By North Lincolnshire to receive funding for Platinum Jubilee celebrations
Over 30 North Lincolnshire community groups, councils and voluntary organisations are set to receive thousands of pounds in funding to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Celebrations.
The major milestone has encouraged North Lincolnshire Council to help local communities so that they do not miss out on the Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
In June 2022, the nation will receive an extended bank-holiday weekend to celebrate the Queen’s 70-year reign.
A variety of community-led activities and events will be available to residents over that June weekend.
The Platinum Jubilee events will be financed by the council’s generous fund of over £18,000, which will be spread across 34 local community groups.
The cash was announced following the Queen’s Ascension Day on 6 February 1952.
Cllr Rob Waltham, leader of North Lincolnshire Council, said: “The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee is a monumental milestone – no other British monarch has reigned for so long.
“It is only right we help communities in every corner of North Lincolnshire to celebrate this remarkable achievement.”
Cllr Carl Sherwood, cabinet member for rural communities, added: “The variety of events that are planned is fantastic, from a special garden party in Scunthorpe and a 1950s Day in Bottesford to a Coronation-themed afternoon tea in Brigg and a commemorative medal drive in Killingholme.”
He added: “Organisers across the region are pulling out all the stops to make this a once-in-a-generation event to savour.”
Locals are also being encouraged to participate in street parties with their neighbours, light a beacon and decorate their homes with bunting in time for the Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
A message from Her Majesty, released to mark 70 years since her ascension, read: “As I look ahead with a sense of hope and optimism to the year of my Platinum Jubilee, I am reminded of how much we can be thankful for.
“These last seven decades have seen extraordinary progress socially, technologically and culturally that have benefitted us all; and I am confident that the future will offer similar opportunities to us and especially to the younger generations in the United Kingdom and throughout the Commonwealth.”
