Not least, a four-day event across Harrogate town centre that will truly bring the community and visitors to our wonderful town together."
From Thursday 2 June until Sunday 5 June, Valley Gardens in Harrogate will host a four-day event that will include magicians, juggling shows, character meet and greets, fairground rides, an artisan market and live music performances.
Part of the Stray will also be transformed into Jubilee Square, with a large stage and video screen broadcasting events from central London, a Harrogate mastermind quiz, dog show, live music and family-friendly films on the big screen.
Organisers of Bishop Monkton’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations said: "We are delighted to receive a grant from Harrogate Borough Council towards the costs of projects which will leave a lasting legacy for the future.
Ripon Cathedral’s Canon Ailsa Newby said: "Ripon Cathedral is very pleased that Harrogate Borough Council has made a grant towards the costs of the celebration tea party in honour of Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee. We shall be hosting 140 people to afternoon tea in the cathedral nave to celebrate this remarkable achievement."
Skelton-cum-Newby Parish Council, who received a grant, said: "Harrogate Borough Council's generous grant to our parish council has the potential to change our planned Platinum Jubilee event from just an event to a truly memorable occasion. We are now able to engage a professional artist to supply music on the day and have ordered commemorative mugs for all our children in the village to mark a reign which will most likely never be repeated again. Thank you Harrogate Borough Council."