Street parties in Saltford – Celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in B&NES
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Bath & North East Somerset Council is encouraging communities to come together for the special celebration to mark Her Majesty The Queen becoming the first British monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee.
The extended bank holiday, from Thursday 2nd to Sunday 5th June, provides four days of celebrations as well as national moments of reflection on The Queen’s 70 years of service.
As in the Saltford Community Association’s excellent programme of events for ‘Saltford’s Big Jubilee Weekend‘, if you are thinking of having a street party as part of the historic Jubilee weekend residents can now apply to B&NES Council for a road closure (residential roads) before the closing date of April 22.
This link to B&NES Council explains all that is required, as well as how to contact the B&NES Council Event Office so they can advise you on the best way to proceed. B&NES Council say that small, private street parties and fêtes are simple to organise, and generally do not include activities that need a licence, such as selling alcohol, or providing certain types of entertainment. The Events Office recommends starting to plan for your street party as soon as possible.
In a nutshell, B&NES Council say if you want to close a road to hold your street party or fête, you will need to consult everyone who lives in a house or runs a business that will be affected by the road closure. It is the responsibility of the organisers to make sure those affected are aware of the proposals and are happy with them. For further information on road closures, please visit B&NES Council’s page about Temporary Traffic Regulation Orders.
B&NES Council also say that if your waste and recycling collections are on the same day as the street party, they may not be able to take place if the road will be blocked before the collectors arrive. You will need to contact our Waste team (B&NES Council’s) to agree alternative arrangements for all the residents who will be affected. As the event organiser, you will need to let the affected residents know about the changes.
Further to their website, B&NES Council has put together a toolkit to help parish councils and residents organise a Jubilee event or street party. A webinar was also held in February which can be viewed here.
What else is happening across B&NES for the Queens Platinum Jubilee?
Across the B&NES area there will be Big Jubilee Picnics in the council’s main parks, beacon lighting ceremonies and services of thanksgiving to pay tribute to the Queen’s record-breaking 70-year reign. Iconic buildings across Bath will be lit up on each night of the weekend and parts of the city centre will be dressed in royal colours.
Council libraries will hold special events including royal-themed story times and craft events with the libraries dressed like a street party. The mobile library will deliver activity packs to people not able to attend events in person. There will also be a ‘Big Jubilee Read’, celebrating 70 years of the Commonwealth with 70 books showing the diversity of communities.
56 schools are taking part in the Queen’s Green Canopy, a national initiative to ‘plant a tree for the jubilee’ creating a legacy in honour of The Queen’s leadership of the Nation. This has been extended in Bath and North East Somerset by the council offering all schools a tree.
All events in B&NES can be found on the Platinum Jubilee events page