This year's Plumstead Make Merry festival take places on Saturday, June 10, from noon to 6pm on Plumstead Common.

Like most years, the organisers have struggled to get the funds to stage the festival and your help could help this community continue.

The Make Merry is the most important date in the Plumstead calendar, and is organised solely by members of the local community who volunteer their time to ensure that this event continues. But without the help of its supporters, it may not survive for much longer.

Each year the organisers try to secure funding but despite making applications for grants they have been unsuccessful this year.

The council have not provided any funding for the festival for several years now and so we the team are left with no option but to be self-sufficient.

With few sponsors from local businesses, it is down to those who attend, and those that want the festival to continue, to help.

The funding pays for the infrastructure, the stages, marquees, toilets etc. The organisers and stewards do not get paid, performers offer their talents for free and local organisations use the event as a great promotional tool. So every penny raised is used to ensure the festival happens.

Donating is easy via PayPal at www.paypal.com. Just send any amount to our email address info@plumsteadmakemerry.co.uk.

We are also crowdfunding through Buzzbnk until July, just go to www.fundit.buzz/PlumsteadMakeMerry2017.

Sponsorship options are also available from just £5 to individuals and local businesses. You can find details at www.plumsteadmakemerry.co.uk/get-involved.

We are already recruiting for stewards for the festival, it's can make a good addition to a CV to support your community as a volunteer, even for less than a day.

The festival attracts a wide variety of stall-holders, from both organisations and individuals, it's a great way to promote your work and meet the local community.

There is a wealth of local talent out there. We are taking proposals from those who want to perform, whether it is a music act, a dance group, spoken word such as poetry, or maybe you know of another talent that needs a stage?

You can find full details of how to apply for all of these in the ‘Get Involved’ section of our website at www.plumsteadmakemerry.co.uk

Article submitted by Sarah Harper