HASSRA Festivals

HASSRA Festivals

Festivals 2025

The July Festival takes place on Friday 4th – Sunday 6th July 2025.

The September Festival is Friday 5th – Sunday 7th September 2025.

A full list of the events for 2025 will be published shortly.

You can check out the results from both of the 2024 Festivals below.

The images from both Festivals are now available on our Flickr using this link to our Flickr pages (external only).


If you are interested in taking part, please contact the Team Manager for your Region (details below), for information regarding regional qualifier events, or if places will be allocated following an expression of interest.

Region Team Managers Email Address
East of England           Paula Burman hassra.eastofengland@dwp.gov.uk
East Mids Rachel Grognet rachel.grognet@education.gov.uk
Fylde Simon Jowitt hassra.fyldecommsteam@dwp.gov.uk   
London Sharon Finan hassra.london@dwp.gov.uk
North East Rob Kelly Robert.kelly@dwp.gov.uk
North West Steve Waters Steve.waters@dwp.gov.uk
Scotland Janice Anderson hassra.scotland@dwp.gov.uk     
South East Dave Philp dave.philp@dwp.gov.uk
South West Di Grossey di.grossey@dwp.gov.uk
Wales Sophie Robertson           sophie.robertson@dwp.gov.uk
West Mids Andy Collin jo.jones1@dwp.gov.uk
Yorks & Humber Chris Scott chris.scott@dwp.gov.uk

Festival Results

You can check out the September 2024 results HERE.

You can check out the July 2024 results HERE.

You can check out the September 2023 results HERE.

You can check out the July 2023 results HERE. 

You can check out the April 2023 results HERE.

You can view lots of fantastic images from the Festivals, along with HASSRA’s other flagship events, using the following link to our Flickr pages (external only).

You can also check out the results and images from the festivals in our Livelife Magazines.

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