Get Ready to Go Green at this year's This is South Tyneside Festival

Community groups, schools and organisations can go green as part of this year's South Tyneside Summer Parade.

The annual event will be returning to South Shields on Saturday 5 July, as part of the This Is South Tyneside Festival.

And now anyone wanting to get involved is being invited to sign up and show how creative they can be around this year's special theme - environment and sustainability.

South Tyneside Council is once again working with creative specialists, The Cultural Spring, to bring the parade to life, with a number of drop-in workshops taking place during the half term holiday.

Sessions - which will run from 10am until noon - will be held on 27 May at Jarrow Hall, 28 May at Ocean Road Community Association and on 29 May at Hebburn Cemetery Tea Room.

Any groups wanting to sign up for the parade is asked to fill in their details at https://forms.office.com/e/QEjR78rMgC or alternatively email events@southtyneside.gov.uk

Councillor Judith Taylor, Lead Member for Culture, Leisure and the Visitor Economy is delighted with the choice of this year's parade theme.

"The South Tyneside Summer Parade is always a fantastic way for people from across the community to come together and celebrate," she said.

"It gives them the opportunity to show their creative skills and really be part of something that is a much-loved event on the South Tyneside calendar.

"Choosing the environment and sustainability as the theme will give everyone involved the opportunity to really think outside of the box and come up with some amazing costumes and creations.

"I can't wait to see the results of all of that hard work."

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