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GHT Homepage  Inside GHT Announcements GHT at Pride - Info for Volunteers
20th Aug 2004
Thank you for agreeing to help George House Trust over the Manchester Pride “Big Weekend”, 27-30 August 2004.
Enclosed is important information about where events will be taking place and contact information you will need over the weekend.
Everyone is welcome to help GHT over the weekend, so please feel free to bring along friends and family.
It’s really important that you turn up for the activities you have agreed to undertake, as it will affect other volunteers if you can’t attend. If your availability has changed over the weekend, or you can now do more activities please contact James or Brenda in the office urgently on 0161 274 4499.
Parade Saturday
FLOAT PREPARATION
9.00am 77 Ardwick Green North
SANDWICH MAKING
10.00am 77 Ardwick Green North
Please note the float will be leaving Ardwick Green North at 12.00noon. If you are there before 12.00noon you can travel with the float to the start of the parade.
PRE-PARADE COLLECTION
11.00am Outside Selfridges (Exchange Square Entrance)
Meet Brenda and Emma who will give you collecting tins and a Street Collection permit. You will be sent (in twos or threes) to a part of the city centre to collect for 1.5 hours. You should then make your way back to Red Bank for the start of the parade where you should give your tin to a Emma or Brenda.
All GHT volunteers should be wearing the orange GHT t-shirts for the weekend. Brenda and Emma will have a stock of these. If it is raining we have clear ponchos which we will give you.
THE PARADE
From 1.00pm Red Bank (Behind CIS Tower) (Map enclosed)
Meet the George House Trust parade at Redbank between 12.30 and 1.30pm. (Look out for a very large and orange lorry!) The parade will leave at 2.00pm sharp.
Some volunteers will be on the float – hopefully dancing!
Other volunteers will be walking alongside and in front of the float with banners and flags, collecting tins, and with balloons and stickers to give out.
For safety reasons children are not allowed on the float, but can walk with an adult alongside the float.
The colour theme for GHT this year is orange. We will give you a GHT orange t-shirt which you can keep. You are welcome to come along in other orange outfits and some people will be coming in African dress (preferably orange!).
GHT will also provide you with sandwiches and soft drinks. There is no alcohol allowed on the float. You will not be allowed in the GHT entry if you have alcohol with you.
4.00pm FLOAT DISMANTLING
77 Ardwick Green North.
Stalls – Saturday, Sunday and Monday
SATURDAY STALLS AM
11.00am – 2.30pm Lifestyle Expo
SATURDAY STALLS PM
2.00pm – 6.00pm Lifestyle Expo
SUNDAY STALLS AM
11.00am – 2.30pm Lifestyle Expo
SUNDAY STALLS PM
2.00pm – 6.00pm Lifestyle Expo
MONDAY STALLS AM
11.00am – 2.30pm Lifestyle Expo
MONDAY STALLS PM
2.00pm – 6.00pm Lifestyle Expo
Meet at the Lifestyle Expo. This is at the back of Chorlton Street Coach Station (opposite the Paddy’s Goose pub). From here you will be working on either the GHT stall in the Lifestyle Expo, the Operation Fundraiser stall in the Lifestyle Expo (next to the GHT stall) or the GHT stall in the Market Area (100m away).
If you are attending the Big Weekend you need to have a ticket to get into the Big Weekend event area. These area available at the box office on Aytoun Street (weekend tickets £10 before 10.00pm Friday, £15 after. Day tickets £10 Saturday, £7.50 Sunday, £5.00 Monday).
If you are working on the stalls and NOT attending the Big Weekend you will need to have a stall-holders pass to enter the site. You should ring the stalls (number below) when you arrive and meet at Gate 5 (Chorlton Street). You will need to return the pass to GHT after your shift has finished.
Everyone on the stalls should wear an orange GHT t-shirt. We will provide these, but if you have been given one previously over the weekend, please bring this with you.
Candlelit Vigil - Monday
VIGIL PRE-PREPARATION
5.00pm Sackville Park
VIGIL CANDLE SELLING/COLLECTING/STEWARDING – Monday 30th
7.00pm Sackville Park (sharp)
You will need to have a “Big Weekend” ticket to enter the site to get to the vigil area. If you do not have a ticket please call the office for more information of how to get into the site.
Everyone volunteering at the Vigil needs to wear an orange GHT t-shirt. These will be provided, but if you’ve been given one previously over the weekend please bring this with you. If it is raining we will provide clear ponchos.
At Sackville Park you will be given directions on selling candles, collecting for people at the vigil and stewarding the event site.
Contact Details
If you need to contact George House Trust urgently over the weekend please call:
GHT Mobile (for contacting the stalls) 07743 331 863
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP AND SUPPORT!
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