Supported by Stroud News and Journal, Stroud Town Council and Stroud District Council with local business and the community

Date for 2010

Friday 3rd December 2010, until 9pm

To get invovled in Stroud Goodwill evening 2010, call Clare on 07946 473359

What every you have to offer, we'd like to hear from you to get invovled, here's a bit abut what we did last year.........

2009 Goodwill Archive.............

Get you free pull-out guide to Stroud Goodwill Evening in the Stroud News and Journal on Wednesday 2nd December

Goodwill Evening in Stroud promises to be a cultural, family-themed evening of magical mid-winter pageantry. At 6 pm on the Subscription Rooms Forecourt, Keith Allen, well known for his role as the Sheriff of Nottingham in the BBC series "Robin Hood", will join Father Christmas to switch on the Christmas lights, and mark the beginning of the Grand Venetian Procession around Stroud led by Gypsy Queen, the Cotswold Canals Trust horse - everyone welcome.

Stroud's famous independent shops and cafes will throw open their doors as we extend a warm welcome to you during this evening of winter revelry.

Kendrick Street Deli are planning a big surprise for the night - all under wraps at the moment, but we hear it involves going back in time...

JKC Complete Finishing Touch in Kendrick Street will be joining forces with Kendrick Street Deli to run a special fund raising event for The Gloucestershire Chest Fund to help asthma sufferers in memory of their friend and colleague Jasmine who passed away earlier this year. Jasmine loved Stroud Goodwill Evening, so there will be special activities outside the shop in her memory.

K & G Convenience , a new independent family business, will be serving mince pies, selling cards by local artist Rachel Peglar, and raffling a bottle of champagne.

The Made in Stroud Shop will be celebrating their 9th birthday as they opened on Goodwill Evening 2000.

Kendrick Street's latest addition, The Trading Post, will be open for second hand records and CDs and good sound s....

This year the Stroud News & Journal will host "S Factor", a stage for local talent at The Little Vic in Gloucester Street. To enter, fill out the form in the Stroud News and Journal. Auditions will take place at The Little Vic all day on Saturday 28th November, S Factor Final on Goodwill Evening from 5 pm at the Little Vic.

Riff's are putting on a Goodwill Evening Stage to showcase local talent in Threadneedle Street, where market stalls will lead up to Made in Stroud's traditional Christmas market in the Cornhill . Angel Vintage in Union Street will be open for fun, frolics and dressing up. You can hire costumes for the procession here.

Special Christmas markets will run in the Cornhill, Shambles (indoor and outdoor markets) and Sub Rooms Ballroom.

Local charities, organisations, PTAs and pre-schools will have Christmas fund raising stalls around town.

Street entertainers will perform, along with carol singers & choirs, acoustic musicians,jugglers and entertainers.

There will be carousels for young children and candy floss in King Street.

Fawkes Place - 4pm to 9pm Green Goodwill at Fawkes Place

Bicycology Stroud will be participating in Stroud's annual 'Goodwill Evening'. We'll be relying on the goodwill of the public of Stroud (and their strong legs) to pedal-power some musical treats in Fawkes Place (behind the Sub Rooms/High Street). We're collaborating with Bristol's Project Bicyclette and will be bringing you top-drawer local Hip Hop and the finest Stroud MCs - Mr Wits, the Rat Tash Collective and Chalk MC. We'll also have time for you to show us your skills, with an Open Mic slot, and a People's Republic of Disco where you can play us your favourite tune (if you agree to pedal-power it!).

Get in touch via stroud@bicycology.org.uk if you'd like to lend a hand or think your vocal skills are up to entertaining the Fawkes Place crowds, who will also be sampling a free climbing wall, a live graffiti session and funfair rides, including the Made in Stroud sponsored gyroscope (designed by NASA for astronaut training).

Contact Gerb on 07813 943 237

Ethos Kids are teaming up with local Citroen garage Thompson First in London Road to offer your chance to win a FREE MOT to the lucky winner of their "Guess the number of balloons in our car" event, outside Ethos Kids in Bedford Street.

SNJ Goodwill Treasure Trail - find and identify the farmers' market vegetables in the following shop windows on Goodwill Evening for your chance to win 4 tickets for your family to see Snow White at Bristol Hippodrome;

• InPrint (High Street)
• Sahara (High Street)
• Brilliant Disguise (High Street)
• Moonflower (High Street)
• Moonflower Too (High Street)
• Dorothy Perkins (High Street)
• The Blue Cross Charity Shop (High Street)
• Crazy Daisy (Gloucester Street)
• Cote Maison (Gloucester Street)
• Oxfam (KingsStreet)
• Impression Hair Design (Rowcroft)
• Sue Ryder Care Charity Shop (George Street)
• Centre Bookshop (London Road)
• Michael Gamble Funeral Directors (London Road)
• B2 (London Road)
• Bateman's Sports (London Road)
• Ethos Kids (Bedford Street)
• Kane's (Kendrick Street)
• The Made in Stroud Shop (Kendrick Street)
• Kendrick Street Gallery (Kendrick Street)
• Kendrick Street Deli (Kendrick Street)
• YMCA Charity Shop (Kendrick Street)
• Oeno (Kendrick Street)
• Confection Affection (Threadneedle Street)
• Riff's (Threadneedle Street)

The following shops and cafes will also be open - Clarks Shoe Shop in the High Street, K and G Convenience in Threadneedle Street,who will be serving mince pies, Mills Cafe in the Shambles, Mills Cafe and Courtyard at Whithey's Yard in the High Street (by Moonflower), Michael Gamble Funeral Directors will be serving mince pies and mulled wine and will have a memorial tree in the reception area where you can place a memorial tag to remember a loved one. Also open, British Heart Foundation in The High Street, The Works in the High Street, Assured Mobility in Swan Lane, Angel Vintage in Swan Lane, The Crystal Shop in John Street, Stroud Book Shop, The Children's Book Shop, Oeno will be serving mulled wine, The Made in Stroud Shop will be holding a Abba party to celebrate being 9 years old, Martin's Newsagents in the High Street, Woodruff's Cafe in The High Street, Stroud Vintage on High, KJC Finishing Touch in Kendrick Street, Trading Post in Kendrick Street, Dorothy Perkins in the High Street and many more.

To win family tickets to The Panto, just buy the Wednesday 2nd December edition of the Stroud News and Journal for your free entry form. Visit the participating shops, find and identify the farmers market vegetables in each shop window, get your parents or carers to help you fill out your entry form, and drop it into the Stroud News and Journal stall at the Shambles market. While you are there, you can watch the free Punch and Judy show while your parents enjoy a glass of mulled wine and maybe join in the Jazz Jive Dancing!

Look out for Venetian inspired "Winter Wonderland" window displays in the following town centre shops;

• Sahara (High Street)
• Moonflower (High Street)
• Moonflower Too (High Street)
• The Blue Cross Charity Shop (High Street)
• Crazy Daisy (Gloucester Street)
• Heritage in Stroud (George Street)
• Sue Ryder Care (George Street)
• Michael Gamble Funeral Directors (London Road)
• YMCA Charity Shop (Kendrick Street)
• Oeno (Kendrick Street)
• Kendrick Street Gallery (Kendrick Street)
• The Made in Stroud Shop (Kendrick Street)
• Ethos Kids (Bedford Street)

The Traditional Christmas Market at the Cornhill, run by Made in Stroud from 4 pm to 9 pm with Wynstones Class VIII choir singing at 6pm, and Jade the harpist playing at 7 pm, plus beautiful stalls selling locally produced and fairly traded gifts, mulled wine, hot chocolate, organic burgers and more.

Procession - Starting 6 pm on the Sub Rooms forecourt.

A masked Venetian-style lantern-lit procession will meet for the switching on of the Christmas lights at 6.00 pm on the Subscription Rooms Forecourt. The procession will then weave its way around town, led by Father Christmas, who will this year be on foot, accompanied by Cotswold Canals horse, Gypsy Queen. Everyone is welcome to join in the procession, which will include carol singers, the Smartworks dragon, Cotswold Players cast and crew, acoustic medieval musicians and local theatre groups, school groups, and youth groups. Everyone welcome to join in.

Time to get creative, dress up in velvet cloaks made from a pair of old curtains, don your mask, and join the parade. Come along and join in this magical family event, co-ordinated by Stroud community artist Lis Parker. Buy your mask at the farmers market Goodwill stall on Saturday 21st or Saturday 28th November.

Contact Lis Parker on 07754059768

Punch and Judy and Jazz Jive Party at The Shambles Market in Stroud, with face painting in St Laurence's Church Hall kitchen area

Alongside regular stallholders at this popular twice-weekly market, there will be special Christmas gift stalls, mulled wine and a Jazz Jive Swing dance party hosted by James and Bridget of Stroud's fabulous Jazz Jive Swing. Free Punch and Judy show for the kiddies. The Stroud News & Journal stall will be at the Shambles market serving mulled wine and taking your competition entries.

Contact Ken Stevens for stalls on 01453 884320

James and Bridget for Jazz Jive Swing on 01452 770701

Traditional Christmas Market at the Cornhill - 4 pm to 9 pm.

Now in it's 9th year, this popular atmospheric mid-winter gift market includes stallholders from the award-winning farmers' market, local artists and makers, fairly traded gifts from around the globe,the market cafe, the organic burger stall, Selsley Herb & Spice Mulled Wine and more. Lit by twinkling fairy lights and to the sound of choirs singing traditional and international songs, and local musicians playing harp and stringed instruments. Look out for the Stroud mummers who will be wandering in to perform their traditional Cotswold Christmas mummers' play.

Contact Clare at Made in Stroud on 01453 758060 or 07946473359

Dumb Flicks from InPrint in the High Street

The return of this popular Goodwill staple will be brought to you by the organisers of Stroud Photography Festival and our famous Stroud Poets, in conjunction with InPrint in the High Street. Along with poetry readings and stills of the area, silent black and white movies will entertain from the Cotswold stone walls of the traditional High Street alley ways. Not to be missed.

Goodwill Evening Craft Fair in the Sub Rooms Ballroom - from 5 pm free admission.

There will be an interesting variety of stalls selling high-quality gifts and artwork. Come and join in the festive atmosphere of the town and find that special present for your friends and family. Admission Free

Contact The Sub Rooms on 01453 760900, some stalls still available

The Magic Bean Company at Smartworks until 9 pm. 

Open to anyone in Stroud with learning disabilities, and to family and friends who’d like to join in.  Magic is about as Smartworks becomes a dragon’s den.  Open for members at 5 pm to get involved in the preparations and make things.  At 5.45 pm the illuminated dragon will leave Smartworks and snake its way towards the centre of town accompanied by participants in masks and carrying lanterns who will join the procession leaving the Sub Rooms Forecourt at 6 pm.  Back at Smartworks after the procession, come and keep warm and have fun.  From 7 pm to 9 pm there will be a Dragon disco with DJ and member Carl Davis.  From 8 pm a Dragons Hot Supper will be served for members and friends including mince pies, hot punch, spicy burgers, sausage rolls.  A Christmas pudding will be lit during the evening to add to the excitement.  Contact David and Liz Wade on 01285 821241

Christmas Tree Festival 2009 - St. Laurence's Church, Stroud (behind the Shambles Market, by Church Street car park)

The fifth week-long St Laurence Church 2009 Christmas Tree Festival will be on-going during the Goodwill evening.

Following the increasingly popular festivals of previous years, we will be filling the Church with over 60 decorated Christmas trees, displayed by organisations, businesses, groups and individuals from across the five valleys and beyond. We are keen to welcome as many visitors as possible to enjoy the spectacle of originally decorated trees. Last year, we even had a coach load of people from Liverpool! During the past years this has attracted many visitors and we anticipate another successful event.

www.stroudparishchurch.org.uk

Supper at Woodruff's

Woodruff's, the UK's original and first totally organic cafe, will be opening for a special Goodwill Evening meal. Open from 8.30 am til late, serving main courses, snacks, hot and cold drinks, cakes.

Contact Holly on 01453 759195

The 9th birthday opening at the Made in Stroud Shop - come along to Abba night at the Made in Stroud Shop in Kendrick Street and see all our new Christmas stock including guest makers and lots of inspiration for special gifts made by hand with love.

"Dumb Flicks" at the top of the High Street outside "in Print"

John Street Baptist Church (near the Cornhill Market) will have carol singing on the forecourt and members of the church will be serving coffee, tea, squash and mince pies during the evening.

Stroud Book Shop and The Children's Book Shop will be open

Entertainment around town during the evening from local choirs and buskers - e-mail us info@madeinstroud.org to book yourself in.....

Look out for the Gloucestershire Morris Mummers who will be performing around town during the evening. To book a slot for your choir, band or group, call Clare on 07946 473359

Shambles Market - Punch and Judy show and Jazz Jive Dancing demonstrations throughout the evening, mulled wine, stalls....

Red Cross First Aid Ambulances are near the Subscription Rooms In Bedford Street and also in Kendrick Street.

Samaritans are in Kendrick Street

Lost Children's Point with CRB checked staff is at the Subscription Rooms.

Late Buses -awaiting confirmation from Stagecoach

Run by the Stroud Goodwill Committee with financial and in-kind support from; Stroud Town Council, Stroud District Council, Stroud News & Journal, Made in Stroud, Riffs, Artful, (Lis Parker), Hania Cheese, The Shambles Markets, Star Anise Cafe, InPrint, Bateman's, B2, Moonflower Too, Moonflower, Crazy Daisy, Martins Newsagents, Oxfam, K 'n' G Convenience, The Blue Cross, Kendrick Street Gallery, Sue Ryder Care, Riffs, YMCA, Stroud Book Shop, Impression Hair Design, Clark's High Street, The Made in Stroud Shop, Michael Gamble Funeral Directors, Stroud Vision Centre, Sahara, Confection Affection, Assured Mobility, Ethos Kids, Dorothy Perkins, British Heart Foundation, Cote Maison, Kendrick Street Deli, Heritage in Stroud, Brilliant Disguise, Costa Coffee, British Heart Foundation, Oeno, Stroud Vintage on High, Ermin Plant, Gloucestershire Morris Mummers , Keith Allen, David Drew MP, Father Christmas, Stroud Woodcraft Folk & many marvellous volunteer stewards, singers, performers, arts groups & community groups from the Stroud area.