Testimonials

Helen and her team are true professionals and an asset to any event project. The Elite team supported GivePanel in the venue sourcing, organisation and delivery of our first ever in-person conference, taking place in Dublin in March 2022. From start to finish, Helen was communicative, professional, and a real trusted pair of hands. The team helped us deliver a fantastic event which received excellent feedback from both attendees and staff. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Helen and the Elite team to other organisations looking for event planning and delivery support.

Cat Cetnik | Head of Marketing – Give Panel

Helen has been my on the day planner for my marketing seminars. Helen is a superstar she is amazing at what she does ‘Planning Events’. Helen helps me before the event liaising with the venue, preparing the delegates packs, writing the agenda, setting up the room exactly to my requirements. Then on the day I don’t need to worry about anything I can just turn up and concentrate on what I need to do and giving the best seminar for my attendee’s. I don’t need to worry whether the tea and coffee is arriving for the break, if the right food has been ordered, timings of the agenda and if we overrun Helen would rejig the agenda so we don’t go over. Yes I could do all this myself but I wouldn’t be able to concentrate on delivering a fabulous seminar and interacting with my attendee’s if I’m worrying about technical issues and stressing about the event running smoothly. You don’t realise you need ‘a Helen’ until you experience Helen’s event management skills. Her attention to detail, being one step ahead, thinking of everything so you don’t have to worry. Helen’s strapline is turn up and be fabulous and that’s exactly what I do. Now I have worked with Helen on a number of events she remembers details from the previous event. I would highly recommend Helen as your event planner.

Natalie Brannigan | Owner & Director | The Little Marketing Company

“If you want to run a business event where you can focus on promoting and delivering the event rather than the detail orientated but vital logistical elements then Helen is a necessity.
Bringing her in reduced my stress levels and led to happier attendees”

Kristian Downer| Dowsocial

Helen is exceptional – in her approach to everything she does and the good that she does with it. I met Helen through various networking events and I cannot in one testimonial promote how wonderful a person she is.

Helen helped arrange a very last minute event and went over above and out of her way to help pull it together with full heart. The connections she has built up and ideas and equipment she has really made for an event with very special memories. Thank you so much Helen.

Lauren Purser, So Brand Creative

“From the moment one engages Helen to undertake a project, it matters not the size, complexity or challenge, consider it down!  It will be delivered on time, on budget, with great creativity, flair, fun!”

Martin Purnell | Operations Manager Christ Church Stamford

“Helen and Elite have organised and run very successful events for us, we have also attended events organised by her and they have always been of the highest quality. Her attention to detail is second to none and this is down to her meticulous planning, execution and leaving nothing to chance.

As an event planner Helen & Elite come highly recommended!

Helen has always done a superb job for us we asked her to help us manage a project for one of our businesses and yet again we underwent a meticulous planning session where we discussed, forecasts, immediate actions that needed to be undertaken, communications, processes, agreements, structures and we formulated a clear plan for moving the project forward with contingencies if targets aren’t hit.

We would and do highly recommend Elite Events & Consultancy Ltd for any event planning, project management and consultancy needs you or your business have.”

There isn’t enough ways to explain how amazing Helen is, I am pretty sure she has some organisational superpower. She assisted me in organising The Peterborough Small Business Awards in October, she was constantly thinking ahead, thinking of details, any problems we might face, costs, event experience – the whole package, and she was so efficient in keeping me in the loop whilst going and getting it done.

If you’re organising an event and don’t have this woman it will honestly be 10 times harder and not as amazing. I am so excited to work with her in the future, thank you Helen/Fairy Godmother!

 Laura Steele | Founder | Peterborough Small Business Awards

Celebrate Event

8 months in the planning and with a lottery award of £10,000 The Christ Church Celebrate event was launched on Friday 4^th August with a disco in church for local children… it was a fantastic evening and really set the scene for the whole weekend…food, fun and entertainment, free of charge and with love from CC

There had been a sense of excitement all week as the church and hall were gradually filled with equipment and all the things needed to put the event together – everything from gazebos to ironing boards, flowers to  fine china…the church was full.

Our helpers started unloading and shifting and carrying everything into the building for the 2 sites the event was to take place in – Christ Church Car Park and the Bluecoat field.

On Thursday morning the two marquees arrived one as a refreshments venue on CC car park and the other as a main stage on the BC field

20 large round tables and 200 chairs for the Bluecoat field and 10 small tables and 40 chairs for the car park, a large servery area was set up in the car park marquee where we served free tea and coffees, cold drinks, crisps, soup and rolls – — and nearly 400 beautiful homemade cakes, which were all donated by the church and local community!

The refreshments marquee was open all day Saturday.  Sunday from 11.30, and Monday until 1pm. There was also a kid’s play area in the car park marquee and a serenity area for prayer and reflection.

We arrived very early on Saturday morning to put all the finishing touches together before the Mayor and Mayoress arrived at 10am to open the event by cutting the ribbon on the refreshments marquee for us. I then took the Mayor and his wife to see all the stalls and meet the stallholders on the Bluecoat field…

There were craft stalls and games for the children, face painting and a children’s craft activity tent, a bouncy castle and football skills shot –  a crepary and food and drinks catering van, a church stall with free competitions and games, and meeting Bear our Prayer Dog! There was a Falconry display, on the field, demonstrations and family races, Ice creams, some local community service providers, live music and a talent competition… and St John’s Ambulance making sure we all stayed safe!

On Saturday afternoon there was a tea dance in church which the Mayor and Mayoress attended. The church looked lovely with beautifully dressed tables with fine china and delicate sandwiches and delicious cakes presented in afternoon tea style, everyone that came said they really enjoyed the afternoon tea dance which was also free of charge.

We had an open-air cafe service on Sunday morning, The Bishop of Grimsby Bishop David Court and his wife came to join us, the sun was shining, there was live music from Christ Church worship band, a great message from the Bishop, and breakfast pastries, bacon rolls and teas and coffees for 120 people after the service – again all free of charge.

The Bishop also cut our Celebrate cake back in the refreshment marquee, and then the day continued with sunshine and a great atmosphere of welcome for everyone.

Sunday evening the Bluecoat field was dissembled – Monday morning we continued with refreshments in the car park marquee and the children’s craft stall moved across to join us.

At CC we already have a number of community-based projects, a day centre, a community car scheme, Teenzone, Startafresh, Tots n Toast, and then there is Sunday Crunch come for lunch and lots more besides…

The lottery fund was for us to celebrate our community:  Christ Church parish, which is on the northern edge of the town.  It also gave us an opportunity to ask people in this part of the town what would like us to do, what sort of event? We sent out questionnaires to the whole of the parish. In response, we have done what the community asked for…

Over this weekend we have also been gathering information as to how we can continue to serve our local community –perhaps in ways that we have not thought of, and how the community might like to get involved in helping us shape the future.

This event has been remarkable in delivering to our parish something that the lottery has given back to the community…

But we have also had so much local help and support, particularly Jason Hardstaff and Morrisons Stamford, all the people who have given their time to bake cakes and lend us equipment, the church family and friends who have helped shift and carry, set up and take down gazebos, the staff team, our wardens, Martin Purnell our Operations manager at Christ Church.  My husband Tony. The Mayor and his wife, the Bishop of Grimsby, Stamford Mercury and Rutland Radio, Bluecoat Primary School –  you have all been so generous, and we thank you all for helping us to make Celebrate! happen, and thank you to everyone who came!

This whole event would not have happened without the dedication, attention to detail, hard work, knowledge and passion of our Event Manager Helen Rome.  Helen caught our vision for the event from the outset and delivered an outstanding event that was on budget to the penny!

Everyone at Christ Church is incredibly grateful to Helen for the way she went above and beyond any of our expectations.

Helen is already helping us with another project to review our financial systems and processes through a Lloyds bank Enable review.

We commend Helen to you and your project with total confidence.

Revd Nikki Bates | Vicar of Christ Church Stamford.