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Cornish festival wins ID&C bursary
By Chris Cooke | Published on Wednesday 28 May 2014
Security wristband specialist ID&C has announced the winner of its annual Grass Roots Festival Bursary, an award made annually to a festival with a capacity under 15,000 which has been in business for less than ten years.
And the winner of this year’s bursary, the fourth to be presented, is the not-for-profit Looe Music Festival in Cornwall, which will receive £2500 towards its “access control requirements” for this year’s event, which takes place from 19-21 Sep in the Cornish seaside town.
Over 40 grass roots festivals applied for the bursary this year, with ID&C saying it looks for “a commitment and efforts towards such things as sustainability, charity and community engagement” when deciding which event to support.
On receiving the bursary this time, Looe Music Festival’s Director Tanya Brittain told CMU: “I can’t express how delighted we all are about receiving the Grass Roots Bursary. We’re excited to have the opportunity to work with ID&C this year and benefit from their expertise in access control”.
Meanwhile ID&C’s Matt Wilkey added: “Looe Music Festival ticks all the boxes for us. Besides its long term commitment to charity, community and sustainability initiatives, there is a real ‘by the people, for the people’ spirit that has clearly played a major part of the event’s growth and success”.
