Andrew Bates

Light up your town this Halloween

20 October 2025Our idea was to go out to where people in the community were on Halloween and to engage with ‘trick or treaters’ with beacons as an alternative way to spend the evening. We identified key areas in our locality where there would be significant footfall, set up gazebos and lit them up. At the gazebos we gave people a ‘treat’ – hot chocolate and hot dogs and gave out lots of glow bracelets and chatted to people. Over the years, the idea has matured and we now have multiple gazebos including one…