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Christmas
Collaborative Now that the summer is officially over, we are looking ahead towards Christmas and speaking to organisations across Hythe about plans for the festive season. Celebrations might be a little different this year, focusing on smaller scale events on Saturdays rather than one single large event. We hope that partnering with community minded organisations such as Hythe Life Magazine, Rotary, and Hythe Business and Tourism Association will help create inclusive events that bring renewed energy and a spirit of unity to our High Street and the community. The biggest project we have been working on this year is the Amazing Christmas lights, we have over 1.5 miles of light going up and down the High street. As you can imagine this is a mammoth task and requires a lot of funding. To discuss how we are going to go about raising funds for the lights this year and in the future, organisations are invited to meet at the council offices. We are hoping to fund other Christmas events this year and in the future to so have been coming up with ideas on how we can spread some much needed festive cheer over the season. Hythe Life Magazine has donated over a third of the money needed for the Lights in previous years and are hoping they will this year, the collaborative with the HBTA raises a sizable amount. The remaining money is hoped to be raised from support of other organisations and crowd funding. If you would like to get involved with “Everything Christmas” and would like to help with fund raising at the next collaborative meeting, please contact Hythe Town council Email: Admin@hythe-tc.gov.uk . Or if you would like to pledge a donation this can be done by contacting any of the below organisations.
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