Bracknell

Schools from Bracknell Forest and beyond are being invited to build a beast to display at the Borough Council and South Hill Park’s Big Day Out event on Saturday 12 July.
The Beast of Bracknell Forest will need to be made entirely of recycled material and ideally be no bigger than around the size of an A3 piece of paper.

The idea is that the beasts will be entered into a competition and judged on the day by a panel with arts and environmental expertise. All entries will also be displayed in Bracknell Forest Borough Council’s Environment Department’s tent. Winners will be presented with prizes donated by The Look Out Discovery Centre.

After the Big Day Out event the beasts will be moved to go on display at Headspace, a new centre for displaying arts in Bracknell town centre.

The Beast of Bracknell Forest competition will tie in with a production at Big Day Out by music and theatre company Rag’n’Bone. They will create their own Beast which will be made entirely out of materials collected from Longshot Lane civic amenity site and which will come alive at the event through the magic of pyrotechnics.

Janet Dowlman, Waste and Recycling Manager for Bracknell Forest Borough Council, said: “We are trying to get the message out about how important it is to protect the environment and to reduce, reuse and recycle waste material and we are using Big Day Out as another way to reach people and get this message out.

“With this competition, it is up to the children how they interpret this brief but obviously judges will be taking into account their creativity and how well they use recycled products in putting their beast together.”

Cllr Mrs Dorothy Hayes, Executive Member for the Bracknell Environment, said: "This will be a wonderful event and gives young people the opportunity to get stuck in and make something which can be shown off to the all the visitors to Big Day Out. I would also hope that young people would be able to learn something about recycling and the environment when they are creating their beast."

For an information pack on how to get involved in this competition contact Jo Wright, Education Officer on jo.wright@southhillpark.org.uk / 01344 416 206 or see www.southhillpark.org.uk/education . For further information on Big Day Out drop into South Hill Park Arts Centre, call box office on 01344 484 123 or see wwww.southhillpark.org.uk

Bracknell Forest Borough Council