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We are proud to announce that on March 24th Northampton will host its own Twestival Local event.

Twestival® (or Twitter Festival) uses social media for social good by connecting communities off-line on a single day to highlight a great cause and have a fun event. Twestival is the largest global grass roots social media fundraising initiative to date. Since 2009, volunteers have raised close to $1.2 million for 137 non-profits. All local events are organized 100% by volunteers and 100% of all ticket sales and donations go direct to projects.

Twestival was born out of the idea that if cities were able to collaborate on an international scale, but work from a local level, it could have a spectacular impact. Over 200 international cities from Buenos Aires to Bangalore, Seattle to Seoul and Hong Kong to Honolulu have participated in Twestival.

Twestival Local 2011 is a great opportunity to bring the community together. The day is about more than fundraising, but all money raised will go directly to a local charity, that means 100% of the funds will be spent in Northamptonshire. We are delighted to be rasing money and awareness for CAN.

The event will take place in Fishmarket, Bradshaw Street, Northampton NN1 2HL. Tickets will go on sale in a few weeks so remember to check back here or follow us on Twitter, details below. We will announce details of the evening's activities over the coming weeks, but if you would like to get involved, our contact details are below. In fact, please get in touch if you can help in any way! All hands on deck! 

For updates or to get involved, please follow us on Twitter (where else?!) @NNTwestival, Twestival blog http://northampton.twestival.com, and make a note of the date in your diary - 24th March 2011.