The drpgroup supported nominated charity springboard by
providing headline sponsorship, creative and production services
for their annual fundraising gala dinner held at the Grosvenor
House Hotel on 17th June.
The event also doubled as their 21st birthday celebration and
drew inspiration from the upcoming Olympic Games to tell moving
stories about the disadvantaged and long term unemployed
individuals the charity helps find work in the leisure, hospitality
and events industry. Through silent auction, a main auction and
interactive game show style challenges, the event managed to raise
over £260,000 to support the charity's ongoing work across
the UK.
The drpgroup provided all the production up to and on the night,
installing the stage set and technical elements in the great room.
The drpvideo team also provided all video content for the night,
which told the stories of a number of Springboard beneficiaries as
they completed an Olympic style torch relay across London, with the
final runner ending up live on stage in front of the event's
audience. The group also helped deliver an electronic voting
system, allowing guests to bid on the silent auction and take part
in three Springboard themed games, The Bill is Right, Leisure
Fortunes and Play your Caterers Right. Guests were asked to guess
the price of goods in 1990, guess how 100 springboard beneficiaries
answered particular questions and determine if the next item on the
chefs table would be higher or lower than the last, all via the
electronic voting pads supplied.
The evening's big surprise was revealed when Thistle and Guoman
hotels announced that through their add £1 to the bill
scheme, they had raised over £100,000 pounds for Springboard.
A gala dinner followed with live entertainment and dancing.
Springboard CEO Anne Pierce commented on the evening, "A huge thank
you goes to our production company the drpgroup who really do make
the impossible possible for us."
Dale Parmenter group managing director said "Springboard is a
charity which deserves the full support of our industry, keeping
our industry full of talent and providing opportunities to those
who wouldn't find them without help and support. It really is a
great pleasure to support this charity each year and to produce
this event which helps raise the vital funds needed to continue the
fantastic work they do."
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