Community group helps families with Halloween cost

15 October 2025

Lara Kingin Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire

News image — East Marsh United will offer affordable Halloween costume hire to families in Grimsby and the surrounding area

BBC/Lara King A woman with blonde hair and wearing a green jacket is putting a monster mask on a man who is standing next to her. The mask is grey and has grey long hair with green teeth. The man wearing the mask is wearing a denim jacket and a red sweatshirt. — East Marsh United will offer affordable Halloween costume hire to families in Grimsby and the surrounding area

A community group in North East Lincolnshire is offering a Halloween costume hire scheme to make trick or treating more affordable for families.

East Marsh United, based in Grimsby, will lend outfits for £3 each time before taking them back, washing them and putting them out for reuse.

The costumes will be available on Tuesdays from 13:00 to 15:00 BST at Freeman Street Market.

Sue Baker, the group community outreach lead, said: "We're about helping the local people here. If we can provide somebody with a Halloween outfit for three rather than £20 it's a way of making it do-able."

The new costumes have been donated to East Marsh United by Tape2Tape, the company which organises the annual Cleethorpes half marathon and Grimsby 10k running events.

Ms Baker added: "We are really grateful for the donations and we wanted people to be able to enjoy them."

BBC/Lara King Woman with brown hair tied back wearing a white jacket. She is standing next to some Halloween masks. One is a grey skeleton in a black hood and the other is a monster with very big teeth — Stacey Sarjantson lives in the East Marsh area of Grimsby and said the hire scheme would be a "massive help"

In addition to the costumes which include witches and ghosts, people will also be able to hire a range of masks, makeup and accessories.

Mum Stacey Sarjantson who lives in the East Marsh said: "This is going to help a lot of people in the area who can't afford a full blown outfit.

"Halloween can cost a lot of money once you've got the outfits, sweets and decorations so this will be a massive help to families who don't have a lot of money."

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