Concerts, Festivals and Events: A Tweet from Kensington Palace

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Cause UK designs, manages and supports concerts, festivals and performance arts events. In 2016 we embarked on one of our biggest fundraising challenges to date with songwriter Eliot Kennedy and singer, Jo Heselden-Edwards. Led by...Read More

Cause UK designs, manages and supports concerts, festivals and performance arts events.

In 2016 we embarked on one of our biggest fundraising challenges to date with songwriter Eliot Kennedy and singer, Jo Heselden-Edwards.

Led by MD, Clair Challenor Chadwick, the Hidden Wounds charity concert raised more than £60,000 for Help for Heroes, contributing to the psychological wellbeing and welfare of veterans.

Cause UK event managed the concert from day one, from launching ticket sales, creating a bespoke website, copywriting, managing public relations, marketing, creating a concert brochure, devising a charity auction, bringing in sponsors, liaising with the venue for table planning, and stakeholder management. The team assisted with coverage on ITV calendar and BBC radio, and worked with Graham Walker on media, filming and photography on the run up to the event.

Clair also garnered the support of Hesco, the Resort Group and Potters Plant Hire as well as Virginie Tattinger who provided champagne for the night, as well as a celebrity message of support from Bear Grylls.

Around 700 people attended the 3-course gala dinner, which featured music from Gary Barlow and the Puppini Sisters, and launched the debut single of Jo Heselden-Edwards, from her forthcoming album, Hidden Wounds.

The sold out event honoured the memory of Jo’s late father Jimi Heselden, the Leeds miner turned multi-millionaire inventor of the HESCO bastion ‘blast wall’, used to fortify military defences and credited with saving thousands of lives.

Eliot’s friend Donny Osmond alongside Bear Grylls sent video messages, played on a big screen, and Cause UK organised for Kensington Palace – official home of the Royal family – to tweet good luck, as #HiddenWounds started trending.

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Cause UK also organised guest speakers’ veteran Tommy Lowther, who explained how Hidden Wounds has helped him and Tony Eaton, a regional manager for Help For Heroes.

 

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Guys! On so many levels we delivered. We delivered for Jo so brilliantly that she will treasure that night for the rest of her life. We delivered on so many personal notes to the veterans. The ones I spoke to said that the night gave them faith in life. One veteran personally thanked me for taking mental health onto the stage and not being afraid of talking about it. We delivered on every level in terms of professionalism and absolute entertainment quality. The catering people were absolutely outstanding. But you, my friends delivered so much, above and beyond anything I could have dreamed about. Your constant attention to detail. Running around on the night making sure everyone else was having a great time. Keeping the night running on time and making the place look absolutely stunning. Word will go around about how much we delivered. I owe you so much friends. Thank you. From my heart.
Eliot Kennedy Songwriter and Record Producer