Things you might not know about your local Visiting Funfair The people who own and operate the fairs in the UK are Called “Showmen” Showmen are a unique and distinct travelling community. Showmen travel with their homes because their business is mobile. Showmen have a rich heritage and culture as a group of people and […]
Future4fairgrounds are a group of 6 lady Showmen who came together in September 2020 because of our concerns surrounding the issues Showmen were facing due to the impact of the pandemic. Our initial focus was to highlight the fairs that were unable to open during 2020 and create a better understanding of the amount of […]
We were delighted to hear we have been nominated and shortlisted for an award for our work award in education. we have been invited to the Irish Embassy in London for the event! How exciting and overwhelming to realise that there are others who can see the importance of what we are doing for our […]
Another 1000 copies of The Show Must Go On have been gifted to more schools around the UK. Schools that understand the need for this book to be on their reading list. Teachers that recognise that Showmen children should be better represented And who are doing more to make sure that is happening.
Michelle Russell – co author of The Show must Go On speaks eloquently to Early Years TV about the importance of positive representation in books in this inspiring video. View it here.
More information to additional teaching resources based on the ground breaking book – The Show Must Go On produced by the co author Michelle Russell. Please take a look at this link. Let us know what you think!
No, neither did we but the amazing Samantha Heeson (Leeds Beckett University) has created this one for us! Please take a look it puts all the information that you might find useful in one place. perfect 👍🏼 Look at here!
Day 22 of #WorldFunFairMonth and finally we have books! Huge thanks to Pearson the publisher and my local #postman our schools project can now start in full force! #education from the ground up changing perceptions, sharing positive representation and learning together about Showmen! Thank you to everyone that has donated or has bought #f4f and […]
It’s been a full year since I wrote this. It popped up on my Facebook memories. Future4fairgrounds wasn’t formed at the time and we had just received the devastating news that Nottingham Goose Fair was not going ahead. It’s now 2021 and we have had the same news about the historic Goose Fair this year […]
As we turn our attention to America today remembering 20 years ago we wanted to be able to share these photos with you.