After the online hate stirred up by a political wannabe I thought I best submit a letter of apology after having to cancel Ayscoughfreeze.
After several months of planning and organising, the last thing we wanted to do was cancel the event, we are aware of the pressure this puts on stall holders, musicians, the cafe and our volunteers.
Those of us that had put effort in to organise the event did so to provide something for the residents of South Holland as we feel you often miss out by not having a town council, if this isn’t wanted we will listen and cancel any future ideas so as not to upset people.
On the day, we were advised at 1.45pm that we could not use gazebos by the independent safety officer for the event, at the time the wind was gusting too high and a decision had to be made.
Unfortunately the majority of the entertainment booked needed shelter of some variety, so a decision to cancel had to be made, we attempted to get the word out on all social media platforms at this point.
We did make the mistake of not having some visibility at the gates for the whole duration of the event, which would have ensured there was consistent communication to everyone who made the effort to attend and had not seen that the event had been cancelled.
I am very sorry for any inconvenience and upset this may have caused anyone and I apologise profusely, we will learn from these mistakes going forward.
Rob Gibson
Town Forum Chairman
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