Mid Sussex District Council is hosting a virtual ‘Street party scrapbook’, a design competition for children, and will be shining a commemorative light beacon as part of The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations.

Celebration of The Queen’s 70 years of service include an extended bank holiday from Thursday 2nd to Sunday 5th of June. The Council has provided grant funding to 37 neighbourhood, charity, and local organisations to ensure community celebrations are able to celebrate this historic milestone.

Many residents have applied for licences to close roads so they can arrange street parties or community picnics. Mid Sussex District Council plans to commemorate these, and all the Royal Street Parties over the years, by creating a ‘virtual Street Party scrapbook’ showing celebrations of the past alongside those of the Platinum Jubilee.

Residents are encouraged to send in their images to be added to the album, which will be available on the Council website. A beacon of light will shine up above the Mid Sussex District Council offices between dusk and midnight during the extended bank holiday weekend. This will complement the traditional beacons that will be lit by Town and Parish Councils across the entire country.

Competition entries and submissions for the Street Party Scrapbook can be emailed to jubilee2022@midsussex.gov.uk or posted to the Mid Sussex District Council offices. Please note, the Council is unable to return any items that are submitted and by sending them you are confirming that you have permission for them to be shared publicly. Full details of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations can be found at www.midsussex.gov.uk/platinum-jubilee