Harrogate at Christmas

THE BIG SWITCH ON
Thursday, 14th November - 4pm to 6pm
Oxford Street, Harrogate

Christmas Shop Window Competition 2019
(How to enter and Judging Criteria)

The Harrogate at Christmas Group work throughout the year to raise money for the Harrogate Christmas lights and to promote our town to encourage residents to stay in Harrogate to shop locally…celebrate locally… and to encourage visitors to Harrogate to support the local economy.

In its 11th year, Harrogate at Christmas is a group of volunteers, chaired by John Fox, who work to raise the money for the Christmas lights to ensure that Harrogate sparkles at Christmas. No members of the group are retailers or town centre property owners. Many people believe that Harrogate Borough Council pay and install the Christmas lights but, unlike many other towns, they don’t. We need to raise at least £30,000

Simply put, without them there would be no Christmas lights –
how would that affect shoppers, businesses and our popularity?

In 2014 with the Tour de France Harrogate showed the world why it is the jewel in the Yorkshire crown. Harrogate is regularly voted the happiest place to live in the UK, so let’s decorate our town for a great 2019 Christmas.

Harrogate Borough Council kindly match-fund up to a maximum of £10,500, which means Harrogate at Christmas have to raise money first to receive this critical backing! They also receive invaluable support from Stray FM, Harrogate Advertiser, Harrogate College, The Harrogate Bus Company, Harrogate District Chamber, Harrogate Business Improvement District, Victoria Shopping Centre, Harrogate Lions, Rotary Club of Harrogate and Soroptimist Harrogate and District but we also need your help!

If you are keen to promote Harrogate at Christmas, please help now!

Click here to see the 2018 supporters - THANK YOU to each and every one of them