Top halloween fun will lift your spirits
Children won’t miss out on spooky fun this Halloween thanks to the Tannahill Centre.
Like many events, Halloween won’t be the same this year because of the coronavirus pandemic, but centre staff are determined to make sure there will be lots of fun.
From Sunday, October 25, residents across Ferguslie Park are being invited to join in the big neighbourhood pumpkin trail by decorating their garden or window.
And, on Halloween night itself, volunteers from the Tannahill Centre and Darkwood Crew will be travelling around the community in a ghostmobile giving out treats.
Centre staff will be handing out 300 activity packs with everything needed to create a magical or spooky garden scene.
They’ll also share fun and inexpensive ideas on how to decorate gardens and windows via their Facebook page.
Bobbie McCabe, volunteer coordinator at the Tannahill Centre said: “With new lockdown measures in place, many of the families we work with were concerned that their children would miss out on a traditional Halloween of trick or treating, so we’ve been discussing with them how to best celebrate while keeping everyone safe.
“Over the past six months, we’ve learned how to take the services we deliver in the centre out to people’s homes, so it makes sense we do the same with Halloween.
“The pumpkin trail can be completed any time the week before Halloween, so it’ll be easier for adults to maintain social distancing and can easily be added to a journey from school or broken up and completed throughout the week.
“It’s also a great way to volunteer in your community while staying at home.
“Our activity packs are aimed at all ages, so it’ll also be a great way to keep the kids entertained when the darker nights come in.”
Last year, the Tannahill Centre and Create Paisley teamed up to support children, young people and their families create a light parade as part of Ferguslie’s Halloween celebrations, with over 500 people lighting up Blackstoun Road as they made their way to Glencoats Park for activities organised by Pals of the Privies.
For more information on how you can get involved in this year’s celebrations, go to www.facebook. com/tannahillcentre or follow the centre on Twitter at twitter. com/ tannahillcentre
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The pumpkin trail can be completed any time the week before Halloween