Celebr8 2009 is taking place on 21 September "World
  Peace Day" - registration for this event is now closed.

  The FRINGEMK's Celebr8 event encourages positive
  positioning, education and public awareness of diversity,
  highlighting that it is vital to our growing community.

  The 2009 Celebr8 parade will take place on World
  Peace Day, celebrating the diversity of our community, past, present and future and looking outwards towards the issues of global poverty. The parade at its core celebrates the seven strands of diversity. Diversity is about ‘difference’ – difference across race, gender, disability, sexual orientation, faith, age and economic circumstance.

It’s about recognising that not all people are the same and that people have different, equally valuable, skills, experience and knowledge to offer. The concept of diversity encompasses acceptance and respect; it means understanding that each individual is unique - recognising individual differences and celebrating them.

The parade will mark the launch of this year's FRINGEMK Festival, with the Mayor of Milton Keynes opening proceedings, along with Ruth Stone of the CVO. The parade will be led by Festive Road and the ION puppet which will become our regional mascot for the 2012 Olympic Games.