Malvern Link Common

To whom it may Concern, Can you please help our local community organisation? The Mappfest started as a garden party hosted by Andy Mapp in 2009 with a Raffle for charity with a couple of live performers, and has grown into an annual event held on Malvern Link Common. This year it was back on Malvern Link Top Common. Notably a family friendly music festival, with a significant amount of local musicians, as well as bands from further afield, the event has raised tens of thousands of pounds for charity over the years, Much of the money raised on the day comes from the annual raffle and tombola, together with a licensed bar, food, craft stalls and children's fairground rides, it all makes for a family friendly day out. Mappfest is completely run by volunteers, everyone donates their time for free, including the musicians and we receive no funding, so we have to rely on the kindness of others to make this work, we also arrange a number of fundraising events through the year to pay for the incidental expences. As well as two stages of music the festival will again hopefully feature a fly over from the RAF. In past years we have had the Red Arrows, Spitfires, a Dakota and even the Lancaster Bomber took a turn. The festival won the Pride of Malvern Hill Community People's Choice Award, as well as being runners up for the countries best festival awards and we even had the honour of meeting The Princess Royal in 2018 as recognition for the work we do to help charities in the area. For over a decade we have presented one of the best totaly independent music festivals in the country and we are really pleased in what we have achieved over the years. Our chosen Charities next year are,, HEADWAY a brilliant local charity supporting people with acquired brain injury. Acorns Children's Hospice and Vale Wildlife Hospital. Acorns Children’s Hospice Trust Charity No. 700859 Headway Registered Charity Number 1025852