events

Over 12 years experience in event management enables us to offer you a comprehensive range of event services. We can compliment the work of your busy campaign or event teams with practical support or manage your event from start to finish, through budgeting, planning and production stages to the management of your event on the day and post event evaluation.

Your event may be any size from 20 to 20,000 people. By assisting you with the specialist areas of event management or by accessing our database of tried and tested suppliers, we can help you take on more ambitious projects, while you can concentrate on getting your key issues across.

Examples from our Portfolio

Stop Climate Chaos
On Wednesday 1st March, Stop Climate Chaos supporters ‘carbon dated’ MPs at Methodist Central Hall, Westminster, London. 650 supporters quizzed 60 MPs on their political ideas to reduce greenhouse gases. Millipedia were were responsible for all the major aspects of the event logistics, and the delivery and production of the plasma screen presentation.
Read the Guardian's online report on the event >>
News of the Event from Stop Climate Chaos web site >>

Save the Children Strollerthon
Formerly Cadbury's Strollerthon, we have played a key role in this annual 10 mile sponsored walk from the beginning in 1991. At its peak, over 20,000 participants took to the streets, raising considerable sums over the years for Save The Children. We have been responsible for all the major aspects of the event logistics, entertainment and production.

International Fringe
Various lobbying events at the Political Party Conferences each Autumn on behalf of several major charities.

The main events International Question Time borrow from the format of BBC1's `Question Time'. The panelists are high profile representatives from the political parties, media and charity worlds and have included Rt Hon Robin Cook MP, Gary Younge (Guardian) and Glennys Kinnock MEP. The events have covered a wide range of intentional development issues and have been both well attended and well received. CD ROM archives are available on request.

Worldfair
Formally the Third World Fair, this annual Xmas event for 60 fair trade organisations is now in its 15th year. We co-ordinate all aspects of the event on behalf of the charities Oxfam, World Development Movement and War On Want, from stall sales to publicity, radio interviews and live entertainment. This year we held a summer version of the event at the Greater London Authority's Respect Festival. The winter event has become the main fair trade and alternative Xmas shopping event in London, packing the venue to capacity, while this year's summer event was a big success with about 4,000 visitors over the course of the afternoon.

Outdoor Events
Having staged events in many of central London's parks, squares and highways, we have built up warm relationships with parks management, landowners and local authorities. With our track record we can get meetings off on the right footing and plan site and route layouts to suite all parties.

Locating even a handful of facilities on site is a skill in itself requiring the ability to communicate instructions to a wide range of contractors and staff, from celebrities, sponsors and entertainers, to caterers, riggers and mobile toilet attendants. We can co-ordinate the arrival, positioning and removal of all your event's facilities, ensuring both a safe layout and one that looks good too.

Contractors and Service Providers
Being used to the constraints of fundraising and campaigning budgets, we can make sure we appoint the right contractor for you at the right price for your budget. We have an extensive database of tried and tested service providers and have a track record of delivering projects within budget, often significantly so.

Within a few phone calls your event will literally start to take shape. On your behalf we can engage practically any service you require such as: barriers; caterers; first aid; furniture; generators; health and safety co-ordination; inflatables; lighting; marquees; radio communications; sound systems; staging; stewarding; toilets; welfare services etc.

Conferences and Seminars
Whatever your needs we can provide a tailor made service to provide administration for your event. We can produce time lines to help you keep your event on course and co-ordinate all third parties. Sourcing a wide range of support services has become second nature to us and we have built up a trusted network of service providers across the country. For example, while you focus on event marketing, we can take the heat off by taking care of all the practical arrangements such as: finding your venue and planning the layout; ensuring provision for people with special needs; selling stall space; commissioning design and print; placing advertising and listings; producing delegate packs; audio visual services; internet broadcast services; archiving and transcript services; catering requirements; staging and lighting.

Entertainment
Over the years we have programmed successful entertainment to compliment a wide range of campaign and fundraising events. We can literally call upon hundreds of performers to hit the right note including: jazz bands; tribute bands; world music; classical ensembles; bollywood music; arts groups to help you dress a carnival float; 40s big bands; cutting edge DJs; dance; walkabout street theatre - in fact anything from stiltwalking triffids to Egyptian dance music complete with belly dancers!

Of course we can provide a comprehensive support service including stage management and technical requirements and we can look after your entertainers needs to ensure they'll be in the right mood to give a good performance that will reflect well on your organisation.

Health and Safety, Licensing
In recent years it has become a matter of course to produce a Risk Assessment and Event Safety Plan for your event. In close partnership we can write these for you and engage the UK's most trusted Independent Health and Safety consultants to give them their seal of approval. Time and again we have found that our documents set the right tone for a meeting and show that we have given serious thought to the safety and welfare of our staff and public.

Over the years we have built up excellent relations with local authority licensing departments. You may need to apply for entertainment or temporary structures licences, if so, we can deal with the paperwork and any follow up site meetings while you concentrate on getting your organisation's message across. We can make sure you consult with all the necessary landowners, local authorities and emergency services to ensure your event runs friction free.