We’re delighted to be able to bring you a few more details about our neighbourhood’s next big social event, the STAR Summer Party on Saturday June 20th from 2pm to 6:30pm in the garden of the Scout Hut on Rugby Road.
Come along with your friends and family, meet new neighbours and catch up with old friends over a drink in the sunshine as we’ll have plenty of seating for you to chill out on whilst soaking up the music and atmosphere.
Food & Drink
We’ll be firing up the STAR BBQ and selling Chiswick’s own “Macken Brothers” Burgers & Sausages on the day, and we will also be running The STAR Bar, with Pimms as well as a selection of wines, beers and soft drinks all afternoon as well.
After the STAR Bake-Off Competition has been judged you’ll also have the opportunity to indulge in a slice of the winning cakes – or any of the runners-up that you like the look of instead.
Kids Activities
We’ve got plenty of activities to keep your kids fully occupied throughout the afternoon, with games, crafts and a host of other events including the Green Twigs Nursery who will have their team on hand to host craft activities in the Nature Garden at the Scout Hut all day, helping keep your young ones entertained.
We’re also encouraging kids to come along in their favourite Fancy Dress to add a splash of glamour to the proceedings.
Entertainment from local talent
A veritable parade of local musical talent will be performing all afternoon, playing everything from classical to jazz, rock, pop and show tunes throughout the afternoon. We’ll be announcing the full programme of music from local bands and musicians soon.
STAR Tombola & Teddy Bear Adoption Stall
Every fete needs a Tombola, and the STAR Summer Party will be no exception – we’ve loads of prizes for kids and adults alike to be won on the day. We will also be bringing back the incredibly popular Teddy Adoption Stall, allowing you (or you children!) to pick up a new “best friend” to take home from the party too.
The STAR Raffle
The STAR Summer Party will also be hosting the official drawing of the 2026 STAR Raffle!
We’ve already got over 30 amazing prizes lined up for you to win, all kindly donated by local businesses and residents – so with only 300 households in the STAR area eligible to buy tickets, your odds of walking away with a great prize are way better than for the National Lottery!
Local retailers, restaurants, cafes and pubs are among the prize donators, including Frankies Bakery, Damsel, Oddonos, The Chiswick Fishmonger, Oven District, Chiwick Lighting Company, Room2, Nara Thai, Grillandia, Wyndhams, Macken Brothers, Pet Pavilion & many more.
The full list of prizes on offer can be seen on the STAR Raffle Page on Galabid
We are running the raffle and the draw using the GalaBid online platform, and so you will need to provide an email address and/or mobile number when buying your tickets to allow us to notify you if you are a winner.
We will be announcing the winners at the Summer Party, but even if you are not there when the draw takes place you will be notified by an email from the GalaBid system.
You can buy tickets on GalaBid here.
STAR Bake-Off – Are you this year’s “STAR Baker” ?
A showpiece of the STAR Party will be the return of our very popular STAR Bake-off Competition – your chance to show off your cake-making skills to the neighbourhood.
Simply bring along your favourite bake – whether it’s a classy Victoria Sponge or a tray of fancy muffins – to show off to the neighbourhood and enter the competition, and we’ve again secured the services of local top-notch cake maker Rozie, the owner and head Baker of Rozie’s in Devonshire Road to judge the entries during the Summer Party.
After the judging is completed we’ll then be selling slices of all of your creations to our hungry party goers, so everyone will have a chance to sample your handiwork during the afternoon too.
There is also a “Junior STAR Baker” category for any of the younger kitchen maestros in our area – a great chance to get your kids into the kitchen and involved in the fun!
You can let us know you are bringing a cake by filling in our online form here, or simply bring your cakes along to the Scout Hut by 2:30pm and check in at the STAR Baker Judging Table.
There will be separate sections for Adults & Childrens entries, and judging will take place at 3:45pm in the Scout Hut
If you have any questions about entering the competition please call Julie on 07775 780 815 or email events@starchiswick.com
Supporting Local Charity
Part of the proceeds from our End of Summer Party will be donated to support The Upper Room, who provide hot meals, clothing and a wide range of frontline services to people facing homelessness, poverty and social exclusion in West London.
The Upper Room has been supporting people facing homelessness, poverty and social exclusion in West London for 35 years. Their work is built around three core services: UR4Meals, which provides freshly cooked hot meals to up to 100 guests each weekday, along with clothing, toiletries, travel tickets, SIMs and practical assistance; UR4Jobs, which offers employability advice and support; and UR4Driving, a unique life-changing programme which helps break the cycle of unemployment and reoffending by giving ex-offenders and young people at risk of offending the chance to gain their driving licence in exchange for 80 hours of volunteering.
Through a number of partnerships, The Upper Room act as a one-stop hub that provides anyone in need with vital caseworker support covering issues such as housing, residency, benefits, debt, addiction and health.
How You Can Get Involved – helpers needed on the day
The STAR “Party Team” have been working behind the scenes over the last couple of months to pull this year’s Summer Party together, however we will still need some extra pairs of hands on the day to help out for an hour or so in setting up, taking down or running some of our stalls at the event.
We’ve drawn up a rota of what needs to be done, so if you are able to contribute please sign up for a slot on our online form and get involved. We’re also still looking for someone with a fancy(-ish) camera who can be our official photographer on the day, so if this might be you please get in touch.
Useful To Know
- The Summer Party runs from 2pm to 630pm at the Scout Hut on Rugby Road.
- There is no entry fee – you can pop in whenever you like, and stay for as long as you like.
- On the day we’ll be using our own (paper – not crypto!) currency, STAR Cash at the Party.
- Simply buy a bundle of STAR Cash Vouchers with either cash or contactless payment when you arrive, and use the vouchers at all of our stalls and catering points.
- Each STAR Cash Voucher is worth £1, and we’ll even throw in one free voucher for every 10 STAR Cash Vouchers you buy
- The money raised at the Party will be used to cover the annual running expenses of the STAR Association – we no longer ask residents for annual membership fees – and to fund a donation to The Upper Room local charity.
We look forward to seeing you on Saturday, June 20th for the next chapter in the STAR programme of social events, bringing everyone in our 10 roads together again and keeping the community spirit flowing!
The 2026 STAR Summer Party is kindly sponsored by:
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