HUNDREDS of people across Wiltshire came together at the weekend to attend Great Get Together events celebrating the life and achievements of the Labour MP Jo Cox.

The events, organised by the Jo Cox Foundation, began on Friday (June 16), the first anniversary of the mother-of-two's tragic death, but most were held on Saturday and Sunday.

Under the theme ‘More in Common’, the anniversary of the Labour MP’s murder was marked by more than 60 events across Wiltshire, including at Holy Trinity Church in Bradford on Avon, in Corsham and in Warminster.

People gathered in parks for fun days and picnics, set up stalls for street parties, held bake off events, or kept out of the hot sun for quiet contemplation in churches, mosques and synagogues.

Nationally, thousands of people took part in neighbourhood celebrations up and down the country, with more than 110,000 events organised.

Daryl Jones, tourism officer at Bradford on Avon Town Council, said more than 200 people had attended a tea party at Holy Trinity Church, which raised over £400 for the Jo Cox Foundation.

“It was a fantastic event and really well attended. The community really came together and the event was buzzing with people. We laid on a tea party with cakes, coffee and tea.

“We had musical entertainment from Nick Steele, who pushed around a pram containing gramophones, and the Save the Children group supported us by baking cakes.”

In keeping with the ideals of the Great Get Together, some of Britain’s oldest, newest, biggest and smallest breweries joined together in a ground-breaking collective first.

They teamed up to create a special beer to help people across the UK enjoy the Great Get Together events with family, friends, colleagues, neighbours and their local community.

In Wiltshire, local brewers Arkells in Swindon sold the Great Get Together pale ale as cask and bottled beer in their pubs and at their brewery until supplies ran out.

Jo Cox’s family had wanted to stage positive events to highlight her life, rather than remember the circumstances of her tragic murder a year ago last Friday in her Batley & Spen constituency.

Cox died after being shot and stabbed multiple times in Birstall, where she had been due to hold a constituency surgery.

Thomas Mair, a man associated with far-right organisations, was found guilty of her murder in November and sentenced to life imprisonment with a whole life order.

Jo died a few days before her 42nd birthday. She left a husband, Brendan Cox, and two children, Cuillin and Lejla.

Brendan Cox has since set up The Jo Cox Foundation to support Jo’s friends, family and colleagues in their efforts to continue her work.

The registered charity also aims to highlight the issues she cared about, from the plight of innocent civilians in Syria to the despair caused by loneliness and social isolation in the UK.