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Christian Aid – Cut the Carbon Cardiff

Our final event of the tour for Christian Aid has taken place this weekend in Cardiff.  Our full team was out to support the ‘home’ event for us – and as well as this event we were also setting up for a conference for Cardiff University at the same time, just half a mile away.

We again successfully built the event, held the show and took everything away within about 14 hours – a true testament to our event management team, suppliers and client, Christian Aid.

We were proud to be involved in such a worthwhile project and pleased to work once again with Christian Aid

Posted in Charity & Concerts & Social Action

Christian Aid – Cut the Carbon Birmingham

Following quickly on the heels of the Leeds event, we once again find ourselves with a one day build-show-derig event for Christian Aid.

This time the event has taken place in Birmingham – and despite a last minute change of venue all went to plan. The special guest at this event was pop-star Lemar who entertained the crowds.

Posted in Charity & Concerts & Festivals & Social Action & Technical Production

Christian Aid ‘Cut the Carbon’ Event – Leeds

Following on from the Edinburgh event, Affinity have once again been supporting Christian Aid – this time at their event in Leeds.  The weather held for us and everyone had an excellent day.

We worked closely with the police, ambulance and licensing authorities to allow us to close the roads through the centre of the city, as well as with the events team from Leeds City Council who own and manage Victoria Gardens where the event took place.

Again, we didn’t know how many people would attend the event so worked closely with the authorities and the client to ensure that our planning covered us for all eventualities.  The event was second in the series of four events which are taking place around the UK.  The events are in quick succession and fall at one of the busiest periods in Affinity’s history.  Despite this our team have pulled together and organised yet another successful event.

Posted in Charity & Concerts & Social Action & Technical Production

FIEC – CBF

In 2005 Affinity were appointed to manage and administer the ticket sales and delegate management for the first CBF which is organised by FIEC.  The event has just taken place at Cheltenham Racecourse, and we are confident that our pre-event solution helped this charity to a successful first year’s event.

Posted in Charity & Delegate Services

Christian Aid – Cut the Carbon Edinburgh

The Affinity team have been working with Christian Aid over the past few months to prepare for the series of ‘Cut the Carbon’ events which are to take place over the next few weeks.  We’ve just battled through the weather to deliver the first event in Edinburgh – and despite the rain a really good time was had by all.

Affinity provided all site management and production teams for the one day event – the most challenging part of which was the need to be in and out in just one day.

The LED screen and sound systems worked well and certainly provided the ‘wow-factor’ requested by the client.

‘Dear Rob, Gary, Ben, Simon and all at Affinity.
A massive thank you for all your hard work in Edinburgh. 

We feel it was a great start to the rally tour – fingers crossed for better weather next time!’
Best wishes from all at Campaigns at Christian Aid

Posted in Charity & Concerts & Festivals & Roadshows & Social Action

Firm Foundations Festival 2007

Since our inception in 2001, Affinity Events has managed the infrastructure elements of the Firm Foundations Festival on behalf of the Girls and Boys Brigade.  The annual event takes place at the Boys Brigade headquarters with Affinity planning and booking all event infrastructure, including marquees, toilets, showers and the main Big Top venue.

Our event management team has worked closely with the event organisers over the years to ensure that the infrastructure requirement closely matches the ever-changing needs of the event.  Our team also provide on-site facilities management to assist with the smooth running of the event.

Posted in Charity & Festivals

Heart of Worship Conference

Following our continued work with MAYC, Affinity was contacted in early 2006 to assist the Methodist Church with the planning and delivery of their first Worship Conference.  The ‘Heart of Worship’ event took place at the newly re-furbished Venue Cymru with almost 400 delegates in attendance.

Affinity provided full pre-event support, working closely with the event committee to ensure that all venue elements were booked and that the technical equipment was specified and provided on time and in the right place.

Affinity provided full on-line and off-line event registration services, as well as designing the website for the event and keeping it updated during the planning process.

The event was such a success that there are already calls for it to be repeated!

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

KCM Conference Contract Win

We are pleased to announce that we have been awarded the contract to work with the European Office of Kenneth Copeland Ministries on two events for 2008.  The two back-to-back conferences will take place in Bournemouth UK and Basel Switzerland in April next year.

Posted in Charity & Conferences & Delegate Services & Technical Production

Second Year for AOG Conference – Winter Gardens Blackpool

For the second year, AOG have appointed Affinity Events as their event management company, to assist with the planning and management of their 2006 conference. AOG appointed Affinity to look after all delegate registration and management with online, phone and post bookings being taken by Affinity on behalf of AOG.

Affinity also worked closely with the conference planning team to design and deliver the event, which took place at the Blackpool Winter Gardens and was attended by approximately 2,000 delegates.

Our production team also worked with AOG to ensure that the technical requirements of the event were fully met – and with over a dozen separate venues – from the main auditorium to a youth venue and the exhibition and children’s zones a large technical requirement was designed, managed and implemented by Affinity.

In total, Affinity Events provided an event and production management team of half a dozen staff to support the four day conference.

Posted in Charity & Conferences & Delegate Services & Exhibitions & Receptions & Dinners & Technical Production

Making Our Mark – Archbishop’s Council

Affinity Events are proud to have been working with the Archbishop’s Council on their event to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the abolition of slavery.  This event has proved to be one of the most challenging to organise, due to short lead times, unknown audience numbers and the requirement to hold not one but two simultaneous marches through the centre of London.

This act of social action saw almost 3,000 people march through the city streets of London to Kennington Park where the production team from Affinity provided a stage show with speeches, music and theatre from a range of performers.  Add to this the requirement that all equipment had to be built, used and removed within the space of one day – led to tight scheduling and detailed planning.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams took a pivotal role in the event, marching with the crowds and speaking from the stage.

One of the challenges was to control the 40 + media people who turned up from around the world and to provide camera positions both in Whitehall and in Kennington Park.

‘I know that many, many hours of preparation went into the planning and organisation of the event.  It will be a great day that will be remembered and for all the right reasons,
by the thousands who joined us.’
Dr Rowan Williams – Archbishop of Canterbury

Posted in Charity & Festivals & Social Action & Technical Production