Date for the Diary for Marathon Trade Exhibition

CRE International (Tue 8 - Fri 11 May, Sandown Park, Esher).

LORD David Puttnam, producer of arguably the most successful sports-themed movie of all time, will open this year's CRE International (Tue 8 - Fri 11 May, Sandown Park, Esher).

Lord Puttnam, who turned the story of athlete Eric Liddell into the Oscar-winning movie Chariots of Fire, will launch a special set of church and community resources created by the Damaris Trust to accompany a re-release of the digitally re-mastered film in cinemas across the country (see www.damaris.org/chariots).

'In this unique year, with the Olympics at the very top of the agenda, we are delighted to invite such a distinguished person to open the show,' said Paul Trott, head of marketing for CRE's parent company Bible Society. 'The story of Eric Liddell continues to inspire and challenge. With new resources available from Damaris we invite hundreds of UK churches to come to CRE and discover some great ways to communicate to their communities before and during the London Games.'

It will be Lord Puttnam’s first visit to a show which will showcase more than 375 organisations and be attended by more than 10,000 people.

Dates for 2012 Announced

If you got the chance to visit the 2011 exhibition you would have seen some fantastic stands, like the mega Kingsway stand in the Foyer, the Bible Society "House", the newly arrived Richmond stand, and the Living Oasis experience. In addition there was over 400 exhibitors, specialised zones like "Mind & Soul", "Churches for All", Web & Media Zone", the new Education Zone, the Sports Zone and the final year of the Biblefresh Zone.
There were, last year, over 80 seminars, a fantastic line up in the Arts Theatre, and some great conferences.

Sandown dates and times are confirmed as:

8 May 2012 11.00 - 6.00
9 May 2012 10.00 - 5.00
10 May 2012 10.00 - 5.00
11 May 2012 10.00 - 4.30

More info: www.creonline.co.uk