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A completely free family fun day is coming to Ilchester Park in North Birkenhead next week to celebrate six years of community work.
According to Birkenhead News, the event, called The North Birkenhead Block Party, will take place on 11 July from 12 pm to 4 pm and will have free entry, food, and entertainment for everyone.
It is being hosted by charity Right to Succeed. Live entertainment will consist of local bands and school choirs and BBC Introducing artist Niki Kand, sports and games led by The Hive Youth Zone and Gautby Road Community Centre, and graffiti art making by Zap Graffiti.
If you love a big slice, there will be free pizza from Dope Crusts, and for beauty lovers, hair and nail styling from North West Training College. For families, there is a gaming bus, face painting, a reptile zoo, and a gaming bus, among many more things.
A dedicated SEND-friendly zone for quiet time will be there for SEND parents and children.
So what is the event for? It's celebrating the Cradle to Career programme, a programme that has worked to bring schools, family, services, residents and local organisations together to create a shared vision for the area.
Their results are ones to boast about. They've closed a 15-month reading age gap across children and young people aged 8 to 16, had a 90 per cent fall in the number of children in care or on the edge of care, supported 229 families through voluntary Family Connector roles, and delivered more than 200 activities each quarter for families and children with special educational needs and disabilities.
Natascha Gibson, Regional Programme Executive Director for Liverpool City Region at Right to Succeed, said in a statement: "The Block Party is about bringing people together to celebrate North Birkenhead and say thank you to this incredible community for what they have achieved.
"So much has been delivered because local people have worked together, shared what matters to them and helped lead the change they want to see for children and young people in their community."
