Festival of Ingenuity 8th & 9th July or…

Why Support Darlington’s place branding Darlington celebrates its world class engineering companies build up to the celebration of the birth of the passenger railway in 2025. cultural statement about Darlington as an ‘Ingenious’ place

Objectives To raise the profile of Darlington as a centre for ‘Ingenious’ businesses To engage children and parents in fun interactive activities with the aim of fostering a positive image of engineering as a career path To generate significant footfall in the Town Centre

What will be going on At the core F4Js ‘Ingenious Engineering’ Event 2 day Expo / Festival on the Town Square Family Entertainment on the Feethams Plaza World Class precision driving display

In the Dolphin Centre… Ingenious Engineering Event Cleveland Bridge first ever display of draftman’s drawings of Sydney Harbour Bridge Mars Rover design competition (secondary schools facilitated by the QE) Robot drawing competition (facilitated by Darlington Credit Union) Model Railway display

On the Market Square… Cummins Modus MechTool Nifco Arriva DDFRS A 1 Trust Tees Pumping Station Darlington College

On the Feethams Plaza… Darlington Building Society Teesside University Head of Steam

Entertainment… Precision Driving Display Land Train Craft activities Acropolis Live Music performances Treasure hunts Face painting

Promotion. Through Schools Star Radio principal media partner Radio Campaign One Darlington magazine Adverts in Primary Times & Echo Social Media campaign

To all those who have made this all possible by saying ‘Yes’….

Thank you!!!!

Now, what can you do?

Tell everyone to come!