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Brighton & Hove’s People’s Day – com­munit­ies join together for a day of celebration

People’s Day is a cel­eb­ra­tion of the city’s diversity and offers an oppor­tun­ity for com­munity groups to unite to show­case their work and tal­ents.  Event organ­isers are now seek­ing par­ti­cipants to make this year’s event big­ger than ever before. Activ­it­ies will take place in the heart of the cul­tural quarter – focus­ing on New Road and the sur­round­ing area.

Brighton & Hove’s annual People’s Day will take place on Sat­urday 14 July as part of the city’s Olympic Torch relay week­end fest­iv­it­ies. The Olympic Torch is due to reach the city on 16 July as it tours the coun­try before the 2012 games.

The People’s Day event will fea­ture a mix of live music, dance per­form­ances, healthy liv­ing, digital inter­ac­tion and much more. The time for regis­tra­tion is now! Com­munity groups can apply for an inform­a­tion pack to find out how to be involved (details below).

People’s Day also offers an oppor­tun­ity for busi­nesses to tar­get more than 15,000 vis­it­ors on the day. Inform­a­tion will also be shared with a broad audi­ence before and after the event.  A range of spon­sor­ship oppor­tun­it­ies is avail­able.  Key sup­port­ers already onboard include The National Trust, Guide2Brighton, Sus­sex Police and Juice Radio.

Cllr Bill Ran­dall said: “People’s Day is a cel­eb­ra­tion of all that is a good about our city. We encour­age as many groups as pos­sible to take part to show the fant­astic mix of life­styles we have in Brighton & Hove. The tim­ing of People’s Day to coin­cide with the Olympic Torch vis­it­ing our city adds a sense of being part of a wider com­munity, cel­eb­rat­ing our dif­fer­ences and achieve­ments from grass roots to inter­na­tional level.”

For fur­ther inform­a­tion about get­ting involved with People’s Day, as a com­munity group or busi­ness part­ner, please con­tact Andy Tyrrell-Murphy on 01273 290548 or e-mail andy.tyrrell-murphy@brighton-hove.gov.uk