The Red Lion Christmas Market 1pm- 5pm
Community Voluntary Services Tendring
Come and join local charities to help raise
thousands of pounds at the ever popular Charity Victorian Christmas Market.
Entry for adults is just 50p and includes a free tea or coffee. Children under 16 can enter for
free!
Father Christmas will be there along with Queen Victoria and her entourage, Charles
Dickens, Singalongapen Choir and the MAD About Theatre group who will be performing
songs from their new show “Supanova Santa The Rise of The Gingerbread”.
There will be stalls selling a variety of seasonal goods including Christmas gifts, cakes, decorations and cards, preserves, jewellery, toys, books and handmade items.
This event provides an opportunity for voluntary and community groups from around the
Tendring district to promote their cause, network with other charities and raise much
needed funds for their organisation.
Organisations attending this year include: Age Well East, Build a School in the Gambia,
Clacton on Sea Sands, Click Clack Craft, Colchester Chinese Culture Society, Creative
Expression, CVST HILL Team, CVST Resilience Team, Dickens, Grassroots, Great Bentley
Good Neighbours, Jaywick Friendship Cafe, Mad About Theatre, MS Society, Parkinson’s
Society, Princes Theatre, RNLI, Royal British Legion, Stadte Partner, The Rotary Club of
Clacton on Sea, West Cliff Theatre & World Food Aid.
Our event is open to all of the family, however, it is more appropriate for children aged 12 and under
On arrival at 10am, you will be guided to your table by Santa’s Helpers and presented with our famous Breakfast Platter – a selection of your breakfast favourites, including bacon, sausages, fried egg, hash browns, baked beans, mushrooms, grilled tomato and toast. The Children’s platter comes with bacon, sausage, fried egg, baked beans and toast. At approximately 11am Santa will arrive and make his way around all our guests, talking to everyone and giving each (paying) child a gift, he will even stop for a few photos! Ticket prices: £12 per child – this includes our Children’s Breakfast Platter, unlimited squash and a personalised gift from Santa £6 per adult – this includes our Breakfast Platter. Drinks are not included and can be purchased separately. To get tickets for one of our Santa events, either give us a call on 01255 688655 or pop in and speak to a member of the team. Please note when purchasing tickets we will require the names and ages of children attending. Please also make us aware of any dietary requirements when booking. For more details, including the set menu choices and T&Cs – https://charnallies.co.uk/christmas/santa-at-charnallies/
Our event is open to all of the family, however, it is more appropriate for children aged 12 and under
On arrival at 10am, you will be guided to your table by Santa’s Helpers and presented with our famous Breakfast Platter – a selection of your breakfast favourites, including bacon, sausages, fried egg, hash browns, baked beans, mushrooms, grilled tomato and toast. The Children’s platter comes with bacon, sausage, fried egg, baked beans and toast. At approximately 11am Santa will arrive and make his way around all our guests, talking to everyone and giving each (paying) child a gift, he will even stop for a few photos! Ticket prices: £12 per child – this includes our Children’s Breakfast Platter, unlimited squash and a personalised gift from Santa £6 per adult – this includes our Breakfast Platter. Drinks are not included and can be purchased separately. To get tickets for one of our Santa events, either give us a call on 01255 688655 or pop in and speak to a member of the team. Please note when purchasing tickets we will require the names and ages of children attending. Please also make us aware of any dietary requirements when booking. For more details, including the set menu choices and T&Cs – https://charnallies.co.uk/christmas/santa-at-charnallies/
Our event is open to all of the family, however, it is more appropriate for children aged 12 and under
On arrival at 3pm, you will be guided to your table by Santa’s Helpers and presented with our delicious Afternoon Tea – a selection of sweet and savoury treats. At approximately 5pm Santa will arrive and make his way around all our guests, talking to everyone and giving each (paying) child a gift, he will even stop for a few photos! Ticket prices: £13 per child – this includes our Children’s Afternoon Tea, unlimited squash and a personalised gift from Santa £13 per adult – this includes our Traditional Afternoon Tea and unlimited tea and coffee. Additional drinks can be purchased and charged separately. To get tickets for one of our Santa events, either give us a call on 01255 688655 or pop in and speak to a member of the team. Please note when purchasing tickets we will require the names and ages of children attending. Please also make us aware of any dietary requirements when booking. F
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Signals
Join Signals for this workshop where we will be exploring local history to inspire your own fabric character which we will then bring to life using professional animation software and equipment. No experience necessary. Suitable for ages 9+. Workshop is free but booking is required: https://signals.org.uk/event/weave-play-animate- 9/
Pre-school and early years age children and their adults.
Ahead of Little Angel’s production of Me… at Mercury Theatre this Christmas, come and meet the leading star Penguin! This is a chance for your little ones to meet the star of upcoming show Me… with a workshop led by the puppeteer and actor Kate Millner. This free, one hour practical workshop includes story time, games and an opportunity for those involved to take away their own finger puppet Penguin
The event is open to everyone
Pick up a trail sheet from Jaco’s Coffee House
and follow the trail round 14 independent shops and cafes. Some participating venues will
have spot prizes available too. Find the pumpkins, fill in your trail sheet and return it to
UnSealed Eco Refill store for your chance to win a prize.
Everyone is welcome to this event; family friendly & disabled
access.
Come along to enjoy our Christmas Tree festival!
The Church will be full of Christmas trees – take part in our quiz to see if you can guess the
Christmas song or carol each tree represents. Refreshments available, as well as Christmas
gifts & crafts, baking & produce, a raffle and tombolas.
Please see https://stmaryschurchgreatbentley.co.uk/ for details.
