Our Mission: Inclusion, Participation, Being Valued, Recognition & 'Paying it Forward'

Is this Theddlethorpe’s Answer to the ‘Big Society’ “Spirit of the Marsh Weekend” The Spirit of the Marsh is providing a whole Weekend Celebrating the Talents, Knowledge and Energy of our region at 4 locations in the village of Theddlethorpe. 23rd & 24th July 2011

Here, ordinary people just like you and me have freely given up their time and energies to bring you a whole weekend of fun, celebrating the ethos of “Inclusion; Participation; Being Valued; Recognition; Reward & Paying it forward ”. We are most grateful for the support & expertise we are receiving from so many private individuals & organisations from all corners of the community and from all sectors too, private, public and voluntary, who have come together to make this a spectacular weekend. There is something here for everyone, families, the young to pensioners and disabled people to enjoy.

This project has received no direct government funding, a deliberate move to show what a solid ethos; combined with a sense of community pride; a strategy, and will to succeed, that has created a support network that has allowed our Events Team to put on this wonderful spectacle, that celebrates the Talents knowledge and Energy that is available along this part of the East Coast, one that is often overlooked, yet full of hidden Gems!

The Spirit of the Marsh Weekend will also provide Theddlethorpe Village Hall with much needed funds to supply further opportunities to support and facilitate activities in their surrounding community, that in turn compliments the achievements being strived for by its nearest town Mablethorpe, as a place for entertainment, culture, sports and community activities. As well as instilling a sense of civic pride into a hub of the east coast in what is often neglected, compared the to its neighbouring regions the other side of the Humber and south at Skegness.. Over the next few weeks we will be highlighting the many the activities and attractions coming to this festival. Below is just a taster of what expect on the first of the four sights of the Spirit of the Marsh.

Theddlethorpe Village Hall

Is the back drop for the Entertainment, mind, body and spirit & Eco Site . A veritable feast of entertainment can be found at this our main site music & vocalists, supported by 22 bands and singers including Merlins Keep, Streaming Lights, The Walls, Sandfly & Tom Knott, Story telling which includes Dicky Deegan with his Uilleann pipes who will have you rolling in the aisles, Authors & Poets hosting reading from their works that will make you smile, yearn and even think.

The grounds of the Village Hall Hosts weekend of additional entertainment, the main craft fair to date with some 60+ stall holders & workshops for all ages signed up with a combination of Hand Crafted Stalls, therapies and goods for example : Peg Ragg- from Louth Spiritual Church/Healing, Mrs May Herbert part of the Alford Craft Market represented here who makes homemade preserves using home grown and locally sourced ingredients, Tim & Clare Kirk often seen Mablethorpe Market who has stall with very popular confectionery and drinks. Sarah Goodley & Dawn Marriot-Dodington are some of the healers on site providing Reiki, reflexology, aromatherapy; Local card readers Katharine Salter, Carol Keely providing divination to visitors who want it; herbalists Ali English will be there with various alternative remedies, and we will be show casing some religious art Christian Art from the likes of local artist Julie Johnson, along with Pagan artists Michele Pearson, These are just some of the many other holistic & alternative therapists and artisans attending. In addition we have bouncy castles, a drumming & circus skill workshops for all ages, including Susi Mulligan from Basket Case providing a willow weaving workshop.. Whilst the Village Hall team provide delicious array of refreshments along other food vending stalls onsite including a representative from Taste of Lincolnshire, in the form of Richard Glover’s Best Dressed Birds. In addition there will be prize giving by the V.I.P.s for the various competitions and recognition awards on Sunday 11am - 12 noon at the Village Hall Site.