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Girls Brigade awards

Affinity provided technical support at a Girls Brigade awards ceremony in November.

Girls attended the event with their parents and group leaders. Affinity staff and crew decorated the venue the night before and looked after lighting, audio and AV on the day.

“Affinity did an amazing job and transformed the room! We knew we were in safe hands – they ensured everything ran smoothly so we could concentrate on chatting to the young people the event was for.”

Nikki Griffin, Girls Brigade England & Wales Event Co-ordinator

Posted in Charity & Events by Client & Not For Profit & Technical Production & Types of Event & Youth Events

Walsingham Youth Pilgrimage 2009

Affinity Events again supported a successful youth pilgrimage in Walsingham in August this year.

Sunny weather helped as staff and crew built the outdoor venues and infrastructure for a week-long camping event.

Affinity also provided all the technical equipment and set in the main Big Top venue, which was used for worship and entertainment by the 800 young people who attended and their leaders.

Affinity also supported the attendees as they took part in a silent, candlelit procession through Walsingham to the village shrine one evening, ensuring everyone was kept safe.

Posted in Charity & Event Campsites & Events by Client & Festivals & Not For Profit & Technical Production & Types of Event & Youth Events

Amsterdam 400

Baptists from around the world were supported by Affinity’s technical team as when they gathered in Amsterdam this year.

The European Baptist Federation (EBF) employed Affinity to work in its main meeting space at the RAI centre, where delegates celebrated 400 years of Baptist life in Europe.

“We found Affinity professional, easy to work with and they provided excellent technical support for our event. We would certainly recommend them for similar events.”

EBF General Secretary Tony Peck

Posted in Charity & Conferences & Events by Client & Meetings & Seminars & Not For Profit & Technical Production & Testimonials & Types of Event

Baptist Assembly 2009

An Affinity team was in Bournemouth this month as Baptists from around the UK gathered there for the denomination’s annual assembly.

Affinity Events worked with the Baptist Missionary Society and the Baptist Union of Great Britain to deliver the four-day event. A key part of the production team, we provided technical infrastructure, crew and expertise in the main worship space. Affinity also looked after the provision of technical equipment and crew in alternative worship venue - Prism - and organised the components of an exhibition area that greeted thousands of delegates as they entered the event space.

Posted in Charity & Conferences & Events by Client & Exhibitions & Not For Profit & Technical Production & Types of Event

Baptist events in 2009

Staff at Affinity Events Ltd are delighted to be working with the Baptist community again this year.

In July, we will travel to Amsterdam to support the European Baptist Federation’s “Amsterdam 400” celebration at the RAI Centre. We have also been appointed by the Baptist Union of Great Britain and BMS World Mission to work with them at the annual Baptist Assembly at the Bournemouth International Centre in May.

In this important 400th anniversary year, Affinity is pleased to continue its relationship with the Baptist denomination after managing the Baptist World Alliance Centenary Congress at Birmingham’s National Indoor Arena.

Posted in Charity & Conferences & General News & Technical Production

Seek, Serve, Follow tour

Affinity toured around the UK supporting the Girls’ Brigade with its Seek, Serve, Follow tour.

 

Launching Girls’ Brigade England and Wales’ new leadership resource “Seek, Serve, Follow”, the roadshow comprised seven events. These took place at church venues in Manchester, Birmingham, Yeovil, Maidstone, Sutton, Chelmsford and Portsmouth between October and December 2008.

 

Affinity was a member of the event team, providing technical and general support at all events.

Posted in Charity & Events by Client & Launches & Rebranding & Not For Profit & Roadshows & Youth Events

Walsingham youth pilgrimage 2008

Affinity was delighted to manage the  2008 Youth Event at Walsingham for the second year running. Our team of event and production managers worked with the organisers for several months, creating an infrastructure, planning the layout of the campsite, obtaining technical equipment and liaising with volunteer teams.

Unfortunately, the 2007 sun did not show its face. Instead, heavy rain and hail caused flash flooding. A 6-inch river ran through the Big Top and piles of ice appeared around site. Affinity’s event and steward managers worked successfully on traffic, site and venue plans to overcome this, enabling the final event to take place in a dried-out Big Top. Departures went ahead without a hitch.

A new addition for 2008 was an ecumenical service. We are already looking forward to next year!

“Thank you for managing with such consummate professionalism. Already the Youth Pilgrimage is unimaginable without Affinity Events.  Creating safe space is vital in enabling it to happen.

“I was especially impressed with the way departure from the site was managed. Pass on my thanks to the team - they were absolutely first rate.” 

Father Philip North

Posted in Charity & Event Campsites & Not For Profit & Testimonials & Youth Events

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

KCM Europe - Bournemouth & Basel

This month has seen us out at events for one of our newer clients - Kenneth Copeland Ministries.  Although we’ve been working on the planning for these two events for over a year, this is the first time we’ve been live, out at an event with them.  This is also a new endeavour for KCM, who have never worked with an event management agency before.  We were onhand to provide venue, logistics, delegate management (both pre-event and onsite) and technical production management for these two, three day events.

The first event took place at the Bournemouth International Centre (UK) and was attended by over 2,500 delegates over the course of the three days.  Affinity worked closely with the European and US teams to deliver the event.  Once over, we packed everything into two 40ft artic lorries, and waved them goodbye - only to follow them to Basel in Switzerland two days later.

The Basel venue worked just as well as Bournemouth, and despite the language barrier (which we overcame in the end) the 1200 delegates enjoyed another great event.

Posted in Charity & Conferences & Delegate Services & Meetings & Seminars & Technical Production

Church Army 125th Celebration

Church Army celebrated 125 years and held a service in St Mary’s Kensington London. Affinity provided the technical support for Tim Hughes and his band and all the AV support for the DVD’s to show the work of the society over the years.

Posted in Charity & Technical Production