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 UK’s biggest [...]
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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, model, [...]
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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 The [...]
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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, micro-lights [...]
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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.
He was [...]
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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 after a [...]
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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 race [...]
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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 some from [...]
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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 place in [...]
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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 event, which [...]
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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 works to [...]
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