twestival local - Tweet.Meet.Give. - March 24, 2011

Congratulations to all those involved in supporting Oldham Mountain Rescue at the inaugural Twestival Oldham, you did Oldham proud.

Our Just Giving page (donation button at the top right) is still open until Thursday 31st so if you were impressed with the work of Oldham Mountain Rescue please tell your friends so they can donate too. Our final total will be announced once that page is closed.

Our thanks go to ……

Lead organisers, social media managers & PR @bondimanc & @lizlancs from @owl_marketing; uber organiser of Sunlight Twestival @thebigeventco, ably assisted by @labelleza & @sarahfurbey; Twiz designer, photographer and supplier of Twiz prize @lisamariegee of @pamperandpose; fab logo designer & auction site host @urbanhaze; compere for After Dark @broadystar; and venue hosts @boundarypark; @hay_tarn_wills for sourcing prizes; @MichealandTina for coming up with the name Twiz; generous auction donations from @ProfBrianCox, @BoundaryPark, @OldhamGolfClub, @hireahubbylee, @Fleece_denshaw, @amybestpostbox; raffle prizes from @JWLeesBrewery, @RD_Bakery (and providing cake decoration & cupcakes for sale at Sunlight), @hay_tarn_wills, @Itsa_mistry (and providing jewellery making at Sunlight), @embakescupcakes, @XFitTameside; & @Oldhamcouncil for bags.

And the none tweeters....Sunlight hosts Earl Mill, Earl Arts Centre, & Earl Dance; the people that put the fun in Sunlight, Steve the clown, Starbright Face Painting, Socatots & Brazilian Soccer schools & Chaddy the Owl; Dominos Oldham; Keith Lucas at Street College; Sainsburys; Media Co; Mountain Feet Oldham; Tesco; Adamsons Vehicle Repair Centre; Subway; Debenhams; Starbucks; Stuart Coleman Photography; Tracey Nail Designs; Chaddy Kids Club; Healthyself; Tortabella; Victory Pub & Kitchen at The Village Hotel, Ashton; Greenwoods Bakery & Deborah’s Mum (Carol).

And all those who attended either one or both events. Thank you all for making the first ever Twestival Oldham happen – see you next year!!!!

There are some photos of bothe events on our Facebook page - link above.






 

Twestival After Dark takes place from 6pm-9pm in Latics Corner Flag suite. The cost is £10 and the whole of that £10 goes to Oldham Mountain Rescue. So what do you get?

Well, upon arrival you will get a goody bag – containing donated items from local businesses, plus a pen, which you will need to complete your Twiz sheet, yes we are having a Twiz (quiz). Dominos pizza will be delivering some pizzas for us during the evening and Oldham Athletics warm-up guy, Broady will be keeping us entertained, as compere - we don't think he juggles !?

You will get to see first hand the work of Oldham Mountain Rescue when some of the team arrive with one or two rescue dogs. There will also be a raffle during the evening with a range of  fabulous prizes donated by local businesses. At some point in the proceedings we will be attempting a link up with other Twestival cities for live streaming. When the screen is not showing the excellent work that Oldham Mountain Rescue do, or hosting the Twiz questions it will be a Twitter wall so mass tweeting will be encouraged. The evening will also see the culmination of our online auction.

So, what more reasons do you need? Get it booked. That big blue 'get tickets' button at the top.
 

Come join the fun at Oldham’s first Twestival charity fundraiser on Thursday 24 March 4pm-6pm. Only £2 per adult, £1 for kids, under 5s free.

The fabulous Earl Arts Centre in Hathershaw is the venue for the Sunlight Twestival 24 March and my oh my what fun @thebigeventco has been busy arranging!!

There will be dance demos and workshops from Yolanda Blades from Earl Dance; Soccer Skills Sessions with Brazilian Soccer, Jewellry workshops with Itsamistry, Face Painting with Startbright, Cupcake Creating with Rainbow Delicious and… as if that wasn’t enough…  a one-of-a-kind Chef demonstration from Chefology.

There is something for all ages – so come along and have some fun.

All this for just £2 for adults and £1 for kids – and ALL the money goes to @oldhammrt

Buying tickets is quick and easy using the big ‘get tickets’ button top right.

Our auction site is now live at http://www.urbanhaze.com/twestival/

Alongside our 2 events on Thursday 24 March, Sunlight Twestival and Twestival After Dark  we are holding an online auction of fantastic items in order to raise as much money for the charity as possible, and to open up support from those who may be unable to make it to the events.

We will only accept cheque payments – made out to ‘OMRT’

Delivery within 5 miles of the Oldham Metropolitan Borough area is free, winning bidders outside of this will pay the cost of delivery

Please note there is no requirement for a PayPal account or to give credit card information online.

The auction will end on Thursday 24th at 20.00.

If the reserve for any item has not been met we will extend the auction to try and raise as much cash as possible for Oldham Mountain Rescue.

Up for auction:-

Signed copy of Wonders, by Oldham’s very own Professor Brian Cox

Signed Latics shirt

Swing out with Oldham Golf Club

Hire-a-hubby (possibly not what you are thinking!)

Night in the kitchen with an award winning chef

Signed copy of Troll Wall by Tony Howard

Smile & pout for the camera

IT kit (wireless repeater) – one careful owner

We are very grateful for all the items donated here. Please get bidding and help us raise funds for our local rescue heroes

Huge thanks to UrbanHaze for hosting & building the page

In the space of 2 years, Twestival has grown from a one-off event in London to a global gathering of 160 cities (and 1 town!).  So we want the inaugural Twestival Oldham to show off the town at it's best.  We have a strong community here with a history of charitable stuff, and we have a very active bunch of social media lurvers!  Oldham has struggled to shake off images of whippets and pies, so now we should get together en masse to show the more progressive side of the town!

If you're a Twitter regular then you need to be at Oldham's first Tweet-up!  And if you're a newbie at Twitter, come along to experience the more 'social' side of social media.  Twestival perfectly highlights the ethics of Twitter, being social and giving back.

There are two events happening, Twestival Sunlight is for families and takes place from 4-6pm.  There will be dance, music, jewellery and cookery workshops, face painting, and furry star appearances and takes place at Earl Dance Centre.

The evening event, Twestival After Dark is at Oldham Athletic and will be hosted by Latic's warm up chappy, Broady.  There are lots and lots of prizes, including a signed book from RTS's presenter of the year, Prof Brian Cox!  The goody bag and the free pizza just about cancels out the cost of entry, and on top of all this, 100% of the proceeds raised go to Oldham Mountain Rescue.

If you want to win prizes, have fun, raise money for OMRT, and say that you were at Oldham's very first Twestival, book tickets now using the big blue 'get tickets' button at the top.