{"id":335151,"date":"2025-08-11T07:28:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T07:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/335151\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T07:28:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T07:28:11","slug":"dozens-of-teddies-donated-at-broadgreen-teddy-bear-picnic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/335151\/","title":{"rendered":"Dozens of teddies donated at Broadgreen Teddy Bear Picnic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The event took place on Friday, August 1, where more than 90 &#8216;Brighter Broadgreen Bears&#8217;, as well as several other cuddly toys and jigsaws, were donated to attendees.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The picnic, supported by Swindon Literacy Trust, was held to promote literacy development in children.\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>\n    Be the first to know with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Swindon Advertiser<\/a>! \ud83d\udcf1<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udca1 Our flash sale brings the latest local happenings directly to you.<\/p>\n<p>Save over 50% on an annual subscription now.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd17<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ayrpkI5pr6\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/ayrpkI5pr6<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KnowYourCity?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#KnowYourCity<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SpecialOffer?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#SpecialOffer<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9PFJMulLvW\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/9PFJMulLvW<\/a>\n  <\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Swindon Advertiser (@swindonadver) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/swindonadver\/status\/1941240154963968499?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 4, 2025<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\n  At the event, children and families enjoyed various treats and story-based activities alongside the council&#8217;s Live Well team, the Community Safety Partnership, the South Swindon Parish Council, and others who helped to organise the event.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Swindon Police also participated in the event.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Attendees were treated to various food items.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Tesco also contributed to the refreshments, providing themed &#8216;Teddy Bear cakes&#8217; to guests.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The event aimed to bring the local community together, offering a fun-filled day for children and families.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The organisers expressed their gratitude to the attendees, saying: &#8220;A huge thank you to everyone who showed up and supported.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The picnic was part of the &#8216;Brighter Broadgreen&#8217; initiative, which aims to provide support and opportunities for the local community.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The initiative has been running several activities and programmes in the community, focusing on uplifting the area and its residents.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Their efforts are aimed at fostering a strong sense of community and belonging.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VajdodB84Om7xQIYmC1x\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img   style=\"width: 100%;\"\/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The event took place on Friday, August 1, where more than 90 &#8216;Brighter Broadgreen Bears&#8217;, as well as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":335152,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,393,4884,179,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-335151","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-liverpool","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/335152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}