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Students get creative for Yorkshire charities
The event, which took place on Thursday 19 May at The Great Hall in the James Graham building, allowed the students the opportunity to showcase their final projects whilst being assessed by course tutors.
The PES module challenges second year students to plan and implement an event to raise awareness and funds for an allocated charitable organisation. It provides practical, hands-on industry experience and an opportunity to learn and develop employability skills.
Simon Bell, Senior Lecturer in Events Management, said: “The PES exhibition is the culmination of applied event work with real clients. As well as gaining valuable industry experience during the process, this final event helps the students to further develop and demonstrate their skills through displaying and discussing their projects from their own exhibition stand.£11,686 raised for Leeds Charities by @UKCEM students this year @leedsbeckett #eventprofs pic.twitter.com/Rl60l1pNON
— Dr Julia Calver (@juliacalver) May 19, 2016
“This year, the module saw 25 groups of six or more students work with a wide range of local and national charities to produce events, including a charity date auction, a music industry conference, a community dog show, welly throwing for the RNLI and the Yorkshire Disability Sports Awards at Elland Road Stadium.
“As always, our students demonstrated a high-level of professionalism, creativity and energy throughout the entire process.”
Laura Barron, team leader for ‘Kocktails and Karaoke’, an event which raised over £400 for Sue Ryder, commented: “Our event was held at the Pit in Headingley on Tuesday 12 April. We had a really great night and the turnout was fab.
“The group got on really well throughout the entire process and learnt lots along the way. It has been most beneficial to work with a real-life client. It has enabled us to apply everything that we learnt in the classroom to practical experience.”
‘Bra Around Town’, an event held in aid of Breast Cancer Care, saw a group of students, led by Poppy Price, raise more than £230 for the charity. Poppy said: “We raised money in a number of different ways, including guess the number of bras in the jar and donating to decorate one of the bras on the bunting.
“The module has certainly taught us a lot, from how best to liaise with clients to budgeting, marketing and time management. If I’m being honest, we could probably have managed some of the processes better and consequently made more money, but that’s all part of the experience and the reason why this module exists. Whilst it has been fun, it has most definitely challenged us.”