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Thursday, December 29, 2011
CHARITY organisers have been left high and dry – after their Boxing Day “Dip in the Sea” failed to recruit a single person. The organisers of the event at Portobello Beach, Edinburgh, hoped the idea of a bracing dip would draw a decent crowd. But the event had to be cancelled after the city’s no-show. [...]
Monday, December 5, 2011
When the Community School of Auchterarder in Perthshire wanted to raise money to help send students on a foreign trip to Valencia, organisers decided that a first class quiz night would fit the bill perfectly. Parents of the children involved had already agreed to pay several hundred pounds each, so the organiser wanted to make [...]
Thursday, March 17, 2011
AndyLoos, a portable toilet and shower supplier, has joined forces with charity Toilet Twinning to help flush away poverty. The organisations are united in their belief that when 40% of the world’s population don’t have a decent loo, something’s out of order. AndyLoos aims to provide the highest standards in portable sanitation. However, their mission [...]
Thursday, March 3, 2011
A Popular Marlow charity walk may have taken its final fund-raising strides unless an event organiser steps forward. The 8th Henley and Marlow Stride in aid of Cancer Research UK may be sidelined for good because a volunteer event organiser has so far failed to come forward. The charity, backed by Hollywood superstar Nicole Kidman, [...]
Monday, February 21, 2011
Christian Wadhams has always been prepared to go the extra mile for his customers in his job as Area Sales Manager for the leading tensile fabric structure company, J&J Carter. But this April, J&J Carter will be cheering him on to go an extra 26.2 miles as he swaps his suit for his shorts to [...]
Friday, February 18, 2011
Chilford Hall Vineyard and Conference Centre in Linton is pleased to announce that staff and guests raised £676.94 for national charity Help for Heroes over the Christmas and January event season. Every year Chilford Hall hosts a New Year Celebration evening and several themed Christmas parties, which are attended by several hundred local people, groups [...]
Thursday, February 3, 2011
As the sponsors are confirmed for the 2011 Liverpool-Chester Bike Ride, it is clear that the event is providing more than just a fun day out. The Liverpool-Chester Bike Ride – organised by Pennine Events Ltd – is now part of an initiative to turn Liverpool into a healthier city by 2020. One of the [...]
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Pennine Events are now involved with the organisation of a new fundraising challenge, with the hope of creating the northern equivalent of the famous London to Paris bike ride, and raising funds for Barnardo’s along the way Harrogate to Holyrood sets off on June 15th and riders will cover 220miles over 4 days – certainly [...]
Monday, November 22, 2010
Over 500 runners descended on Ardingly in West Sussex yesterday as part of the annual Sussex Obstacle Dash. The event took place at the South of England Centre seeing hundreds of runners, many in fancy dress, sweat it out around a tough 10 kilometre running course which featured over 40 obstacles. Dan James, Event Director, [...]
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
ACC Liverpool lent over 80 pairs of hands to the local community yesterday (Wednesday 27th October) as part of its annual team building day. In conjunction with Everton in the Community – the charity arm of Everton Football Club – staff at ACC Liverpool took part in a range of activities across the city including [...]
Sunday, October 24, 2010
THE organisers of the annual Loughton Festival have launched an appeal urging residents and community groups to sign up and help at next year’s event. Although the six-week spectacle of music, arts and other activities will not be held until April, plans are already well underway for what is hoped will be the biggest festival [...]
Friday, June 25, 2010
Liverpool-based promotional staffing agency, Faces, lent a helping hand to charity at the weekend after donating employees to work at an event in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust. The staffing agency, which specialises in providing staff for events, stunts and street campaigns around the North West, arranged for ‘faces’ to assist with fundraising, festival [...]
Thursday, October 1, 2009
MUSICIANS from across Norwich will be joining a line-up featuring top bands like Editors and Fatboy Slim as part of a month long national festival. And organisers of this year’s Oxjam are calling out for musicians, venues and volunteers to get involved and set up their own events. Oxfam’s annual month long fundraiser is the [...]
Monday, September 28, 2009
Pumphouse has been asked to provide audio visual production for the third annual Macmillan De’Longhi Art Auction taking place on 29th September 2009 at the Avenue in St. Jame’s London. The auction has been a huge success and has raised over £200,000 over the last two years. Last year’s event was hosted by Lisa B, [...]
Monday, September 28, 2009
The value of 0141 Design’s pro bono work for The Prince’s Trust was brought home at last week’s Scottish Event Awards, when The Black and White Ball won the Best Cause Related Award. Based in Glasgow, digital agency 0141 Design has provided its services for free to a number of events held in aid of [...]
Monday, August 17, 2009
More than 6,000 people crowded onto Burnham-On-Sea seafront on Sunday (August 16th) as dozens of local rescue organisations from across the West Country took part in a joint safety awareness day featuring displays and demonstrations. ESCAPE – the Emergency Services Community Awareness and Promotion Event – took place on Burnham seafront and involved hovercrafts, lifeboats, [...]
Friday, July 24, 2009
More than 210,000 people have flocked to Lowestoft beach today for the 13th seafront air festival, according to early estimations. Paul Bayfield, managing director of the show, said the figure was only 10,000 down on last year and he was still hoping to smash the record of 430,000 spectators over the two days in 2009. [...]
Thursday, July 9, 2009
COCKINGTON Proms will not take place this weekend after a row erupted between organisers and a key supplier. It’s thought hundreds of tickets had been sold for the biggest single event in the Bay’s cultural calendar, with all proceeds going to Rowcroft Hospice. But Twisted Events announced late yesterday that the show is being postponed [...]
Thursday, April 9, 2009
RECESSION is nowhere to be seen when it comes to triathlon in Sussex. The Sussex Triathlon at Ardingly College is seeing massive growth in entry numbers this year. Event Director Dan James said: “We are quite amazed by the growth rate of the race in such a gloomy economic climate. We have invested in the [...]
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
GIGS being played across Nottingham this month will help buy shelters and provide water in the world’s poor areas. Artists are playing at venues across the city in the Oxjam Festival. It is the fourth time the event has come to Nottingham and this year is expected to be bigger than ever. Local artists and [...]
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Plans to hold an international life-saving competition in Cornwall have been suspended because of lack of funds to build a 50m (164ft) swimming pool. Surf Life Saving Great Britain (SLSGB) said it had been unable to raise £750,000 to install the Olympic-size pool needed to run Rescue 2010. The event had been scheduled to take [...]
Saturday, February 7, 2009
THE founder of Britain’s hugely successful MoonWalk events has launched an attack on Edinburgh council after being forced to relocate its Scottish fundraising event. The fourth Edinburgh Moonwalk has become the latest victim of a clampdown on events at the Meadows. More than 12,000 bra-clad women had been due to take part in this summer’s [...]
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
THE organisers of the annual plymouth prideevent have presented a local breast cancer care charity with a cheque for £100. Dave O’Brien, the event’s treasurer, gave the cheque to staff from the Primrose Centre at Derriford Hospital. The centre provides advice, diagnosis and treatment for breast-related diseases and is supported by the Primrose Foundation, which [...]
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