This year’s Blackheath fireworks display will not be taking place – and Lewisham Council has warned that sponsorship may be needed if the event is to return. The free display was one of London’s most popular and attracted up to 100,000 people to Blackheath – boosting trade for pubs and restaurants across a wide area […]
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Blackheath fireworks off because of austerity cuts, Lewisham Council says
There will be no Blackheath fireworks display this year because of Lewisham Council cuts, a senior councillor has said. The annual display, a fixture of SE London’s calendar since the late 1980s, was one of London’s most popular before the pandemic, regularly bringing more than 80,000 people to the heath and boosting local businesses across […]
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Blackheath fireworks could be axed until 2023 because of Lewisham Council cuts
The Blackheath fireworks display – which was due to take place tonight – may not return until at least 2023 because of budget cuts at Lewisham Council. The council says it needs to make cuts of at least £40 million by April 2024, with £24m in cutbacks needed next year. The Covid-19 pandemic has left Lewisham with a […]
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Blackheath fireworks cancelled as coronavirus snuffs out displays
Lewisham Council has bowed to the inevitable and cancelled this year’s Blackheath fireworks display because of the coronavirus pandemic. The display attracts tens of thousands of people to the heath each November, but has become one of a long list of major events to be axed in the wake of the health emergency. “We understand […]
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Lewisham Council refused London City Airport sponsorship for Blackheath fireworks
853 exclusive: Lewisham Council refused an offer of sponsorship from London City Airport to fund the annual Blackheath fireworks display – an offer which came via neighbouring Greenwich Council, documents released under the Freedom of Information Act reveal. Finances have been tight for the £121,000 display, which attracts tens of thousands of people to Blackheath […]
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Blackheath fireworks under threat because of cutbacks, Lewisham Council says
853 exclusive: Lewisham Council says it is considering the future funding of Blackheath fireworks because of continuing government cutbacks. The future of the display, which brings up to 100,000 people to the heath every year, has had a question mark over it ever since Greenwich Council cut its half-share of the funding eight years ago. […]
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Greenwich Council ups 2017 Blackheath fireworks funding to £15,000 ‘to keep A2 open’
Two weeks after this website revealed Greenwich Council was refusing to increase its funding for Blackheath fireworks, it has now decided to give an extra £5,000 to the annual event, which takes place this year on Saturday 4 November. The costs of the event, which takes place on the border between Lewisham and Greenwich boroughs, […]
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Blackheath fireworks 2017: Greenwich Council refuses to pay more to help Lewisham with costs
853 exclusive: Greenwich Council has turned down a new request from Lewisham Council to increase its funding for the annual Blackheath fireworks display. The event used to be jointly-funded, but Greenwich pulled out in 2010, claiming it could no longer afford to pay its £37,000 share of the costs. Since then, Lewisham has sought public […]
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