The Wimbledon Village FairWimbledon Common Southside
Saturday 20th June 2009
10.30am – 5.30pm
Entry free
The Wimbledon Village Fair
The Wimbledon Village Fair on Saturday 20th June is not just a great day out on beautiful Wimbledon Common – it’s also a good way to support your local charity, the Wimbledon Guild. Last year, the fair raised £45,000, a tremendous contribution to the Guild’s work in the local community. This year, with under 5% government funding and a rising need for help, we are aiming high again.
The All England Club is our main sponsor and we are grateful too to so many other local businesses that sponsor the Fair and advertise in our programme - you can find the whole list on www.wimbledonguild.co.uk – helping us cover our set-up costs so that all the money raised on the day goes to the charity. We try to use only local suppliers and have only local sponsors, keeping the Fair a really local event – and a lot of the work on the day is done by our fantastic volunteers, over 100 last year.
Please get in touch if you’d like to get involved in any way.
Sponsorship / general Fair enquiries : Jane Bretton:
Volunteering : Libby Asher:
NB all stalls are now sold and allocated, but to go on the database for the 2010 Fair, contact Chris Brown:
What’s on at the Fair this year?
As usual, there will be loads for all the family to do and to eat and drink!
This year, attractions will include
Horse Show from 9.00 am ~ further details from Wimbledon Village Stables on 020 8946 8579
Fun Dog Show further details from Stone Lion Veterinary Centre 020 8946 4228
200 craft and produce stalls an enormous range of fun and fascinating things to buy
Entertainment all day on a central stage
Food Village including a Young’s beer tent, champagne/wine bar and loads of other food and drink stalls
Tea Garden
Wimbledon Nannies’ Crèche where the children can be looked after whilst Mum and Dad have a browse
Large Farmers’ Market
Pony rides
Wimbledon Junior Tennis Initiative’s tennis court - come and have a go!
WG Raffle with fantastic prizes
Win a Car raffle!
Spider Mountain
Activities from AFC Wimbledon
Human Table Football
Sumo wrestling and rodeo rides!
Tug of War competition
18F Squadron ATC ’s junior obstacle course
Punch & Judy
Mr Alexander’s Travelling Show
Coconut Shy
Wimbledon’s Fire Engine
Deen City Farm
Elys’ Huge Tombola
Children’s book stall
Bouncy castle and other small rides
Fun Fair – and much more!
Come and have fun at the Fair and help us raise money to continue our valuable work.
Where does the money go?
These are just some of the ways we use the money:
£4 funds a hot meal for an older person at our warm, friendly day centre
£14 provides a housebound person with a weekly companionship visit
£50 funds a free counselling session for a young person in distress
£75 buys a school uniform for a child, helping to avoid bullying and exclusion
£200 furnishes a home for a family through our local collection of unwanted goods
£880 gets a week’s nursing respite care at our care home
£1,000 funds our annual entertainment event for 100, giving a lift to the spirits of isolated older people
More dates for your diary ~
Other WG fundraising events in 2009 include:
Thursday May 20th : Race Night at Wimbledon High School – apply to Jane Bretton for tickets
Sat 19th Sept : The Big Sleep-out – join the fun as a sponsored sleeper – apply to Libby Asher for more information
Sat 7th Nov : Not the Nine O’Clock News Quiz with Andy Hamilton – apply to Libby Asher for tickets
To find out more about Wimbledon Guild fundraising events, see www.wimbledonguild.co.uk or ring the Fundraising Department on 020 8946 0735.
Wimbledon Guild
Guild House
30-32 Worple Road
Wimbledon
London SW19 4EF
