1. Festival of Ingenuity
8th & 9th July
or…

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

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

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

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

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

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

12. Thank you!!!!

13. Now, what can you do?

14. Tell everyone to come!