It's a Walk In The Park for Red Alert Media!

Northampton-based PR agency Red Alert Media has been hired to head up the publicity for this year's 'Walk In The Park' festival.

The 'Walk In The Park' is an annual festival of family fun and entertainment run by Wootton and East Hunsbury Parish Council, attracting thousands of people every year to the Wootton recreation ground in Northampton.

This year is the sixth 'Walk In The Park', and over the next month, organisers will be announcing some big name, high profile performers who will be heading to Northampton for this year's event.

"The 'Walk In The Park' festival has established itself as one of, if not the, biggest family night out in the county, and last year, over two nights, we attracted over 15-thousand people," said Councillor Jonathan Nunn, of Wootton and East Hunsbury Parish Council, and a member of the organising committee.

"It's a fantastic family event, and we have some really ambitious plans for it in the coming years, so we decided we needed to bring in a publicist to help us spread the word. 

"Whenever we've mentioned PR to people, they've immediately suggested we speak to Peter Jones at Red Alert Media. He is obviously very highly rated, and we've seen for ourselves, and heard about, the terrific job he's done promoting the Deco Theatre panto over the past two Christmases.

"Not only that, he's a local man, he's extremely enthusiastic, and we're delighted to welcome him on board."

The Red Alert Media team will be on board between now and this year's 'Walk In The Park', on July the 1st and 2nd, and made an immediate impact when they organised a photocall for a cheque presentation to the Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance, who received a donation for £2,000 from the proceeds of last year's event.

Said Peter Jones: "I was very flattered to take a call from the organisers asking me if I was interested in getting involved, and I was delighted to do so. The 'Walk In The Park' is a fantastic event for local people in Wootton and East Hunsbury, it has much to be proud of, and as its reputation is spreading, visitors are flocking in from all over the county, let alone the town.