UK charity Hospitality Action invites the nation to put on their walking shoes this autumn and take part in Walk for Wellbeing, a nationwide movement to help promote health and wellbeing within the hospitality industry. Now in its 4th year, powered by UK hospitality talent partner mum in partnership with Caterer.com and Peoplebank, the charity’s […]

The Science Museum in South Kensington, London hosted its first catwalk show in Illuminate for leading UK breast cancer charity, Breast Cancer Now, on Thursday 20th April. As host venue for its annual event, The Show by Breast Cancer, the Science Museum and the Breast Cancer Now team worked closely with in-house production service partner, […]

Now in its 4th year, in partnership with Paddy and Scott’s great coffee mission, Venues of Excellence supports the Ruiga Primary School in Kenya. Last month, Paddy and Scott’s CEO Jonathan and Operations Director Zoe went over to Kenya to see the great work the school have accomplished from the support they have received. Each […]

Mash Media is delighted to announce that their One Day at Christmas event returns this December after a year off. No need to panic as there’s still time to get involved! For those who aren’t aware, One Day at Christmas is an annual charity event organised by a selection of companies across the UK events […]

Let’s take a look at what’s on in London this September. The start of the autumn is certainly looking great. Here’s a hot list of some of the best events and parties, and latest food and drink trends, not to be missed in the capital. Get your diaries out! London Fashion Week – Four Seasons Hotel […]

British restaurateur and events caterer, Searcys, has raised over £99,000 for charity, hitting over half of its target to raise £175k for a range of charities and social enterprises. Achieved through fundraising across its venues and central teams, Searcys has been taking part in a variety of activities to mark its 175th anniversary, from charity […]

Yemen has long been one of the poorest countries in the Middle East. Now after five years of war the Yemen conflict has left 12.3m children in need of help. Children are paying the heaviest price. They are facing a deadly triple threat – bombs, disease and hunger. All funds raised during the Global PA […]

EventWell, the charitable social enterprise dedicated to educating, campaigning and supporting better mental health and wellbeing in events, will host the #Step300k challenge for a second year running, and is inviting everyone to take part. The #Step300k challenge last year received remarkable support from event professionals across the UK, even in North America. Therefore, as […]

Good days start with a great cup of coffee, and the coffee industry has over the past few years gained strength providing the market with great coffee menu choices. The Venues of Excellence (VoE) consortium members share the love of great coffee and want to ensure their coffee offers the best quality and choice. So […]

The Events R Talented Team have been working hard behind the scenes during the current pandemic to ensure it’s ready to raise money for charity, entertain its audiences and discover yet another amazing new talent from the fantastic events industry. The initiative which only started a couple of years ago has raised an amazing £14000 […]

ABPCO (the Association of British Professional Conference Organisers) has donated more than £600 to industry charity Meeting Needs and social enterprise EventWell through its annual member engagement survey. Each year ABPCO undertakes a survey to understand how it can work more closely with its members and deliver on their needs. For each completed survey ABPCO […]

Employees from Capita Travel and Events have been working with Village Hotels to keep those less fortunate warm over the winter season.  Over 400 coats as well as 50 winter accessories were donated by team members from across the company’s five nationwide sites as part of Village Hotels’ Hope for a Coat campaign.  Sharon Bannister, […]

The PA Guide to Birmingham recently presented Birmingham Children’s Hospital Charity with a cheque for £580.70 – money raised at its events over the first half of 2019. The PA network holds regular showcase events that attract large numbers of high profile PAs, EAs, Virtual Assistants (VAs) and support staff and other event organisers in […]

63% of employees in the UK do not receive any days off from their work to volunteer, as found by Perkbox. The data shows that this figure rises to a staggeringly high amount in certain industries. A huge 75% of those working in Healthcare, Architecture, Engineering and Building industries do not receive any volunteering days from their employers. […]

Capita’s specialist meetings and events brand NYS has raised over £3,100 for UK charity Buses 4 Homeless, a low-cost holistic solution to homelessness.  The events team took part in a sponsored sleep out, an initiative supported and led by Buses 4 Homeless. The funds raised will go towards refurbishing decommissioned buses into spaces for eating, […]

30 Euston Square and Searcys joined forces on July 15th to host New Horizon Youth Centre’s annual summer fundraiser. New Horizon Youth Centre is a registered charity founded in 1967 by Lord Longford to address the needs of vulnerable or young people at risk. 30 Euston Square’s large rooftop terrace served as an ideal backdrop […]

Three events and travel companies, Chew Events, Sandals Resorts and One Night Only have come together to launch a talent competition in aid of events industry charity Meeting Needs. The organisers are calling for people from the events industry who can sing, dance, or have a passion for stand-up comedy to take part in Events […]

PAs attending office* this week have been invited to visit the Jeans for Genes stand to sign-up for a free pack to hold a fundraising day on national Jeans for Genes Day. Taking place on September 21, the day will give assistants the chance to fundraise for the charity, while also bringing their team or […]