Leeds based events specialist AYRE Event Solutions has been contracted by St Gemma’s Hospice to support its annual Light Up a Life event.
Light up a Life is an event curated by St Gemma’s Hospice to give people across Leeds the opportunity to celebrate people they are missing. The event will take place on 12 December.
After working with the hospice on a virtual Light Up a Life event in 2020, AYRE will be providing an outdoor stage, lighting, audio and event production support for this year’s event. New for 2021, AYRE will also be providing additional live streaming to YouTube for remote viewers.
AYRE previously supported St Gemma’s Hospice on a variety of projects, including delivering its remembrance services to be live-streamed on YouTube, as the events could not be held in person during the Covid-19 lockdowns.
Commenting on the upcoming project, Chris Ayre, managing director, AYRE, said: “As with many events, last years Light Up a Life celebration wasn’t able to go ahead as normal. This is the first event since the pandemic that St Gemma’s Hospice has held, and we wanted to make sure it comes back with a bang.
“We are delighted to be supporting with lighting, audio, event production and outdoor staging, which is a new service for us. We are now able to provide several different stage sizes, ideal for charity events such as this one, but also local beer festivals and other community events.”
Sophia Last, senior fundraiser (In Memory Giving) at St Gemma’s Hospice, added: “In 2020 due to events being cancelled in response to the pandemic, we were unable to hold our usual in person event at St Gemma’s Hospice. Thanks to a recommendation from The Kirkwood, we were put in touch with AYRE Events to support us running an online version of our event. Organising this was simple and Chris took away any stress we had about the technicalities of broadcasting a live event online.”
Last continued: “The event itself felt really special even though it was very different to before. The feedback we had was fantastic, everyone was just grateful we offered them a chance to remember loved ones during the Christmas period. We can’t wait to see how Ayre will take our 2021 Light up a Life event to the next level, to make it the most special event for people to return to after a year of not being able to come to the Hospice and remember special loved ones.”
