King’s Coronation Caldicot Cancelled

Caldicot Town Team have had to make the disappointing decision to cancel the planned Coronation event for Saturday 6th May in Caldicot Town Centre.

Caldicot Town Team are disappointed to announce that the planned event for the King’s Coronation on Saturday 6th May has had to be cancelled primarily due to a lack of support and funding available to cover costs.

A crowdfunder page has been running for 16 days, with social media promotion of the funder, but has failed to raise any money whatsoever. Further to this Monmouthshire County Council are not offering any funding to community groups as the local authority to run any events in Monmouthshire for the King’s Coronation. Whilst Caldicot Town Council have a small fund available, this only covers items such as plates, hats, bunting etc and offer no financial support.

Caldicot Town Team have spoken to many partners, including Monmouthshire Housing Association, but are unable to raise the funds needed to cover the cost of the event. With the event expected to cost in the region of £2,500 – £3,000 to put on, Caldicot Town Team have taken the decision that in the current financial crisis, it would not be a good investment of funds, and could be better spent elsewhere throughout the year, such as Family Fun Day and Street Food Festivals.

There are many other groups and organisations planning events in the Severnside area for the weekend of the King’s Coronation and we do hope that you can support these.

We look forward to seeing you at our other events and projects taking place throughout the year and of course, our shop, CORE is open 6 days a week.