Christmas lights switch-on

Come and join in the festive family fun at Fair Green Mitcham for the borough's Christmas lights switch-on event.

The illumination of the Christmas tree and lights will be at 5.15pm.

There will be lots of festive fun throughout the evening, including:
• Sing-along performances from local school choirs
• Photos with Father Christmas and his real reindeer!
• Face painting
• Magic performances
• Arts and crafts
• Free mince pies, popcorn and candy floss!

Christmas Market

Running alongside the Switch-on event will be Mitcham Market, from 4pm – 7 pm, where you can bag yourself a Christmassy treat on Market Square!

*Mitcham Market takes place every second Saturday of the month - there will be a special Mitcham Christmas Maret taking place on Saturday 14 December, 11am – 4pm, note the date in your diaries!

Youth Bus

11 -18 year olds can check out The Mobile Youth Hub Bus which will also be located on the Market Square and will be open from 3:30pm to 6pm.

The Youth Hub is a safe space for young people and has various games and activities as well as a social networking space for school aged people to catch up with youth workers and complete their homework.

The Mobile Youth Hub in Mitcham Town Centre is a new, weekly, project that helps develop programmes for local young people to address their needs.

This project is a partnership between Merton Youth Services and the Salvation Army