THE finishing touches are being made to entries in what promises to be the biggest carnival parade yet to hit the streets of Hull.
The World of Colour procession is a new addition to next month's Freedom Festival.
It aims to build on the spectacular torchlight parade featuring 1,000 people which kicked off last year's festival.
Taking place on Sunday, September 7, the World of Colour event will feature dozens of floats, carnival props and artwork created by community groups, friends and families across the city.
Among them will be giant pieces of fruit made from recycled materials by young children attending the annual Hull Scrapstore summer arts festival.
The fruit-making session was overseen by creative artist Liz Dees, who has her own studio at the centre's base in Dairycoates Avenue, west Hull.
She said: "We have had a lot of fun making the different pieces of fruit. The response from the local community has been great and the children have really got involved."
Spread over different dates in this month, the centre's festival activities have been funded by development organisation Community First.
Scrapstore manager Lucy Dunham said: "All the sessions have involved the team of artists who are based here.
"We have had about 100 local children through the doors over the past few weeks and hopefully some of them will be taking part in the Freedom Festival parade."
The World of Colour parade has been inspired by the late former South African president Nelson Mandela and his vision of a rainbow nation.
It also takes its cue from the parallels between Mandela's campaign against South Africa's apartheid regime and the work of Hull's anti-slavery pioneer William Wilberforce, who was the original inspiration behind the Freedom Festival.
The parade will be divided into three sections, reflecting the themes of sun, rain and rainbows, and is set to wind through the city's Old Town before reaching the Marina where it will end in a fun-filled paint-splattered finale.
• For full festival programme details, visit freedomfestival.co.uk