DRARA EVENTS

A key aim of DRARA has always been to bring our community closer together.

DRARA organises a number of events throughout the year, providing opportunities for our community to come together to meet neighbours, build friendships and celebrate our community.

Over the past couple of years, we have had a particular emphasis on making our events accessible to everyone in our community - including those new to our area, those who may have never attended one of our community events before, or those that will be coming along on their own.

Holly Stout is responsible for co-ordinating DRARA events - she coordinates the DRARA events team, who meet a number of times each year to discuss ideas and plan events. There are also many in our community that get involved in DRARA events one way or another - delivering posters, helping on the day, making cakes, driving vans, heading up a particular event, storing community equipment... We are always keen to have more people involved - if you are able to help please email secretary@drara.org.uk.

ANNUAL EVENTS

A number of DRARA Events are regular fixtures in our community's diaries:

DRARA Quiz Night (January) - teams pit their whits against each other to raise money for local causes
Tea Party in the Street (May) - started as a bring-and-share meal many years ago, and more recently has become a tea party instead. Kids activities, stalls, copious amounts of tea and delicious homebaked cakes all taking place in a traffic-free street.
Open Gardens (May/June) - an opportunity to explore some of the amazing gardens in our community, swap gardening tips and some years purchase plants.
Film in the Street (September) - we close the street, make some popcorn, bring our own chairs and gather together to watch cartoons and a film beamed up onto the side of a Divinity Road house. A wonderful community evening under the stars!
Warneford Meadow Apple Day (October) - organised in collaboration with Warneford Hospital, we gather in the Warneford Meadow apple orchard to gather and press apples, and drink the amazing results! Baking competitions, teas and coffees, and lots of fun all round!
Light up December (throughout December) -for each of the dark evenings of December in the weeks leading up to Christmas, a different house in the DRARA area lights up its colourful window display - maps provided!

Twice a year (March and September/October) we organise a Street Clean and Freecycle Day. Community members volunteer to litter pick across the DRARA streets, and many leave unwanted items outside their house for others to find and enjoy.

In the past we have also organised a huge variety of events in past years, including:

May Day Olympics
Summer Fete
Easter Egg Hunt
Room in the Street
Participation in Cowley Road Carnival with a magnificent shark built and painted by DRARA

... and we are always open to new ideas! Please get in touch!

WALKS AND TALKS

DRARA Events Team have also organised a number of Walks and Talks - from History Walks through our area, Nature Walks in Warneford Meadow, EU Referendum Debate, talks on dementia, policing, safety and most recently a Community Meeting to discuss local issues and issue reporting.