On Friday 14th October, MP for South Leicestershire, Alberto Costa, attended the Carers Trust Craft Fayre held at the One Stop Shop in Lutterworth and judged and presented the award for the best designed community bunting triangle.
The annual event organised by Northamptonshire Carers and Carers Trust East Midlands was created to raise funds to support informal, family carers and their families in Lutterworth and the surrounding village.
Julie Williams, Support Worker and Fayre organiser, said “We invited local charities and organisations to enter our competition to create a ‘community bunting’ triangle, which represents the different groups and services in the area. The bunting, including the winning triangle kindly chosen by Alberto, will be displayed in the One Stop Shop where the public can come along and see it”.
Alberto said, “I was delighted for the invitation to attend the Carers Craft Fayre and to judge and present the award for the best bunting triangle. Julie and the rest of her team have done an excellent job in organising such a great event and for such a worthy cause too, I was very pleased to see the fayre attended by so many local organisations and constituents”.
Alberto presented the award, a luxury hamper, for the ‘Best Bunting’ triangle to the Lutterworth Embroiders Guild.
Speaking on behalf of the best bunting triangle winners, Lutterworth Embroiders Guild, Marilyn Hemsley said, “We’ve had a very enjoyable day at the Craft Fayre, taking part in raising funds for a very worthwhile organisation. We may have a bit of trouble splitting the prize between the 60 members of the Embroiders Guild, however we’ve decided to donate our own hamper back to the Carers Trust for use in their future events”.
Alberto concluded, “It was a very difficult decision to pick the best bunting triangle as all of the entries were excellent, however this was really about providing an excellent day out for carers and their loved ones. Both across the constituency and indeed the rest of the country, volunteer carers do an incredibly important job in supporting their loved ones and deserve all the support all they need”.
Above picture shows Alberto (L) presenting the best bunting award to Marilyn Hemsley (Cent.) – holding the winning bunting triangle - on behalf of the Lutterworth Embroiders Trust and Carers Craft Fayre Organiser, Julie Williams (R).