Sponsors

Monkhill Confectionery (A Division of Trebor Bassett)
www.cadburytreborbassett.co.uk
Marketing & Participation                                                               

As a major supplier of sugar confectionery in the UK, and with a factory in Pontefract that has a long history of liquorice manufacturing, Monkhill Confectionery is proud to be able to support the Pontefract Liquorice Trust.  We pride ourselves on the very positive relationships we have with the communities that we work within and are pleased to support opportunities that increase awareness of the remarkable history of association with liquorice that Pontefract enjoys.

Maruzen Pharmaceutical Co Ltd. Japan
www.maruzenpcy.co.jp
Community Participation

There is only one town in the world called Pontefract, where modern day people living in the town are maintaining it's significance to liquorice, a medicinal herb having the history of 4000 years. To express our sincere appreciation to the Pontefract Liquorice Festival, a Japanese firm living on liquorice as a food, drug and cosmetics ingredient, was inspired to get involved in the Festival and decided to support it in a spiritual way.  Although the line of business of liquorice-oriented firms are totally different from any one of those in England, so the participation of the company in the festival would produce no profit, the idea of supporting the festival will surely give the company a confidence that she is helping to serve the people in the modern world with the health benefit of time-honored liquorice, a king of the crude drugs.  May the Pontefract Liquorice Festival be forever!!

Akifumi Higurashi
President

LNF - Local Network Fund for Children and Young People
enquiries@cffc.co.uk
Supporting artists' work with four Pontefract Junior Schools to create banners for town centre decoration during the festival.

Heritage Lottery Fund - Young Roots
www.hlf.org.uk
Funding;  Parade making, also a year long heritage program with young people of 13+ and a Liquorice Fashion project with Pontefract New College.

Young people will be involved in:

designing and Buildinga heritage themed procession for the Liquorice Festival
designing and making liquorice hats
researching and designingan exhibition on liquorice and medicine through the ages
researching and designinga public art commission - the liquorice trail

Heritage Lottery Fund
www.hlf.org.uk
Funding a comprehensive day of medieval life in Pontefract Castle on Saturday 16th July.  
                      
Arts Council England Yorkshire
www.artscouncil.org.uk
Funding a diverse arts programme on Liquorice Day Sunday 17th July.

Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
www.wakefield.gov.uk
Supporting the Trust in Event Management and Public Relations.