Vision Redbridge Culture & Leisure are honoured to host and support a fabulous programme of events mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 2022. Bringing friends, family and neighbours together as one community here in Redbridge.
Culture Team
Preparations began earlier this spring for The Culture Team who managed a total of 30 applications for Platinum Jubilee Fund on behalf of Redbridge Council. A £200 grant was made available to support events or activities celebrating The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee from 2 to 5 June 2022. Organisations were also invited to apply for the Platinum Jubilee Arts Grants (funding up to £3,000) for projects delivered between June to December 2022.
Beacon Lighting Ceremony
In partnership with Redbridge Council, Vision Redbridge Culture & Leisure held a special Beacon Lighting Ceremony on Thursday 2 June at Redbridge Cycling Centre, Hainault.
Redbridge Musuem
Royal Redbridge – Redbridge Museum film
To commemorate Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, Redbridge Museum have created a new film showcasing The Queen’s visits to Redbridge, first when she was a Princess in 1945 and 1949 and then as Queen in 2002 and 2012.
In just over a week since the launch of Redbridge Museum’s special film Royal Redbridge has reached over 1.2k views on YouTube to date. This fantastic historic video clip contains archive footage and beautiful photographs, looking back over the past 70 years of Her Majesty’s reign, highlighting key events such as the Coronation, Silver, Golden and Diamond Jubilee.
Watch Royal Redbridge here:
Royal Redbridge – Redbridge Museum exhibition
Redbridge Museum will hold a brand new display on the Royal Family, on the ground floor of Redbridge Central Library. The exhibition will feature remarkable Royal memorabilia from the Museum’s permanent collection alongside local historical objects associated with the Her Majesty The Queen’s four Royal visits to Redbridge in 1945, 1949, 2002 and during her Diamond Jubilee Tour in 2012.
Visit the display between 27 May and August to see Redbridge’s Royal history up close through a variety of stunning historical objects and local stories.
Just Sing – The Queen’s Song
Redbridge Creates will be marking The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee by writing a song for the borough. But first we want your input, you are the song writer:
- Do you have an interesting fact about the Queen?
- How will you celebrate the Jubilee?
- If you could say anything to the Queen, what would you say?
We’ll then be taking all your ideas, and writing a song with a documentary video. We especially want to hear from those who have been around as long as the Queen (or almost)!
Parks and Open Spaces
Valentines Park
- Work has commenced to create a beautiful commemorative border at Valentines Park to mark the Platinum Jubilee. The collection of beautiful spring and winter flowers, evergreen shrubs, and various tree species, has been created as a gorgeous legacy for residents to enjoy. The project has been part-funded by Redbridge Council.
- A Memorial Tree and Plaque ceremony will take place at Valentines Mansion Gardens in tribute of Queen Elizabeth II visit to the Mansion with her late husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh on her Diamond Jubilee back in 2012 and 70 years of service to the Reign.
A Royal Hainault Forest
Hainault Forest has been chosen as part of the Jubilee tree planting project.
We are thrilled that our country park in has been selected as part of a UK-wide network of 70 Ancient Woodlands and 70 Ancient Trees dedicated for the celebrations of the Platinum Jubilee.
Create a garden fit for the Queen
Residents of Redbridge are invited to mark this remarkable occasion and get involved with Vision’s annual amateur gardening competition, Redbridge in Bloom to create a garden fit for the Queen. Decorate your containers, planters and hanging baskets with pretty red, white and blue flowers as a symbol of the Union Jack. Public Houses, Schools, Residential Care Homes are also encouraged to enter too.
Redbridge Libraries
If you love discovering new books head to our libraries and explore the specially curated Jubilee collections including books listed under ‘The Big Jubilee Read’ – a national reading project celebrating great reads from across the Commonwealth to coincide with Her Majesty The Queen’s Jubilee.
Get involved with ‘The Big Jubilee Read’ with Redbridge Libraries
Under the project led by the Reading Agency and BBC Arts, an expert panel of librarians, booksellers and literature specialists have chosen seventy titles for people to explore – ten books for each decade of Her Majesty The Queen’s reign. The list offers brilliant, beautiful and thrilling writing produced by authors from a wide range of Commonwealth countries over the last seventy years to engage all readers in the discovery and celebration of great books, and you can find them on offer across our libraries.
The Great Jubilee Read Book Club
The Great Jubilee Readathon and Monthly Book Club will be taking place from May to December. The London Libraries Consortium have curated a special reading list, our Readathon and monthly book club will be based on titles in the Jubilee Collection – celebrating writers from the Commonwealth across the 7 decades of the Queen’s reign.
Children and Family events
Let’s Celebrate – Platinum Jubilee Programme at Redbridge Libraries
Redbridge Libraries was heart of the celebrations during half term with many families and children taking part in storytelling, digital workshops, circus skills plus a variety arts and crafts which included make a crown, a jubilee popper and chatterbox!
Lab Central
Tech Ilford 2022
Tech Ilford took place on Saturday 18 June 2022, families were invited to try out all of activities on offer which included:
- An interactive game zone for all
- Build a 3dponics garden
- Turn your drawings into music
- Name the bike parts
- Coding for toddlers
- Plus so much more!
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