CHILDREN at schools across Bradford on Avon have been making posters and prizes for a festival aimed at inspiring people to push the boundaries of possibility.

Pupils from Christ Church Primary School took home posters for the I Can We Can Challenge, to be held from November 6 to 7.

The children coloured in the posters, which will publicise the event, supported by the Wiltshire Times.

The event has been given a £1,200 grant by The Scarman Trust.

Organiser John Wadsworth is delighted by the progress of the festival, which has 40 free events booked.

New on the list of events is the chance to learn Italian cooking at Rialto Italian Restaurant.

Mr Wadsworth's partner, Colette Lassalle, who has been helping organise the festival, has hosted assemblies at schools, which are getting involved by making certificates and decorated cans as prizes for the event.

The challenge will raise money for the Elizabeth Ann Trust, to provide 100 toilets for the Indian village of Burla Vari Palen.

The trust, set up by Bradford resident Julie Davies in memory of her daughter Elizabeth-Ann who died from an asthma attack 12 years ago, has already installed a well in the village.

The festival is also supporting an Imagination Day to be held the following weekend at St Laurence School, which aims to spark ideas for the town's community plan.

Anyone who wants to get involved can visit icanwecan.co.uk or call (01225) 309097.

Some of the activities on offer at the I Can We Can festival:

Acapella singing

Circle dancing

Portrait drawing

Juggling

The confidence to write

Didgeridoo playing

Yoga therapy

Salsa dancing

Flirting

The joys of fostering

Make small-talk with strangers

Meditation

Toymaking with natural materials

Make a fool of yourself in public

Home made greetings cards

Wound healing

Puppet making

Belly dancing

Woodwork

Storytelling