{"id":426209,"date":"2025-09-15T12:06:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T12:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/426209\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T12:06:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T12:06:16","slug":"new-wortley-festival-brings-the-heat-and-the-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/426209\/","title":{"rendered":"New Wortley Festival brings the heat\u2014and the heart!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong>By Rebecca Hunter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On a sun-drenched early September Saturday, New Wortley Community Centre threw their<br \/>annual festival bash \u2013 and boy, did they bring the party! <\/p>\n<p>The children had a blast with free activities, face-painting masterpieces, and a whimsical Play Tent. <\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"886\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250906_125655-900x886.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-190401\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The talent show was a hit, with young performers snagging prizes and applause.<\/p>\n<p>Adults had their fair share of fun too, with a tombola, toe-tapping live music, and bustling stalls. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250906_144224-900x675.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-190402\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The Youth Team\u2019s cosy \u2018Living Room\u2019 was the perfect spot for heart-to-hearts about all things community.<\/p>\n<p>And let\u2019s talk about the food\u2014homemade curry and juices were the stars of the culinary show, getting rave reviews! <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"868\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250906_140821-900x868.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-190403\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Add bikes and a bouncy castle, and you\u2019ve got a recipe for an unforgettable day. <\/p>\n<p>Sponsored content<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"638\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2024-10-31-at-18.31.46-638x900.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-164818\"  \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunnybankmills.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.sunnybankmills.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Rebecca Hunter On a sun-drenched early September Saturday, New Wortley Community Centre threw theirannual festival bash \u2013&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":426210,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,4884,1860,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-426209","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-leeds","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\/426209","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=426209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/426210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}