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We are currently developing the RSS feeds so that the links provided take you to the relevant News article, Event, Job or Planning Application. http://www.flintshire.gov.uk A week-long festival is being organised by Flintshire County Council’s Coastal Unit this summer to celebrate the Dee estuary, its people, businesses and communities. Over 70 conservation, community and business groups are being invited to take part in the Big Dee Festival of Events to promote their activities and to raise money for the RNLI’s ‘Train One Save Many’ campaign. From Saturday, 22 August to Sunday, 30 August a series of events from Landrover Safaris to Duck Races, Walks, Cycle Rides, Kite Flying Festivals and Sand Castle Building days will take place. The Big Dee Festival will be launched with a grand opening event at Flint castle at the heart of the Dee on Saturday, 22 August with veterans of Flintshire’s Big Dee Day having stalls, family activities, guided estuary walks and opportunities to find out what really goes on with wildlife and people on the Dee estuary in England and Wales. The Coastal Unit’s Festival Co-ordinator, sponsored by Presthaven Sands, Karen Rippin, said: “We would like all the communities of Flintshire to come along to our events or organise their own in order to raise money for saving lives on the Dee estuary in England and Wales. Already The Ramblers have organised a three day walk from Chester to Talacre beach following the route of the Wales Coastal Path. “The RSPB, New Wildlife, Dee Estuary Fishermen, The Environment Agency, Army and Air Cadets, Flintshire’s Coastal Unit, Groundwork Trust, The Dee Naturalists, The Ramblers, Walkabout Flintshire, The Dee Wildfowlers, Wirral and Denbighshire and Flintshire Countryside Service are just some of the organisations supporting the whole event.” Mike Taylor, Senior Ranger, Flintshire Countryside Services, said: “This festival will let everyone involved in the Dee estuary stand up and be counted. Local authorities in England and Wales; conservation communities and commercial groups alike from sea fishermen to Airbus and Corus. From Air and Army Cadets to model aeroplane and walking enthusiasts. "Sir David Bellamy talked about The Big Dee Day stitching back the fabric of coastal communities to the rare and sustainable Environment of the Dee estuary. The Big Dee Festival will do this enabling the public to enjoy a week of events in a good cause while getting to know some of Flintshire’s finest landscapes." For further information, contact the Coastal Unit via Wepre Park on 01244 814931. A full programme will be released in July. The @nswers centre at Mold Library and Museum is hosting a morning of talks on Researching and Writing Local History. The event takes place on Saturday, 11 July from 10am to 1pm. Local historian and teacher Paul Brighton chairs a free public meeting which includes talks on how local history books are written, doing research at the County Record Office, and the stories behind the public houses of Flintshire. A question and answer session with an expert panel follows the talks. After a successful debut last year this event is expected to be popular with many people who have an interest in their local area. Free tickets can be booked by telephoning the @nswers centre on 01352 754791. Whilst the @nswers centre space will be devoted to the local history symposium the lending library will be open as normal and offer its usual range of services. For further information contact: Simon Gotts, Information Librarian, Mold Library and Museum, Earl Road, Mold, CH7 1AP or contact 01352 754791. Join Environmental Artist, Angela Sidwell, to make some fantastic insects using natural materials. The workshop is part of Flintshire County Council’s Family Fun and Discovery Day which takes place on Saturday, 4 July at Broughton Shopping Park. It is a drop-in workshop, suitable for all ages and abilities making dragonflies, butterflies and bees. Children under eight years old should be accompanied by an adult at all times. The workshop takes place between 12.30pm and 3pm. Angela Sidwell said: “The workshop will involve making insects such as butterflies, dragonflies and bees, using natural materials (pinecones, twigs, leaves and grasses) and wire. “Wire will be used to bend into wings, legs and to secure natural materials. Scissors may be used to trim grasses, leaves. No other tools will be available to the children.” The day runs from 10am to 4pm and will include information on the county’s summer playschemes and activities will include face painting, badge making and having a go at playing a musical instrument. Storytimes and Rhymetimes will be on offer for children and live music will also feature during the day. There will also be a free prize draw. For further information contact www.flintshire.gov.uk/familyfun or Corporate Communications on 01352 702110. To celebrate the culmination of the third block of Art in Nature there will be a special event at Greenfield Valley Heritage Park on Friday, 3 July. There will be a short introduction and welcome from Councillor Owen Thomas, Vice-Chairman of Flintshire County Council, at the band stand at 1pm and an opportunity to meet the groups/schools that participated before a guided walk to see their work in place on the sculpture trail. The whole event should be finished by 2pm. Throughout the summer term, eight groups/schools have been working with experienced professional artists, Angela Sidwell and Andrea Davies, creating environmental art work based on Greenfield Valley and its history. The work will be displayed as a temporary sculpture trail and has been created by adults and children of all ages and abilities from community groups and schools across Flintshire. Those groups were: Queensferry CP School, Argoed High School, Ysgol Bryn Deva, Ysgol Terrig, Drury Primary School, Fun for Kids, All Saints Crafty Ladies Friends of Flintshire Citizens Advice Art Group The exhibition of work will be on show to the public from the 3 to 5 July within the grounds of Greenfield Valley. Art in Nature is funded by The Arts Council of Wales, Flintshire County Council and by Cadwyn Clwyd through the Rural Development Plan, which is financed through the European Union and Welsh Assembly Government. The project is managed by the Arts, Culture and Events Section of Flintshire County Council. Notes to Editors You are invited to send a photographer. For further information contact Gwenno Eleri Jones, Arts, Culture and Events Manager on 01352 702471 gwenno.e.jones@flintshire.gov.uk Array index out of bounds