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Picnic Rocks

At fairly short notice Affinity were given the contract by Action Against Hunger for Picnic rocks, a social action event to be held on Clapham Common sponsored by Subway®.

Affinity were responsible for all infrastructure, technical support, Local Authority liason and emergency services support.

Picnic Rocks proved to be a highly memorable event focused around Clapham Common Bandstand and surrounding park lands with over 2000 people attending. All of whom were supplied with an excellent Subway® picnic.

As the first event of its kind all parties were happy with the outcome of this worthwhile event.

Posted in Charity & Concerts & General News & Social Action & Technical Production

UKEMS, NordEMS, MEG & IGG 2008 International Joint Congress

After the success of the 2007 conference, we have completed a second conference with UKEMS.  Every year the event has a different local organiser, so UKEMS have found using Affinity particularly useful in terms of guaranteeing quality, professionalism and ensuring that continuity is maintained.  In order to enable UKEMS to save on the budget this year, it provided a number of volunteers to work in the Affinity team, reducing the onsite staffing requirement and overall cost.

The four-day event involved 130 delegates, an exhibition, poster display and conference dinner.  Affinity handled all logistics including registration, abstract management, technical, printing, accommodation, transport, venue liaison and on the day management.

“Thanks for everything you and your staff did for the conference.  I believe it was a huge success and most of that was down to Affinity”

Christine Mason, Treasurer UKEMS

“Just a quick email to say thank you (again), the meeting wouldn’t have happened without you Affinity and your excellent organisational skills meant everything ran wonderfully at the meeting.”

Prof Caroline Austin, Newcastle University

Posted in Academic & Conferences & Delegate Services & Exhibitions & Not For Profit & Receptions & Dinners & Testimonials

Picnic Rocks Contract Win

Affinity Events has been appointed to oversee a new London festival taking place this summer. With just 12 weeks notice, we have been tasked with providing all event and production management for this 3,500 capacity event. We are working with promoters Action Against Hunger and main sponsors Subway® to make the event one to remember.

There is a great line-up and some special surprises for all event goers – and you can win tickets by listening to XFM and watching XFM TV. For more information and tickets, visit the Picnic Rocks website.

Posted in General News

Association for Coaching Conference Spring 2008

The Association for Coaching is a long-standing client of Affinity Events and we were delighted to be involved in its expanded UK conference again this year.  We provided delegate registration, onsite delegate services and onsite management. We also provided a specialist in technical services who supported the 30+ speakers in their PowerPoint and video presentations, resulting in a smooth and stress-free conference for the speakers and conference organisers

“Just to say thanks so much for the brilliant job you and your team did for us.  It was great having you there and your professionalism shone through.”

Sheree Owen, Conference Director, Association for Coaching

Posted in Conferences & Corporate & Delegate Services & Not For Profit & Receptions & Dinners & Testimonials

New Website

We’ve given our website a bit of an update – with a new look and an updated portfolio section.  Please have a look around and let us know what you think.

Posted in Website Updates

New director for Affinity Events

Ben Warlow was appointed to Affinity’s board of directors this month.

Ben has become our Director of Operations. He will be working alongside existing directors Alan & Liz Wallace.

After starting with Affinity as an Event Manager in 2004, Ben quickly became an invaluable part of the team. Many of you will have worked with him on your events and projects. During the past three years he has gained a wide range of experience and become proficient in all areas of Affinity’s portfolio.

As a director, Ben will retain the majority of his account management and event responsibilities. He will also take an overview of the staffing and operation of all Affinity’s event and delegate registration work.

We are excited about the new opportunities this appointment will create for Affinity Events.

Posted in Company News & General News & Uncategorized

Lambeth Conference Contract Win

Affinity were appointed by the Lambeth Conference Organisers to look after all the Infrastructure at the University of Kent in Canterbury and to provide on going event management support to the Lambeth Secretariat as the build to the conference starts now and then will roll out during July and August 2008.

Posted in Company News

Wet weather forces change of plan

The wet weather has continued to play havoc with the summer events season, and although we were very lucky with the weather at Walsingham (where we didn’t suffer a single spot of rain all week!) we have been forced at the last minute to move the Birmingham leg of the Christian Aid event from Cannon Hill Park to the Birmingham IMAX centre.

The change is due to the damage to the ground which has been inflicted by another event organiser and in an effort to give the ground chance to recover, we have moved the event at the request of Birmingham City Council.

The change of venue (with just two weeks to go) has meant new risk assessments, production schedules and site plans have been drawn up – not to mention the last minute re-planning of the ‘Cut the Carbon’ March which will result in road closures in the centre of Birmingham.

Lets hope the rain holds off for the rest of these events in Leeds, Birmingham and Cardiff.

Posted in General News