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ExEtEr rEspEct 2010

A eview of Eee ree 2010 o uolanning and funding fo Eee ree 2011

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Inoduion .....................................................................................1

1. the puoe of hi reo .........................................................2

2. Naional cone - ohe ree feival ................................2

3. peviou Eee ree Feival...............................................2

4. ree In the pak 2010 - Oveview .........................................35. Elemen-by-elemen analyi ......................................................3

6. communiy Engagemen ............................................................7

7. Voluneeing ................................................................................7

8. Envionmenal eonibiliy......................................................8

9. publiiy and media oveage ....................................................9

10. sonohi and uo in-kind .............................................9

11. Feedbak, inluding uvey eul ........................................10

12. reeah finding ....................................................................11

13. Oveall Evaluaion of Eee ree 2010 ...........................12

14. planning fo Eee ree 2011...........................................13

15. Fuhe infomaion ................................................................13

Inoduion, by chi Heie fom he co-oeaive MembehiAs one of the elected representatives for this region of the Co-operative Membership it gave me great pleasure to see oursupport put to such good use in the fantastic free family event.

Exeter Respect 2010 delivered everything the organisers promised: multi-cultural awareness raising; Fair trading; great performancesby professional and community groups; socially inclusive play opportunities; and excited but friendly crowds all weekend.

Everywhere I went there were people enjoying one another's company, soaking up entertainment or participating in communityactivities - all with beaming smiles! My abiding memory of the event is of a little girl blowing giant bubbles on one of the standsin our Co-operative Village area, and watching her watch in awe as they floated high over the festival site. For me, this simpleimage captured what the event was all about: bringing people together to spread a message of hope by saying yes we can livetogether, play together and work together - and in doing so we can all improve our understanding of one another's perspective,a goal Exeter Respect achieved to great effect.

The Co-operative Membership is proud to be the largest supporter of Exeter Respect 2010, and is committed to the same levelof support for the 2011 festival. We do, however, need other organisations to continue to pay their part in supporting thisannual celebration of diversity, so please read this report, enjoy the reviews and the images, and play your part in backing anevent which works.

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1. the puoe of hi reoExeter Respect continues to develop year-on-year and the 2010 festival's two-day Respect In The Park event has been widelyacknowledged as the city's most successful celebration of diversity yet. This report contains a review of Respect In The Park 2010which we will share with potential sponsors and partners to enable us to fund-raise and plan for 2011.

2. Naional cone - Ohe ree feivalThe name 'Respect' is used to describe a wide range of events which use multicultural celebration and entertainment as a meansof fighting racism, valuing diversity, challenging social exclusion and promoting understanding. Since the first London event overtwo decades ago, Respect Festivals have been held all over Britain on an annual basis - and there are Respect events in othercountries too. There is no set format for Respect festivals and they vary tremendously depending on where they are held, theone thing they all have in common is that they bring together performing and creative artists to say no to racism and yes to

multi-cultural understanding.

3. peviou Eee ree FeivalThe first Exeter Respect Festival was held in 1997 and until 2003 Exeter Respect took a variety of formats at a range of venueswith no clear way of sustaining the festival year-on-year.

In 2003 we established Exeter Respect Festival's current core format, on which we expanded in 2004 and 2005. This was to usethe Exeter Phoenix Arts Centre for free daytime activities and entertainment, followed by an evening world music extravaganza.This highly successful formula has proved both sustainable and a great platform for expansion of the Respect Festival into aweek-long series of events focused on a big weekend at the Phoenix.

Exeter Respect 2004 was our first attempt at a week-long Respect Festival, with a range diverse of events and activities spreadacross venues throughout the city including comedy, music, film, photography, club-nights, dance, and adults' & children'screative workshops, culminating in high profile Respect day and night events at Exeter Phoenix Arts Centre on the Saturday.

In 2005 we took this format to a new level with a more comprehensive and diverse range of events and activities at more venuesthroughout the city. Respect Week had arrived in earnest and we had our first three-day weekend at Exeter Phoenix, with thefirst Exeter Respect Urban Night on Friday and a contemporary dance evening on Sunday, both complimenting our now well-established Saturday World Music Extravaganza and Free Family Fun Day.

For 2006 we set ourselves a massive challenge as we aimed to better our successful 2005 festival. This was achieved by movinginto brand new territory with our first-ever Exeter Respect visual art exhibitions. These successfully contributed to a festival whichreached a new level in terms of both creative and performing arts and community engagement whilst consolidating our placein the city's cultural calendar.

In 2007 we took our festival development even further by building on the success of our first-ever art exhibitions with anambitious, high-tech, high-profile art installation, adding a Respect on Campus Day and adding new Respect Rocks day to makeour Big Weekender bigger than ever.

Exeter Respect 2008 took all the elements of the previous year's events and honed them into an even more successful festival,

with a three-day Big Weekender at the Phoenix, plus three art exhibitions, more week-day Phoenix events and some events inother venues across the city. The high-point of the 2008 festival was, undoubtedly, the Family Fun Day at the Phoenix, whichwas so well-attended we had to expand into the Central Library car park, and even then we had to turn away some groups whowanted to take space because we simply couldn't fit them all in!

The success of Exeter Respect 2008 informed our negotiations with Exeter City Council, which then took the festival in a newdirection for 2009. The City Council's Events & Festivals Manager offered us use of Belmont Park for a day, along with suitablesupport in-kind for a big outdoor event. We therefore decided to combine the best elements of Exeter Respect into one: thequality programming from our World Music Extravaganza; the stalls, displays, workshops, food and campaigns from our FamilyFun Day and all the activities from our Playday - 'Respect In The Park' was born!

Such was the success of the one-day Respect In The Park event in 2009 that we took the plunge and extended the event to atwo-day free festival for 2010. This was a real challenge in terms of programming, volunteering and fundraising, but madelogistical sense because the level of event infrastructure we wanted to provide for the festival was only worth having in place ifit was to stay there for two days - and two days of trading enabled us to have more food outlets and stalls on site.

The result was truly amazing: a free two-day event attended by a staggering 7,000 people on the Saturday and 6,500 peopleon the Sunday! Feedback from all quarters has been overwhelming and we have established a winning formula for our annualcelebration of diversity which we hope sponsoring agencies can get behind for 2011 when we aim to repeat our success withonly a few changes to the event profile.

The following review covers every aspect of Exeter Respect 2010 and demonstrates how effective this two-day celebration ofdiversity was

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4. ree In the pak 2010 - OveviewRespect In The Park 2010 took place on Saturday and Sunday 5 & 6 June in Belmont Park in the city centre. It was a completely freeevent lasting from 12noon until 6pm on both days - both of which were followed by independently promoted after-show parties.

The weekend's activities consisted of:

World Big-top Acoustic Stage & Community Cafe

Community Stage Playday (Saturday)

Activity day (Sunday) Market stalls

Campaigns & displays Co-operative Village

Bollywood-style caf-bar Healing zone

Fire & Rescue Service Demonstrations Other performances & activities

Decoration Food

After-show parties

5. Elemen-by-elemen analyi5.1 Wold Big-oThe skyline of Belmont Park was dramatically changed when the Exeter Respect World Big-top was erected, a glorious structurefor a range of upbeat performances by musicians representing a range of cultures - as many as possible sourced locally.

On Saturday crowds enjoyed a jazzy Latin set by Mas Bajo, Irish jigs, reels & ballards by The Maguires, the Arabic delights ofMazaj, international gypsy tunes by Bragatanga and a stunning African dance-and-drumming finale by Akumapa.

On Sunday Hazaar kicked off the afternoon with their Klezmer craziness, followed by Ugandan-based African Odyssey, followedby samba massive Ilu Axe, with local cross-cultural fusionists N.U.M.B taking the tent by storm before rock-funk & blues legend

Third Degree Leburn hit the stage.Cheers rang out after every number with DJs from local community radio station Phonic FM on-hand between each act.

I made it into the Global Big-top for a blistering performance from Sunday's headliner, Third Degree LeBurn. Once again, it wasexactly as promised in the pre-event publicity: 'Jimi Hendrix meets James Brown meets Bob Marley'! This man has shared stageswith legends such as Sly and The Family Stone and Marley himself - and it showed. The audience was soon bouncing around

sporting massive grins.Jenna Richards, Phonic FM (excerpt from event review)

5.2 Aoui sage & communiy cafA beautifully decorated tent played host to performances by a diverse range of local artists all weekend. As well as the sublimedecoration covering the tent walls, St Bridget's nursery lent potted plants which added a wonderful ambience to the stage area.

On Saturday the line-up featured Dmitry Babichev from Russia; kora player Moussa Kouyate; celtic fusionists Rookery; TheMaguires unplugged; Triste's Eastern European violin music; Niks' original boran and didgeridoo combination and Solarference's

folktronica.

On Sunday there were sets by: percussionist Jon Sterckx; vocalistPooja Angra; Hazaar unplugged; and Flamenco fusionists Fuse.

Next to this stage was the Community Caf run by the St SidwellsCentre, selling a range of Fair Trade beverages and home-madecakes, flanked by Mediterranean food supplied by the TurkishDinosaur Caf.

The atmosphere in this part of the park was at once both chilledand celebratory. The gentle world music which floated out of theAcoustic Stage tent was complemented by the lovely sounds ofcommunity chatter and accompanied by the great smells of home-cooking. This area was the highest-rated aspect of the festival

according to our feedback forms.I was incredibly impressed by the very slick and efficient way thatthe whole programme ran, in terms of communication, attitude ofthe stage crew, particularly at the Acoustic Cafe, and the generalambiance of the event as a whole, which was very positiveconsidering the volume of people present.Richie Evans, The Maguires

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5.3 communiy sageLast year our Global Community Stage boasted the most diverse range of performances the city has ever witnessed. Thisyear we surpassed that achievement: we sustained two days of the most diverse performances Exeter's ever seen!

Saturday's ultra-eclectic line-up included: The Soundwaves learning disability music project; Ben & Alfie Weedon's 'Taxi to DjaliKunda'; Louisa Adjoa-Parker's poems & prose; Hissa Al-Badi's poetry & music; Pixie Maz's children's stories; Rama's Africanacrobatics; the Devon Youth Djembe Ensemble; Samba Marcianas junior samba group; Niks on baron & didg; Indian master-vocalist Dr Joel; Kagemusha Junior Taiko drummers; Rhythm City breakdancers and the Voices In Common choir.

On Sunday the performers were: Wolf & Water's hiphop crew; Newtown Primary School's Indian and Zulu dances; AlphingtonSchool's Ugandan twinning project; Dan Brazier's comedy juggling; Chinese music and fan dances; a Dance in Devon showcaseof Flamenco, Capoeira, traditional and contemporary dance; Dragon Temple Kung Fu demonstration; Street Factorybreakdancers; the Global Harmony choir and Chimanimani's afrobeat music.

Waves of cheers rang out all weekend and it was great to see as warm a welcome and positive a reaction for school andcommunity activities as for the professional performers.

Wow, what a great day. Had an absolutely fantastic time today. Kids performed well, audience were brilliant and the generalvibe around the park was awesome. As you know the band are all kids and therefore were there today with family and friends.They were all very complimentary about the set-up.Scott Craig, Samba Marcianas

Just wanted to say a massive congratulations for all your hard work - the festival was outstanding. We really hope that we canbe involved again next year. Thanks.Katherine Ford, Dance In Devon

5.4 playday (sauday)Last year the integration of the Exeter Respect Playday run by Exeter City Council into the wider Respect In The Park event proveda winning combination, so we maintained the Playday activities as a feature of Saturday's Respect In The Park proceedings. Theextra infrastructure we had put into the park meant, however, that we moved the Playday activities from the centre of the parkto the fenced children's play area. This actually proved to be a better location, next to the swings and close to the large slidethe Playrangers set up on the slope leading down from the Scrapstore hut.

As well as the Play Rangers, this year's Playday fun included international story-telling, mask-making, face and body painting,circus skills, recycling and the usual favourites such as the Woodcraft Folk, alongside representatives of local ethnic communities.

Just wanted to say thanks and well done! What a fantastic event, it was a pleasure to be part of it all. As I said to you onSaturday, I had some really excellent feedback from my contributors. They thought that the whole event was really wellorganised, particularly with regard to getting in, parking, volunteers to help unload, etc. And the feedback from the publicalso looks great!Helen Lisk, Exeter City Council, Play Development Officer

5.5 Aiviy Day (sunday)The area occupied by the Playday onSaturday was given to Exeter University's

Guild of Students who set up a number ofstalls containing traditional Englishsummer fete activities: hook-a-duck, mine-sweeper, guess the weight of the cake andmore, along with the Community Actionbouncy castle.

This area also contained the amazing'Man vs. Machine' show which pittedinternational BMX stunt-cycling aceAndrei Burton against amazing free-runner Kie Willis.

Before the event we were concerned thatthe gap left by Saturday's Playday wouldbe hard to fill on Sunday, but theUniversity students worked hard to maketheir area a successful one, while the free-runner and cyclist combination proved awinning one.

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For the majority of the volunteers, this was the first time they had attended Exeter Respect Festival. They turned up with noexpectations, but got pleasantly surprised! The area the University and the Guild received was brilliant and allowed thevolunteers with enough space to put on several activities for children and adults! After a fun-filled day they all had a really goodday with good memories and a big smile. Exeter Respect was well organised and it was easy to contact someone if you had anyqueries. It would be great to be a part of the event next year. Many thanks again for letting us be a part of Exeter Respect!Marte Billington, President, Exeter University Guild of Students

I felt that the event was a great success. I do over 200 events a year and I felt that your event was well set up and had a greatatmosphere. Everything seemed to run smoothly and the crowd seemed to really appreciate the 'Man Vs Machine' show! It wasa pleasure to be at the event and I hope you will keep us in mind for any future events!Andrei Burton, BMX stunt rider

5.6 Make sallRunning a two-day event meant it was worthwhile for an increased range of market traders to set up their stalls, representinga great cross-section of global goods and local crafts, many trading to support international development charities.

From African clothing to Devon silver-smiths; from Hindu artifacts to South American photography, the Exeter Respect 2011market-place offered diverse shopping opportunities, and exposure for a range of good causes.

I just wanted to say thank you for such a great weekend at the Respect Festival. Such a great atmosphere and all so well-organized which I know from experience doesn't happen without a lot of work. The volunteers were great and made things soeasy for us to set up and pack up.Fred, Amantani stall

I would just like to say what an excellent job you did and all the volunteers did at the Exeter Respect Festival. It was really wellrun and was an absolute delight to be part of. Thank you so much for all your help and I hope to be there next year.

John Jan Morley, Liberty Bodies stall

5.7 camaign & DilayAmnesty International, Devon & Cornwall Constabulary, Newtown Community Association, the Senior Council for Devon, youname it - the list of campaigns and displays at Respect In The Park 2011 was greater than ever!

The whole Festival was excellent - brilliant turnout, wonderful weather and good bands - at least the couple I managed to see.I thought the organisation of the festival was excellent. A huge well done!Mike Gurney, Exeter Unite Against Fascism

The members manning the stall at the Respect Festival thoroughly enjoyed the event and hope to be involved next year.Marquees providing music and entertainment - and all the stalls selling stuff. We look forward to taking part again in 2010!Ann Crawford, Senior Council for Devon

5.8 co-oeaive VillageNot only did our major sponsors The Co-operative Membership give Exeter Respect 2010 a high level of financial support, theyprovided a vibrant festive area in the shape of our 'Co-operative Village' This featured a mobile Co-op store selling a range offood and drink, stands promoting the Co-op's full range of services and ethical policies, a stand for their 'Plan Bee' campaign topreserve the bumble bee and an extensive Woodcraft Folk presence to complement their Playday activities.

I was inspired very much by the music and in particular the pole lathe demo in the Co-operative Village area.Raymond North, event attendee

5.9 Bollywood-yle caf-baPlaced near the Blackboy Road entrance to the park, award-winning Topsham-based Denley's Essence of India restaurant shareda tent with Otter Brewery to provide a mouth-watering combination of Indian snacks and real ale.

5.10 Healing ZoneThe Sensory Garden part of Belmont Park became the Exeter Respect Healing Zone with a range of tents offering taster sessionsfor alternative therapies from all over the world. Indian head massage, reflexology, reiki, Korean massage, and homeopathy wereamongst the healing arts on offer in this area which also provided an island of tranquillity away from the thronging ExeterRespect crowds.

5.11 Fie & reue sevie DemonaionThe Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service got behind Exeter Respect 2011 as never before! As well as substantial financialsponsorship, they organised their own exciting area near the festival entrance on both days. Children were able to try on fire-fighter's respiratory apparatus and helmets and to use high-pressure hoses. State-of the-art fire-fighting vehicles were on display,there was a ubiquitous fire engine to climb over and a series of thrilling chip-pan fire demonstrations.

This also provided the Fire Service with a great opportunity to promote both home and vehicle safety and to demonstrate theircommitment to equality and diversity.

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5.12 Ohe pefomane & AiviieAs well as the many exciting areas which transformed Belmont Park into an amazing festival site, the event featured a number ofstrolling performances which had to be carefully co-ordinated to ensure they didn't disturb the programmed stage appearances.

These included processions by the Exeter Malayalee Association and the Ilu Axa samba crew on their way to the big-top, aperformance by the 180-strong Big Noise Chorus choir on the bank by the Scrapstore and a series of performances by theCapoeira Angola group in different parts of the park.

The most moving procession took place at the start of the event, and was a magical moment in the city's history of celebratingdiversity. It was 11.30am on the Saturday morning and the last of the three performance stages had just been cleared forhealth & safety checks and the Festival Co-ordinator was able to open the gates.

On cue, a procession appeared at the end of Clifton Road and made its way into Belmont Park to loud cheers from the manystall-holders and volunteers already in the festival site. It was a group of people with learning, physical and sensory disabilitiesfrom the Soundwaves and Magic Carpet projects who had marched from their new St James Church Hall base to Belmont Parkand timed it perfectly! Playing musical instruments, banging percussion, chanting and cheering, they led in a throng of otherfestival-goers who had been waiting for the event to open, then conducted a triumphant circuit of the site before their coretroupe assembled on the Global Community Stage for the first performance of the weekend. This summed up the ExeterRespect ethos of celebrating rather than shunning our differences in a totally socially inclusive way and it simply could nothave been better-planned.

The procession up to the site worked brilliantly - something that could, perhaps, be a feature of Respect in the future.Adrian Bull, Soundwaves Project

I am not ashamed to say that there were tears in my eyes when I saw the procession of people with learning and physicaldisabilities march into Belmont Park to open our celebration of diversity. They were celebrating because it was their event asmuch as anyone else's and that is what Respect is all about.Paul Giblin, Festival Co-ordinator

5.13 DeoaionBelmont Park wasn't just transformed into a festival site in terms of performance and structures, it was covered in a range ofvibrant decoration which added to the celebratory atmosphere. Traditional festival dcor and flags supplied by Fabricatesupplemented artwork produced by schools, youth and community groups, including an exhibition of work produced for theSafer Devon Partnership Community Cohesion schools competition and banners embroidered by the Exeter Women Sewingfor Peace workshops.

5.14 FoodAs well as the Bollywood caf-bar and Community Caf, festival-goers enjoyed Mexican food, Belgian waffles, Mediterraneansalads, real sausages, three ice cream vendors, free tasters from Poland, Palestine, India and the Middle East - and the legendaryExeter Bike Caf toured the site.

There was scope to include more food in the festival, but a careful balance must be struck between the income commercialcaterers generate for the event and the use of food to showcase ethnic diversity.

Just to say thanks for a well organised and great atmosphere festival. .

Carol Burroughs, Mexican food stall

5.13 Afe-how aieThere was a separate after-show party on each night of ExeterRespect 2010.

On Saturday the local Jam The Channel DJ collective put on apacked night at The Globe Inn just round the corner from BelmontPark, This was a great success in terms of turn-out, but the hugeattendance created too much noise for local residents, when themain festival had been carefully planned to avoid eveningdisturbance. Such an event will have to be reconsidered for 2011 inthe light of negative feedback.

On Sunday Mama Stones hosted a soul and funk night to enable

Exeter Respect volunteers to let their hair down after a weekend offestival work. In hindsight, many of our volunteers were too tiredto really enjoy a Sunday night out, so this after-show party will alsoneed to be reconsidered - one suggestion is to hold it a week lateras a thank-you to everyone who helped with the festival.

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6. communiy EngagemenA major factor in the continued success and growth of Exeter Respect is the way in which our high quality arts programming isunderpinned by our well-developed community engagement.

Newtown Community Association, the Polonica Polish Association, Devon United Women, the Refugee Support Group, theWomen's Outreach Group, the Kurdish community group, the University's Chinese Society, the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, theMuslim Women's Interfaith Group, the Islamic Centre and the Exeter Malayalee Association were among the many diversecommunity groups with an active presence at Respect In The Park.

Exeter Respect successfully engages local BME (black & minority ethnic) communities in a way which, in turn, helps thosecommunities to engage with the wider population and holding the event in Newtown meant we had a local communityassociation who actively welcomed a celebration of diversity in their park.

Last year many festival visitors were struck by the diversity of the crowds the festival attracted. This year the there was no doubt

that our corner of the south west of England is part of a multi-cultural United Kingdom, where multi-cultural understanding iswell worth promoting.

Visitors were asked whether they enjoyed the multicultural atmosphere and the majority strongly agreed with this statement.The majority of visitors agreed that because of the Respect festival they understand other cultures better.Monica Hudcova, MSc Research paper on Exeter Respect

We think the Respect Festival was really brilliant, we were entirely happy to have it going on opposite our house and thoughtit was a great success. Good luck for next year!Anthea Asprey, local resident

A fantastic positive community event embracing different cultures and styles.Veron Matthews, local resisdent

Just wanted to say thanks to all who organised and participated in this years Respect Festival Belmont Park Exeter. It was anamazing experience, I didnt realise how diverse Devon was! I learned a lot, and made some interesting contacts to follow up. I

was also amazed at the breadth of artistic talent here in Devon. More please for next year. Think Belmont park is an excellentchilled out vibe type venue! Thanks once again! - here's to 2011!Anne Marchant, event attendee

7. VoluneeingOur festival is only made possible by the help of a diverse (naturally) band of willing volunteers who help with event logistics,information-giving, loading-in bands and keeping the park clean - and are all covered by our own Exeter Respect employers andpublic liability insurance.

For the second year running we benefited from support from the University Of Exeter's event management students, whoundertook stage-management, decoration and stalls-co-ordination under the watchful eye of their tutor.

The University's Guild of Students also provided volunteers to staff their stalls and bouncy castles, all in their own impossible-to-miss bright yellow Exeter Respect t-shirts.

Special thanks must also go to the Environment Agency who's volunteers staffed the Clifton Hill car park, a task which took themaway from the mainstream festival action.

I had a great time helping out at this year's festival and it was lovely to meet you all and work with everyone. I'm glad thateverything in my area and the park on a whole went smoothly over the weekend! I hope you are really proud of all you achievedthis year as it was a fantastic community event. Many thanks again for creating such a great team to work alongside and I'm

sure that I may ask you for a reference when I start the daunting task of job hunting!Grace Doughty, Exeter University event management volunteer

I'd just like to say what a fabulous weekend that was! I'm a third year who has never been to one before and regret it hugely!This year I was lucky enough to work, and helped set up as well as worked over the weekend, what a great group of staff andorganisers and the guests were great too. The weekend seemed to pass without any hitches, and overhearing conversations,everyone spoke positively about it! Well done!Rob Cohen, Exeter University Guild of Students volunteer

I just wanted to drop you an email to say thank you for letting us be a part of Exeter Respect. The volunteers had a great time

and it was fantastic to see so many people gathered to celebrate our diversity. Well done for organising a very successful eventand thank you for all help!Marte Billington, Deputy President - Exeter University Guild of Students

I just wanted to say thank you for the opportunity that working for the respect festival offered me. I had such a great time andI know that my team really enjoyed themselves too. We thoroughly enjoyed all the world music. I hope you also enjoyed theweekend and that it all went according to plan.Amy Dodd, community volunteer

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8. Envionmenal and oial eonibiliyExeter Respect is firmly committed to respect for the environment as well as between the diverse people of the earth and RespectIn The Park 2010 showed once again that it is possible to have a big, successful event with a small carbon footprint, noenvironmental damage and no complaints from local residents.

Belmont Park's city centre location meant that the event was only ten minutes walk from the High Street, so public transportcould be used by anyone who needed to get there from out-of-town. Our Exeter Times 'wrap' mail-shot to city households andour brochure both contained a Stagecoach bus service 4 day rider ticket offer and a message encouraging people to take thebus rather than their car if they needed to get across the city to the festival. Generous support-in kind also meant we had freeuse of three car parks near the venue for performers and other festival participants' vehicles: Clifton Hill Sports Centre, theFountain Youth Club and Newtown School. This meant that we were able to run a two-day event with 13,500 attendees, threestages, 100 stalls and displays, over 400 performers and over 70 volunteers without a single complaint about traffic congestionor illegal parking!

We ensured that a small group of volunteers stayed untilthe very end of the event on both days to ensure everyscrap of litter was removed from the park - and they dida thorough job. Likewise, when setting up and breakingdown, every effort was made to drive only on the paths,not the grass, which resulted in a single set of tyre tracksleft in the park as the only evidence that a two-day13,500-strong event had taken place.

We were delighted to hear that there had not been asingle complaint about noise or parking problemscaused by Respect In The Park, despite the highattendance. We believe a major factor in this was that

we delivered letters giving notice of the event to all thehouses surrounding the park a fortnight before theRespect weekend, and we made sure posters stayed upon the park entrances and in the Community Hut in thecentre of the park.

Our excellent relationship with Newtown Community Association meant that the event had their full support and we were givena warm welcomed at their regular committee meeting a month before the event.

This was supported by research findings which stated that: The main positive impact perceived by residents is the fact that thefestival brought the community together. Also it helped to introduce new local brands and businesses to local people. Also itwas a good opportunity for family fun and people to spend quality time together. Residents felt that the festival increasedcultural awareness and promoted respect. It also helped to increase local pride and give a good image to Exeter.

Noise: speaking with Environmental Health there were 0 noise complaints for the event. That's 2-0 for Respect. Well done.Site condition: the site was left in very good condition, you'd never guess there was a festival the day before.

Crystal Carter, Open Spaces Officer,Exeter City Council

Just a very quick e-mail to congratulate you and yourteam on a magnificent event this weekend - and for thevery slick marshalling and general organisation thatminimised local traffic disruption and indeed any possibleinconvenience for local residents. I am sure that ExeterRespect is now well and truly on the Exeter event mapand that it will grow from strength to strength in thecoming years. It was a truly joyous and enjoyable tributeto our cultural diversity. If you need any help with PR next

year, let me know. Happy to help out.Liz Sheridan, local resident (who originally contacted

us about potential traffic problems!)

Ecological and carbon footprints were calculated and itwas concluded that both of these footprints were withinthe sustainable bracket.Monica Hudcova,MSc Research paper on Exeter Respect

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9. publiiy and Media coveageExeter Respect has always been accompanied by effective publicity material and has always enjoyed great media coverage.Respect In The Park 2010 took this to a new level thanks to a sponsorship opportunity offered by the Exeter Times weeklynewspaper, part of the Westcliffe Publishing Group which owns the Exeter Express & Echo. They offered us an amazing discounton a 'wrap' which meant that the whole outside four pages of Exeter Times was dedicated to Respect In The Park 2011 in anissue which was delivered to 38,000 city households a fortnight before the event. We shared the cost of this publishingopportunity with our biggest sponsors, the Co-operative Membership and our feedback indicates it was a major factor in themassive turnout the event enjoyed.

As well as the this amazing direct marketing, there was wide distribution of Respect In The Park posters and flyers, and we weregiven free advertisements in the Exeter Summer Festival brochure, the '101 Things to Do This Summer' brochure, and in 247magazine, along with great editorial previews in a host of publications and newsletter from partnership organisations, such asDance In Devon and Devon County Council.

ITVWestcountry and the BBC previewed the event, BBC Radio Devon did a great feature on the morning of the event and bothExeter FM and Heart FM were present at the festival. Exeter FM also created a special event trailer for us, as did Phonic FM, andthere is already a weekly Exeter Respect Show on that community station.

Our comprehensive web site was updated with full event listings and an 8 page A5 brochure was handed out on the day,featuring a map of the park and listings for the three stages, plus separate up-to-date timetables for each stage.

The Express & Echo gave Respect In The Park a good preview followed by an in-depth page-and-a-half report a few days afterthe event. In fact, the local newspaper even gave over its The World According tocolumn, usually written by the Bishop ofExeter, to the festival co-ordinator two months before the event!

Respect for all gave city a colourful break - the event which drew thousands of people to a city park under the banner AllDifferent, All EqualExeter Express & Echo review headers

Spreading tolerance message through funExeter Express & Echo preview header

10. sonohi and uo in-kindWith a squeeze on the public sector purse, making the leap from a one-day free event to a bigger two day event was dependenton securing a big commercial sponsor and increasing the revenue raised by trading at the event. We are pleased to say that werose to both challenges and secured enough money and support in-kind to underwrite an amazing weekend of which all oursponsors were proud.

The Co-operative Membership have been traditional sponsors of Exeter Respect and this year we were able to arrange anongoing sponsorship arrangement with them for the festival, putting us in a great position for events in 2011 and 2012.

As well as the Co-operative Membership's sponsorship and support in-kind, we secured our usual public sector support, withextensive help from Exeter City Council - who's Events & Festivals staff played a significant part in the event planning and delivery.

The Devon Fire & Rescue Service also doubled their financial support and were rewarded with their own exciting festival area inwhich to raise awareness of fire safety and show their commitment to equality and diversity.

As well as the Co-operative Membership's support, the increased number of stall-holders and food outlets made a significantcontribution to the event's finances and, more importantly, has established a means of funding which is not dependent onstatutory agency sponsorship.

Representatives of the main sponsors enjoyed a short reception on the Saturday ofthe event, the Lord Mayor of Exeter toured the festival site and the Deputy Mayorand the University's Deputy Vice-Chancellor made short speeches introducing acts onthe Global Community Stage.

Overall, Exeter Respect 2010 received financial support and support in-kind from:l The Co-operative Membership l Unison South West l Exeter City Councill Devon County Council l The University of Exeter l Devon & Somerset Fire &Rescue Service l Devon & Cornwall Constabulary l The Environment Agencyl Devon & Cornwall Police Authority l Westward Housing Group l DevonCounty Unison lDance in Devon lDevon Racial Equality CouncillCole Estatesl Stagecoach l Exeter Community Safety Partnership l Exeter University Guildof Students l Newtown Community Association l Otter Brewery l The StSidwells Centre l Heart FM l Exeter FM l 247 Magazine l WestcountryPublishing l Promotion Works l Phonic FM l Denley's Essence of India.Congratulations on a fantastic weekend. All your hard work paid off and resultedin a fantastic celebration of diversity. Well done.Val Wilson, Exeter City Council Events & Festivals Manager

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11. Feedbak, inluding uvey eulThe feedback received since Respect In The Park 2010 was even better than that achieved by the 2009 event, and the manyquotes at the end of this section speak for themselves.

This year we handed out feedback forms which asked attendees to rank the event overall, choose their favourite aspect of thefestival and make comments on Respect In The Park. We also asked if they would be willing to pay to attend the event and ifthey wanted us to move to another venue to enable the event to go on into the evening.

77% of survey recipients rated the event as 'excellent', 27% of survey recipients rated the event as 'good' and 1% as 'average'.No recipients gave Respect In The Park a 'poor' rating.

71% of those who answered the question stated that they would be willing to pay for the event, but many attendees statedthat it was very important to keep the event free to make it as socially inclusive as possible.

55% of those who answered the question stated that they would not like the event to be moved to another venue in order to

go on later, as they valued the city-centre location and community atmosphere this contributed to.

We had so many great feedback quotes we had enough to sprinkle throughout this report with still more left to list here

Congratulations on a very successful event overall. I personally really enjoyed it and would go as far as to say I thought it wasthe best event that has ever taken place in Exeter, well in my lifetime anyway, so a huge big pat on the back to everyone who,I know, worked very hard to make the event what it was. Adrian Bull, Soundwaves Project

This was without a doubt the best local festival I have attended in Exeter for years. The attendance showed that Exeter is a citythat celebrates diversity, that challenges prejudice. I left with a smile on my face and in my heart..

I actually wrote to the Echo to congratulate the organisers of Respect. It was a fabulous event, blew me away.Roll on next year, let me know if you have any room for volunteers or committee members. Jeanie Lynch, Lead Officer - Equality & Diversity, Children & Young People's Services, Devon County Council

A quick note to say congratulations on a fantastic Exeter Respect weekend! It far surpassed my expectations, and filled me with

joy to see Exeter hosting such an event. Well done, and thank you!Vik Moham, event attendee

Congratulations on the best Respect festival ever! Always helps to have great weather, but it really was a fully and lovely event.Johanna Korndorfer, Centre for Contemporary Art and the Natural World

Just to let you know we really enjoyed playing on Saturday and the band would like to express their thanks to the staff, stagecrew and the sound guys for all their assistance in making us a happy band.Mas Bajo, musicians

I attended your event on Saturday and was very impressed and thoroughly enjoyed the day.Jacquie Muscat, event attendee

Thanks so much for a wonderful festival. For me, it was so refreshing to find something in Exeter that celebrates diversity andchallenges outdated ideas of what it is to be British - a fantastic and inspiring event.Gabrielle Wooller, event attendee

A big thank you for organising Respect andletting us be part of it.Robert Wynne, Magic Carpet Project

I thoroughly enjoyed the festival and will goagain next year!! Thanks to everyone, a lot ofhard work!Vicky Stewart, event attendee

Just want to say a big thank you for a really good event. Everyone I know enjoyed it somuch.Kate Boddy, event attendee

What a beautiful festival! Thank you so much,

Exeter needs more like this.Gayatri Simons, event attendee

We had such a good time and I want to say ahuge thank you for it all! Really fab! With bestwishes for next year and all the prep.Cath, from Ella's Knitting and Knit Expo stall

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Congratulations on a really good festival this year -even the weather was kind. I was really impressedwith the family activities and all the voluntary sector

stands. Excellent music and entertainment.Lyndy Pooley, event attendee

"The Exeter Respect Festival 2010 was a fantasticcommunity event with the feel of a much biggerfestival, with high-quality programming, great foodand drink, interesting events and stands and a really

good vibe. Everywhere you looked, punters were smiling and chatting, enjoying the ambience of thiswonderful event which is the perfect example of

community cohesion in action. Bring on next year's!"Mama Tokus, big-top compere

Hi to everyone else involved in Respect Fest this year,I couldn't make it on the Saturday but enjoyed a greatday on Sunday. Big thanks to all of you!Jules Neubert, event attendee

We very much enjoyed the festival, Sound Gallery staff and volunteers and we trust it was a great success for you, too. It wasa good volunteering opportunity and a chance for young people to get involved for the first time in a live event/festival.Maria Peters, Sound Gallery

What a fantastic couple of days.Karen Morant, event attendee

Had a great time, my 5 year old daughter had loads to do and experienced a happy multi-cultural weekend. Thanks for all your

hard work, roll on next year!Fiona Pamplin, event attendee

I enjoyed Respect festival immensely, thanks for organising volunteers.Diana Hekt, event volunteer

You are very lovely - well done for putting on such a tremendously successful event! Last night I came back from the RespectFestival and wrote a Unity in Diversity poem - today Ruth and I spoke it in the Acoustic stage tent for you. Keep doing what youdo, you do it beautifully!Belinda Harris-Reid, Acoustic Stage compere

Thank you, thank you, and thank you again... what a truly wonderful event to find in the middle of Exeter! We couldn't believeour luck, we had two fabulous days, really relaxed, brilliant fun, and crucially for us it was all free as we can't afford to go tofestivals usually. What a wonderful way to meet up with old friends and make some fantastic new ones right on our doorstep.Please do this every year, it was BRILLIANT!Eleanor Scott-Wilson, event attendee

I had no idea how diverse Exeter has become. Welldone for really positive event.Jamie Marsh, ice cream vendor

Just a quick note to say thank you for the brilliantRespect Festival. We very much enjoyed it and theoverall vibe was ace!Matt Whittaker, Bike Caf

You did a brilliant job! Thank you for all that hardwork!I implore you, most earnestly, to do the samething next year. Respect is what we all need!Vicky Stewart, event attendee

A great couple of days, everything we could want,

than you very much.Emily Lock, Newtown resident (retired)

Really enjoyed the festival, it keeps improving year on year, especially the inclusive family activities, Welldone to the organisers!J. Brown, event attendee

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12. reeah findingA research student at Exeter University, Monica Hudcova, made Respect In The Park 2010 the subject of the dissertation for her MScin Tourism Development & Policy: The Economic, Environmental and Socio-Cultural Impacts of an Event - with special reference tothe Respect Festival, Exeter, Devon, June 2010.'

We are pleased to announce that her research findings verify our overall evaluation of Respect In The Park 2011 as the city's mostsuccessful celebration of diversity to-date, and as sustainable model for this event.

An extract from her paper's conclusion states that: Finally, the socio-cultural impact was explored. The main aim of the Respectfestival was to promote multi-cultural understanding and to say no to racism and all forms of prejudice. This was successfullyfulfilled according to the results of the visitor survey.

Other extracts stated that:

Visitors were asked whether they enjoyed the multicultural atmosphere and the majority strongly agreed with this statement.

The majority of visitors agreed that because of the Respect festival they understand other cultures better.

The main benefits for the local area perceived by residents which were expressed spontaneously were: bringing the communitytogether, introduction of new bands and businesses to the community, opportunity for family fun, opportunity to have a goodtime, increased cultural awareness, promotion of respect, increased local pride and a good image for Exeter.

On the understanding that the festival will continue in a similar fashion over the following years it should be welcomed positivelyby the residents living around Belmont Park, which indicates the sustainable character of the event.

Residents felt that the festival increased cultural awareness and promoted respect. It also helped to increase local pride and givea good image to Exeter.

13. Oveall Evaluaionof Eee ree 2010This report clearly demonstrates the success of Exeter Respect2010 and the decision to move from a free one-day free festivalto a giant two-day celebration of diversity in Belmont Park.

With an estimated 13,500 people passing through the parkduring the weekend, attendance was higher than theorganisers expected and the celebratory atmosphere createdby the event was an incredible one.

As well as high public attendance, feedback from a range ofperspectives shows high levels of participation andcommunity engagement, both by the festival itself and themany agencies who had space at the event. Our three-yearsponsorship agreement with the Co-operative Membership

and our volunteering partnership with the University bodeswell for running future events, along with the and high levelof positive feedback from event stakeholders about how well-organised the event was.

There were, of course, a few some aspects of Respect In ThePark which could be improved, which we will work on for2011: the amount of food and drink available on site could beincreased, it would be good to add more cover to the park incase of rain, and any after-show parties on the weekend mustbe held away from the park - and consideration given to anevent for volunteers a week later. There is also the possibilityof running the event for an extra hour (until 7pm) on theSaturday to enable more trading whilst maintaining a finish

time which meant the noise did not disturb local residents inthe later evening.

These factors are relatively easy to address and the ExeterRespect Steering Group and many key sponsors haveexpressed a desire to develop the Respect In The Park formatfurther for 2011, with a commitment to putting on a similartwo-day event on the equivalent weekend in 2011.

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14. planning fo Eee ree 2011We started planning Exeter Respect 2011 immediately after the 2010 event, hence this report and accompanying DVD.

At the time of writing we are putting together proposals for another free two-day event in Belmont Park on the same weekendas the 2010 event, Saturday and Sunday 4 & 5 June 2011.

Our biggest sponsor, The Co-operative Membership, are already committed to our event plan and are already working with usto build on the experience of putting on such a great event in 2010.

Negotiations are already well underway with Exeter City Council over use of the park, the Playday team have the date in theirdiary and the Events & Festivals Manager is committed to further partnership working as part of their extensive support in-kind.

Likewise, the University and Guild of Students are committed to further developing their involvement in Exeter Respect and seeit as a major plank in their wider community engagement activities.

We also have a range of traders who wish to return to the event, but we still require more sponsorship and support in-kind tobe able to put on another amazing festival.

If you would like to be support the event, get involved in planning or delivery or book space at Respect In The Park 2011 pleaseget in touch using the contact details below.

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Photos in this report by Clive Chilvers and Jim Hutchins. Graphic design by Nigel Pennington.

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