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Beacon Awards Round 10, 2009

Client:
Improvement & Development Agency (IDeA).

Objective:
To position the Beacon Scheme as unique amongst local government accolades and to raise the profile of the Beacon Awards with UK local authorities, ministers and the wider community.

Our Brief:
The brief was to organise from concept to implementation the Beacon Awards Ceremony & Gala Dinner as a high-profile, “Oscar-style” event. Additionally Revolution was to raise delegate and sponsorship revenues to help towards the funding of the event. The contract for this project was awarded through a bidding process that saw Revolution as the event partner of choice, due to our proven local government expertise.

Results:
The event was hailed as a spectacular success by the 750+ delegates, which included local authorities, 10 government ministers, senior local government representatives and press members.  The ceremony generated in excess of £172,000 of sponsorship revenue from prestigious organisations.

The awards were held at the QEII and the evening began with a drinks reception which provided the setting for informal networking and photo opportunities with the attending ministers. The three-course silver-service dinner was followed by 42 awards involving 55 authorities. The smooth and perfectly timed proceedings ended with live music.