Events R Talented, a talent-show initiative set up by event industry professionals to raise money for charities worldwide, is getting ready to launch its 2020/21 fundraising programme.
The talent show travels the length and breadth of the UK auditioning talented event professionals.
The initiative was set up two years ago and has already managed to raise £14,000 for charities including UK-based Buses 4 Homeless and HIV/AIDS charities in rural South Africa.
“We have achieved so much in such a relatively short period of time,” said Ken Findlay of Events R Talented.
“We are so pleased as genuine event profs to have raised so much money for our charities and know that we could not have achieved any of this without the support of so many event professionals in our great industry.”
Findlay gave a special thanks to the M&IT Awards team who each year have given the stage to the Events R Talented competition winner to perform at the awards.
Heading into the 2020/21 fundraising programme, Event R Talented announced it will be partnering with Hospices of Hope this year.
“As many know we are supporting Hospices of Hope for 2020/21, this fantastic UK charity supports children with life-limiting or life-threatening illness in some of Europe’s poorest countries such as Albania and Moldova, the latter unfortunately being Europe’s poorest,” added Findlay.
While the Events R Talented team acknowledge that money is tight for many industry professionals during the pandemic, they explained that “no matter how small the donation, every penny counts and every penny will go to Hospices of Hope.”
Alongside the main fundraising talent-show event, the team are looking at other ways to raise money and are already in talks with venues that can offer their services to host the nationwide auditions.
To make donations and find out more about this year’s Event R Talented programme, click here.
A desire to travel led Holly Patrick to the business meetings and events world and she’s never looked back. Holly takes a particular interest in event sustainability and creating a diverse and inclusive industry. When she’s not working, she can be found rolling skating along Brighton seafront listening to an eclectic playlist, featuring the likes of Patti Smith, Sean Paul, and Arooj Aftab.
