Complex sentence: The planning for the very first festival started in 2008, it was run totally by volunteers, helped by the then'three towns adviser' of Monmouth, Chepstow & Abergavenny and the Monmouthshire food initiative officer.
Split into simpler sentences: The planning for the very first festival started in 2008. Run by volunteers it was helped by the then'three towns adviser' of Monmouth, Chepstow & Abergavenny and the Monmouthshire food initiative officer.