Stilt walkers entertain at the 1997 Fun Day A fun day was had by all Local celebrity Pamela Ballentine was one of the many visitors Having fun is hungry work | | In June 1997, the Early Years Project held an Information and Fun Day in Woodvale Park. This idea was raised to help inform the public about various community organisations and groups. As well as being a fun day, it was also a very informative one. A table outlining the stalls present is shown below. Early Years Project Stall | Manned By | Youth Forum / FASA | Youth Forum | MAMA's Group (Meet-A-Mum Association) | Early Years (Shankill Base) | Greater Shankill Partnership | Hazel Bell | Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education | Joan Davidson | Local Nursery Schools | Irene Moore | Health Promotion | Ruth Sutherland & Brian Nelson | First Aid | Ted (Ambulance Driver) | Ante Natal | Mater Hospital Irene Moore | The Information and Fun Day was beneficial to both parents and their children. There were many stalls set up for the children to make the day as enjoyable as possible. These activities, which allowed the children to interact with other children, included the following: Face Painting Balloon Modeling Story Telling Colouring Army Photographs Sports Dance Workshop | | Bouncy Castle Fire Service Make-it-Take-it Fancy Dress Stalls Postman Pat Clowns Badge Making | To attract people to the Information and Fun Day it had to be advertised. This was done in a number of different ways. Press Releases were issued to the following television stations and newspapers: B.B.C (Good Morning Ulster) Irish News Belfast Telegraph Newspapers | | B.B.C (Radio Ulster) U.T.V plc. Herald and Post Newsletter | The leaflets were also distributed to Doctors, Health Centres, Dentists, various corner shops, supermarkets and churches. These also included the Ballysillan and Shankill leisure centres. Due to all of the press coverage and the distribution of the leaflets approximately 200 people showed up for the event. The Early Years Information And Fun Day turned out to be a great day and was enjoyed by all who came. |