Getting festive in Devizes
Kicking off the local festive season in style, members of the North Wessex Downs VIP project team donned their Santa hats and headed into town to lend a helping hand at this year’s Devizes Winter Festival.
The annual event, run by Devizes Outdoor Celebratory Arts (DOCA) and Devizes Town Council, involves a weekend of creative seasonal activities including a popular lantern parade leading up to the Christmas lights switch-on.
Lending a helping hand this year to steward and supervise the festivities were National Grid’s lead project manager Amardeep Malhi and project manager Simon Langley who joined in on this year’s festive fun.
Leading the way, Amardeep and Simon headed up the procession to safely guide Santa’s sleigh and the local school children taking part in the lantern parade from the St John’s Church to Devizes Market Place.
Reflecting on the event Simon commented: “As part of our work on the Visual Impact Provision scheme we’re always keen support the local community and it was great to get involved in such a fun and festive occasion. Amardeep and I had a great time supervising the spectacular parade and getting to meet so many members of the public, and we’re already looking forward to next year”.
If you have any questions about the project or there are any other local events that we should know about, please get in touch with the VIP project team directly by calling 0330 134 0051 or sending an email to: [email protected]
