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Once you’ve organised an event, click on the badge on the right to claim your well-deserved badge! The first time you claim a badge you will get a bronze one, if you organise another event you can get a silver and then a gold one!
The more people on the team the merrier! Talk to your friends, family and teachers to ask if anyone would like to join you in your event hosting quest. It is always good to have an adult on the team to keep you safe and help with some of the logistical aspects like driving you around to buy what you need.
You could research similar events that have taken place to learn how they were organized. Talk to the people who set up these events and ask for tips and advice.
Use your research to plan your event. You should be able to answer questions such as:
The key to a good event is in the planning!
Once you have everything planned out, it’s time to get organising. Book the venue, arrange anything that you might need for the activities and seek any permissions that might be required: For example, you may need permission from your headteacher to run an event at school or from your local council to host a street party. You may need to ask an adult to help with some aspects of organising the event, such as purchasing any items that might be needed.
The success of an event will largely depend on getting enough people to attend so spread the word far and wide! You may want to put posters up, write invitations by hand or send out email invites using a service such as Paperless Post to make sure that you get a big turnout. Maybe you could even publicise the event in the school newsletter or a local newspaper.
Organising an event is not only a great way to make a difference but it’s also an opportunity to bring people together and have a whole lot of fun.
Don’t forget to have a think about what went well, what you might have learnt for the future, and the impact of your actions.
For example, which elements of the event were a particular success? If you were to do it again, what would you change? Did your event achieve what you wanted it to?
We can hardly talk about events without mentioning The World’s Biggest Coffee Morning. Each year, people from all over the world host their own Coffee Morning with two principle aims – to have fun and to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Research. People host coffee mornings in their offices, schools, sports clubs, churches, streets and anywhere else where they can set up a table with baked goodies!
People and organizations can sign up online to receive a coffee morning kit, including recipes, a collection box, event posters, a tablecloth, bunting, balloons and games for the event.
In 2019, Coffee Mornings all over the world raised £27.5 million for Macmillan Cancer Research.
Events can be a really good way to bring people together to make a difference. Check out some change-makers who have used events to make an amazing difference to the world:
