Wilmslow Scarecrow Festival

The Club introduced a Scarecrow Festival to Wilmslow in June 2010. Some photos from the previous years are available (simply click on the Scarecrow Festival pages links to, for example, access the 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2016 report subpages to the right).

We will be running the Wilmslow Scarecrow Festival again from Monday 23 June to Sunday 6 July 2025. Since it was inaugurated back in 2010, this event has helped to raise many thousands of pounds for charity (particularly for local charities) as well as providing fun for those finding/seeing the scarecrows and/or for those making them. Hopefully 2025 will be no exception to that.

We are looking for lots of people across our local community to get involved (notably to get involved in producing a scarecrow or two to make the event as lively as possible). Is this something you would be willing/able to assist us with?

There is no charge/fee for entering a scarecrow (aside from your time and materials!) although entrants can raise some money for the charity of their choice if they want by encouraging people to support/”sponsor” their scarecrow. This could be for your own charity/organisation or for the Rotary Club (and we donate our funds to various local and/or international charities – we are planning to donate funds from this Scarecrow Festival to local organizations including The Alzheimer's Society).

You might already have you own fundraising mechanism but, if not, there are a number of ways you could raise funds for us or your own charity/organisation:

(i) Money can be donated via our Just Giving page (https://www.justgiving.com/page/wilmslowscarecrowfestival) and the donor can simply add a comment e.g. “I want to support the Rotary scarecrow”). You may already have your own Just Giving or similar online fundraising page.

(ii) Having said that, it is relatively easy for an individual to set up their own Just Giving page at https://www.justgiving.com/ and then click on the “Start Fundraising” link at the top. You can then select the charity of their choice as the beneficiary of their fundraising (including the Wilmslow and District Rotary Trust Fund). You can see an example of the latter at https://www.justgiving.com/page/ian-b-scarecrow.

Here is a link to the entry form (to register a scarecrow) or you can contact us at wilmslowscarecrowfestival@gmail.com.

Hopefully you or others you know will want to submit an entry form soon but if you have any questions about any of this in the meantime then please let us know.

If you are needing ideas for how to make a scarecrow then why not go to You Tube and search for "How to make a scarecrow" as there are various videos/examples there.