A traditional village gala has been cancelled due to a ‘lack of volunteers’ and now a plea has been made to secure the future of the historic annual event
The Gedling Gala is a not-for-profit event run by locals and takes place every summer in the village’s Willow Park – but it has now been been announced it won’t be going ahead this year due to a lack of help.
The event first took place back in 1977 as part of the Queen’s Jubilee celebrations and attracts on average 2,500 visitors for each event.
The last time it took a break was in 2017 when the then-committee decided to hand management of the event to a new team of volunteers.
Organisers took to social media to make the sad annoucement.
Teh post said: “Unfortunately we’re not going to be able to stage the Gala this year, as we don’t have sufficient volunteers to run it efficiently, since some of our team have been wanting to step down for some time.
“We apologise and thank everyone who has regularly helped make the Gala great: our stall holders, local entertainment, schools, and all of you, who have come along to make a great day for the community.
They added: “Though we’re putting the Gala on hold, we don’t want to lose this event – which has been a part of Gedling since the Queen’s Jubilee in 1977.”
“After all these years of putting on a successful Gala, we have everything in place to continue running the event – we just need people to get involved.”
People wanting to volunteer and help support this event can get in touch with organisers via their Facebook page which can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/GedlingGala
