Pictured above: Easter event at Hartlebury

The drpevents team recently hosted a day of Easter celebrations for service users that attend the Wyre Forest Day Opportunities, in Kidderminster.

The Wyre Forest Day Opportunities provides expert day care for adults with learning disabilities. 43 service users, along with their parents, carers and support workers attended the event held at drp's Hartlebury facilities, provided as part of the group's dedication to completing 30 charitable projects in this, their 30th year of business.

The drpevents team are experts in event management, and have extensive production facilities and equipment available in Hartlebury. The team got to know the audience by going to see them at the day centre, and then worked hard to develop a day full of activities that were specially planned and adapted so they were suitable for all service users, enabling them to participate freely in all parts of the day.

The day's events consisted of drp's very own cinema room, complete with comfy beanbags and a popcorn service. The Rocket Experience where the team helped guests to design and create their very own rockets which were launched from a specially adapted rocket pad, creating an exciting climax to the day. The guests also enjoyed karaoke and dancing in a purpose built 'nightclub' environment which proved a big hit amongst everyone.

With the support from the West Midlands Safari park, guests were able to interact and meet a range of animals including a snake and a ferret in a specially created 'Pets Corner'. Throughout the course of the day, a specially adapted Easter Treasure Hunt was run, where guests took part in a series of fun games in order to obtain a final clue and reveal their prize.

The big focal point of the event was the opportunity for guests to appear in their very own mini feature film. The service users got the chance to step into the movies themselves using the group's green screen technology. Provided with a range of different props the drpteam helped the guests to record their very own video which they were then given as a DVD at the end of the day.

Throughout the entire planning stages, the drpteam looked at all of the activities and came up with workable solutions, such as using air compression units to fire the rockets rather than foot pumps so those that were less physically able could still join in with the fun and excitement.

Jane Jones, director of drpevents commented: "This project was extremely rewarding to the service users, carers and to the Project Management team, it was wonderful to see so many smiling faces and people doing things that they had never done before - it really was an amazing day and one that will be remembered by all"

The whole day supported the service users' activities programme and gave parents, carers and support workers an opportunity to enjoy these experiences with their families and friends. "This project was a great success, the feedback from the parents of the service users has been fantastic - saying that they had an amazing time and will treasure the experience", said senior project manager Matt Franks. "The whole day provided an opportunity for the service users to try something new and for our team to learn new skills. It was amazing to see how each and every one of our team members bonded with the guests. It was a real success"

Delina Summers, deputy manager from Wyre Forest Day Opportunities commented: "The day was magic, from start to end. It was fun-filled and full of new exciting experiences and challenges that the services users had never done before. It was delightful to see our people try new things and see their faces light up with wonder at all the activities; everyone's imagination was working over time.

"The self esteem boost, and excited laughter was for me the evidence that the hard work and friendly caring professional team had given us all an experience of a life time- we would like to thank drpgroup for the experience, it was a wonderful gift."