Some of you may already know about the ‘Shout’ initiative, but for those of you who don’t, let us tell you a little bit more about it…
The ‘Shout’ initiative was launched earlier this year to bring the wider public sector, not-for profit organisations, and charities in the region together to share their plans and discuss challenges organisations are faced with in today’s climate. Many of the challenges faced by the sector are collective ones and the initiative aimed to stimulate different ways of thinking and show how thinking differently and sharing solutions can position services to improve and move forward.
The initiative included a breakfast event and a competition to take over the stage, giving one lucky organisation the opportunity to ‘Shout’ about the valuable work they are doing in their community. The prize was worth over £10k and included venue hire, all audio visual requirements, comprehensive event management support and TV presenter Wendy Gibson.
The competition winners were informed and planning immediately got underway – with just a week and half to plan the full event, we’re not shy of a challenge! The movie shows us in action, from day one of planning to the finished product on the day.
The event, held on Thursday 29th April at The Wynyard Rooms on Teesside, was a huge success – seeing 100 delegates turn out for the occasion, a great achievement for an 8am start! In the early part of the morning, we devised and facilitated a number of interactive and creative sessions with one delegate saying “Cynergy brought organisations together to ignite passion about a common agenda and “the creative activities were an excellent way to express my ideas and issues”. In the later part of the morning, competition winners, Cleveland Fire Brigade, took the stage to ‘Shout’ about their plans for their new Centre for Excellence and also took the opportunity to educate people on the other services the fire brigade can offer. Their event was appropriately named ‘Does More Than It Says on the Tin’.
Thank you to all those who turned out for the occasion, and for those who didn’t watch this space…there will be more ‘Shout’ initiatives in the future!
Well done Natalie, looks like all of your hard work, time and effort towards this event paid off.