Golcar Lily Day
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and despite its name, it's more than just a day
it is a whole year of exciting fundraising events followed by a weekend of fun and activities for all ages a chance for the community to get together and share all that is great in Golcar please come and join in |
next meeting
Monday 22nd September
all welcome and we really need your help
The Commercial, Golcar
7.30 pm
thank you to everyone;
all that came
the volunteers
performers
and stall holders
this years theme was "golcar – this is our story" and you can read some of the amazing stories here
but what ana amazing day - we were lucky enough to be blessed with good weather - it makes all the difference - but I think you will agree everyone put on one 'eck of a day
first off a big virtual hug to Sue Starr and much love in your recovery - without you this day would never happened - Sue was one of the founding organisers and drivers behind Golcar Lily Day over the years but Sue was quite ill this year and has been recovering strongly but this prevented her being as involved this year - get back to full strength soon Sue ❤️
but a massive thank you to Soo Ellis who found time (we don't know how) in between all her volunteering for Scouts to step up to the mark and be the lead organiser for Golcar Lily Day - had she not, it may not have gone ahead, so thank you Soo 😍
and well done and thank you to everyone who volunteered, performed, manned stalls and events, organisers, marshals, litter pickers - the list is huge - so a please bear them a thought and also please consider joining us as we a desperately in need of more help - many hands make light work as they say
hopefully we will be able to do this all again next year - but we do need funds and helpers 😉
first off a big virtual hug to Sue Starr and much love in your recovery - without you this day would never happened - Sue was one of the founding organisers and drivers behind Golcar Lily Day over the years but Sue was quite ill this year and has been recovering strongly but this prevented her being as involved this year - get back to full strength soon Sue ❤️
but a massive thank you to Soo Ellis who found time (we don't know how) in between all her volunteering for Scouts to step up to the mark and be the lead organiser for Golcar Lily Day - had she not, it may not have gone ahead, so thank you Soo 😍
and well done and thank you to everyone who volunteered, performed, manned stalls and events, organisers, marshals, litter pickers - the list is huge - so a please bear them a thought and also please consider joining us as we a desperately in need of more help - many hands make light work as they say
hopefully we will be able to do this all again next year - but we do need funds and helpers 😉
lovely write up on the flypast
thank you to the amazing Huddersfield Hub for their lovely story about Golcar Lily Day and the flypast
thank you also to them for allowing us to share the story with you and for the brilliant photos from Huddersfield Hub photographer SEAN DOYLE - if you don't know who Huddersfield Hub are then check them out - they are a wonderful asset to the region with an aim of reporting worthwhile and upbeat stories about our communities
https://huddersfieldhub.co.uk/11-great-images-that-sum-up-a-fabulous-golcar-lily-day-with-an-emotional-spitfire-flypast/
thank you also to them for allowing us to share the story with you and for the brilliant photos from Huddersfield Hub photographer SEAN DOYLE - if you don't know who Huddersfield Hub are then check them out - they are a wonderful asset to the region with an aim of reporting worthwhile and upbeat stories about our communities
https://huddersfieldhub.co.uk/11-great-images-that-sum-up-a-fabulous-golcar-lily-day-with-an-emotional-spitfire-flypast/
thank you again to the amazing Golcar Winkle Club for running the bar - especially in remembrance of Sophie
and thank you to all of you who came and bought drinks from them - you successfully ran the beer dry!
and thank you to all of you who came and bought drinks from them - you successfully ran the beer dry!
come celebrate a lost golcar lily
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last year Golcar lost a true Golcar Lily - Sophie was born at home on Bobbin Close just behind Town End but sadly after a long battle with her mental health she took her own life
a dedicated HTAFC fan and had been a keen member of golcar scouts - she always looked forward to golcar lily day for all the activities especially the bottle tombola 😁 - plus a big fan of Golcar Winkle Club's bar they run on Golcar Lily Day to raise funds supporting projects for Golcar - so we were delighted to learn - the legends that they are - have renamed it for the day "Sophie's Bar" so please come and buy a drink - say "cheers" to Sophie, she'd have loved that and at the same time it will help raise funds for the village Sophie particularly struggled after the passing of her cat Bear who she was so close with, her type of autism didn't allow her to cope with grief very well we are sharing this with you all so that if you feel low or lost then please know there are plenty of people who would like to help you thank you to her amazing friend Callum for the words he came up with for her celebration event last year |
Golcar Winkle Club
the GWC are an amazing bunch of volunteers that with the help and support of the business community, kind donations, and fundraising events are able to provide and support lots of great things in our community, from grants, helping at events and putting up the amazing flags on Town End
thank you to all of you and thank you for letting us share your incredible video of Golcar Lilly Day
thank you to all of you and thank you for letting us share your incredible video of Golcar Lilly Day
did you know...
……. it costs approximately £7000 a year to put on Golcar Lily Day
Here is a breakdown of our main costs for 2025:
Here is a breakdown of our main costs for 2025:
Provision of mini buses |
£300 |
First Aid Provision |
£160 |
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Toilet Hire |
£320 |
Insurance |
£350 |
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Stalls and Gazebo Hire |
£475 |
Entertainment costs |
£3500 |
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Skip Hire |
£280 |
Traffic Management Team |
£800 |
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Programme/Raffle Ticket Printing |
£130 |
Licensing |
£450 |
If you can help with fundraising or if you can let us know about any available grants or donation opportunities please let us know by e-mailing [email protected]
stalls for 2026 - watch this space for announcements
if you have any questions then please email [email protected]
a massive thank you to Steve and the team at Purple Dog who are providing their amazing first aid services to Golcar Lily Day without charge, simply thank you
they are a wonderful team providing first aid training courses for us humans as well as our doggy friends too so please look out for them and thank them
https://www.purpledogltd.co.uk/
contact us if you would like anything adding to the noticeboard
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click the image for many more photos and videos |
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Guthlac and Lily - our travelling bearsborn in Huddersfield, and arrived home in Golcar on 23rd April 2014
they would like to visit any important events around Golcar and further afield if they can go with a Golcar person and they would also love to go on holiday with Golcar people, if you know anywhere the twin bears can go, please contact us |
thank you to Arthur Brown for a lovely video that he has allowed us to share
see more of his work at Arthur Brown Photography
www.2bphoto.co.uk
see more of his work at Arthur Brown Photography
www.2bphoto.co.uk
be a friend of GLD
would you consider helping us raise funds?
feel free to suggest ways
but how about just simply donating as little as £1 per month by standing order?
it would make such a difference to our funding
if you feel you could help then these are the details you need to set one up with your bank, and thank you
LLOYDS BANK, WESTGATE, HUDDERSFIELD
SORT CODE: 30-94-43
ACCOUNT: 73232968
NAME: GOLCAR LILY DAY
feel free to suggest ways
but how about just simply donating as little as £1 per month by standing order?
it would make such a difference to our funding
if you feel you could help then these are the details you need to set one up with your bank, and thank you
LLOYDS BANK, WESTGATE, HUDDERSFIELD
SORT CODE: 30-94-43
ACCOUNT: 73232968
NAME: GOLCAR LILY DAY
