New Romney Country Fayre
Published: 08 March 2021
Statement from the New Romney Country Fayre Commitee, issued on 6th March 2021:
"We are extremely sorry to announce that we have had
to cancel the 2021 New Romney Country Fayre, scheduled for Saturday 31st
July.
Although we had hoped to be able to stage the event in some form this year, the advice we have received this week from the Safety Advisory Group and NHS England is that the date falls too close to the lifting of Covid restrictions on 21st June. Therefore, permission for the staging the Fayre would not be granted due to concerns surrounding social distancing and control of visitor numbers.
All our committee members are extremely sad to have to cancel the Country Fayre for the second year in succession, but, as responsible event organisers, we have to put the health and safety of our community, volunteers and participants first.
We will be contacting all those who have made financial contributions towards this year’s Fayre in due course to offer refunds or to ask if they would like to have stall deposits, donations, etc rolled over to 2022.
The date of the 2022 New Romney Country Fayre will be Saturday 30th July. We are determined to be back next year to once again stage an event that the whole community can be proud of."
New Romney Town Council fully supports this decision as the safety of the local community must remain the utmost priority at the current time.