On 3rd December, we took over the main hall of the United Reformed Church once again, and filled it with lots of Christmassy fun ...

Some of the prizes in our new Advent Calendar game ...

More prizes ...

The game itself!

We had our ever-popular Lucky Dip

And we had our 'Guess How Many Sweets in the Santa Hat' game, and 'Guess Santa's Name' game

We had our hand-crafted grotto ready for Waveney Football Club's Roary to give out presents

And our tombola!

Our well-stocked bric-a-brac stall

Beautiful hand-made jewellery stall

And beautiful hand-made crafts stall

The letterbox was all ready to receive letters to Santa

And our autism awareness and information area was ready

Our raffle, organised by Robert and Julie N
And now, all we needed were our guests!
Funtastic Futures joined us to kick off our Festivitea in style with some Christmas carols ...


Guests made a beeline for our cake stall!

Our friend Ian entertained us with some carols and folk tunes

Ian and our Branch Officer, Jayne

Ian, joined by our Media Secretary, Rebecca and our friend Margaret, for some carol singing

Roary Waveney with his Elf, Branch Librarian, Juliet

Busy!

Roary Waveney was a big hit with all the children!


Our friend Jim also entertained us with some folk songs

Before being joined by our Media Secretary, Rebecca, for a carol or two

Our local MP, Peter Aldous, enjoying the Festivitea with our Regional Officer, Beverley
We had a fantastic time at our Festivitea, spreading lots of Christmas cheer, meeting new people, raising awareness of autism spectrum disorders, and raising £303 for our local branch!
A huge thank you to everyone who joined us on the day and helped us to make the event such a success!