Are you ready for a walk in the parks?
Margaret Mann2025-02-26T10:43:48+00:00You don´t need to be a distance runner to take part in the Royal Parks Half Marathon – you don´t even need to be an athlete. Many of the 16,000 [...]
Meeting Needs Chairman’s blog Q1 2025
Margaret Mann2025-02-24T16:25:03+00:00As we begin 2025, I am a little sad that my two years as Chairman are coming to an end, but I am very proud to be handing over to [...]
Beam shines light on Meeting Needs with £4560 gale dinner donation
Margaret Mann2025-02-17T13:32:12+00:00Beam, the UK trade association for the business events, accommodation and meetings industry, raised £4,560 for industry charity foundation Meeting Needs at its annual gala dinner at The Grand Birmingham. More [...]
Tailor-made project will help 50 youngsters a year support themselves
Margaret Mann2024-11-15T11:40:32+00:00Event industry foundation Meeting Needs has funded the development of a vocational training centre at Kisarawe orphanage in Tanzania where 50 youngsters will be trained as tailors in the first [...]
M&IT Awards partnership bolsters Meeting Needs coffers by £24,000
Margaret Mann2024-09-18T11:10:47+01:00Event industry charity foundation Meeting Needs raised more than £24,000 during and in the run-up to the M&IT Industry Awards Dinner last week. Partnering annually with organisers North Star Media [...]
Hot deals waiting for your bid on the Meeting Needs online charity auction!
Margaret Mann2024-08-22T12:22:10+01:00Four nights in Vienna or Bali; two nights in Copenhagen, Monaco, Tuscany, Paris or Barcelona – these are just a few of the 90 auction lots you can bid for [...]
Half Marathon Heroes raising cash for our good causes – No 16: Jason Worsley
Margaret Mann2024-08-16T13:08:18+01:00It´s been a while since Jason Worsley of TFI Lodestar did any running so this year´s Royal Parks Half Marathon will need some training. In our series featuring our runners [...]
Meeting Needs builds classrooms for schoolchildren and accommodation for teachers in Victoria Falls
Margaret Mann2024-08-15T17:32:13+01:00Funding from Meeting Needs has enabled completion of two new classrooms for 60 children and accommodation for five teachers at a primary school in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. The completion of [...]
Micebook Awards dinner raises £7630 for Meeting Needs
Margaret Mann2024-06-25T11:23:45+01:00Massive industry support has again generated fantastic fund-raising for Meeting Needs, thanks to the hugely successful Micebook Awards Dinner at London´s Landmark Hotel. More than 400 event professionals helped Micebook [...]
Meeting Needs celebrates big boost in fund-raising at showcase event
Margaret Mann2024-06-09T15:44:27+01:00Event industry foundation Meeting Needs celebrated their best fund-raising result for eight years at their annual showcase event at the Radisson Blu Bloomsbury last week. Current year income has topped [...]