As I write this, we are basking in the success of this year’s M&IT Awards, where, with the help of all our industry colleagues, we raised £24,390.
This fundraiser is a perfect collaboration from all corners of the events industry: some donated prizes for the auction and raffle, some campaigned for prizes and support, advocates spread the word, and many of you placed generous bids or bought raffle tickets. Each of the wonderful Meeting Needs Board work so hard to unite and get best from each of these parties, but we couldn’t do it without you, our colleagues.
Meeting Needs is a foundation that awards life-changing grants to small charities, with funds raised from within the meetings and events industry, and we couldn’t do this without you. M&IT Awards is one of our biggest fund-raising events, and thank you to everyone who gave generously.
Hot on the heels of the M&IT Awards, we have a team of industry heroes running the Royal Parks Half Marathon to raise fund for us. The team has already raised over £9,000 but please show your support and give generously at this link. Special thanks also to Cvent who are our sponsor for this event.
You can read about our fabulous runners on our website news page, at this link.
Do you support or champion a charity? Well, as a member of the meeting and events community you can help your favourite charity to apply for one of our grants. Meeting Needs raises money from within the events industry for small charities championed by the people in the industry. If you’d like your charity to benefit, find out how, at this link.
As a foundation we can award grants to a wide range of charities, all using the collective passion, effort, and power that we all share and enjoy within the meetings and events industry. Through Meeting Needs, we event professionals can come together to do great things for those in need. Our foundation focuses specifically on smaller charities who find it so difficult to attract attention and funds, and small grants make big impacts. Our average grant is just £5,000 and these grants can be and have been life changing.
Meeting Needs is a vehicle that can help you and your company do great things, using the strength, talent, and connections we all build and enjoy by working in this wonderful industry of meetings and events. Together we are a massive force that can focus on doing great things for good causes.
Please encourage your colleagues or your bosses to use the Meeting Needs Foundation to help them to give back and let me know how we can best support you.
My Board and I want to share our heartfelt thanks for your ongoing support, which we never take it for granted, but always appreciate.
Chris Parnham MBA CDir
Chairman, Meeting Needs
& Chief Strategy Officer, veSpace & Chilled Agency.
