Becky Sumner Email and Phone Number

An experienced Event Manager initially working at Fireball, the UK’s Leading Event Fundraising Specialist and now Event Manager at the Charity Perennial (formally Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Society). I have extensive experience working with Sports and Entertainment Personalities and Royalty as well as many Charities. At Fireball I managed the logistics and operations for high profile events for organisations and celebrities in 5* Hotels across London, mainly Park Lane. I specialised in large scale Charity Dinners and Testimonials but also ran small intimate Dinners, Conferences, Team Building Days, Awards Shows, Balls and Charity Launches. The role included account management, client relationship development, sponsorship management, fundraising management including Live and Silent Auctions and management of large numbers of volunteers.A selection of the Events:• ‘Red Rose Events’ a series of events for the RFU ‘Try for Change’ fundraising campaign. Including organising a private trip with dinner and viewing of a training session in Portugal in 2016 and 2017 for HNWI and the England Rugby Squad• 'Carry Them Home ' The Official England Rugby World Cup Send Off Dinner 2015• ‘Party to 2012’ series of Events - Official Fundraising Events for Team GB for the 2012 London Olympics held at Olympia, The Royal Albert Hall and The Grosvenor House Hotel• Testimonial Dinners for Dylan Hartley, Keith Wood, Brian O'Driscoll, Bradley Wiggins• Jonny Wilkinson Testimonial Dinners in London and Monaco at the 5* Hotel de Paris, Monte Carlo with Albert II, Prince of Monaco• Annual Dinners for Jason Leonard, British Beer and Pub Association and Munster Rugby• SportsAid SportsBalls• Army V Navy Boxing Dinners• ParaSnowBall for Disability SnowSport UK• BT Sport Relief Balls• LMA President’s Dinner for Roy HodgsonI also managed Fireball Venues division, administrating and utilising the Venues Database and generating commission for Fireball. This division also extended to managing travel for guests and high profile VIPs especially past and present England Rugby Players including taxis, flights and hotels in the UK and abroad.My role at Perennial involves the Management of their Exclusive Garden Tours made up of approximately 20 events a year where people can visit beautiful gardens rarely open to the public and enjoy Lunch or Afternoon Tea whilst supporting the Charity at the same time. I also manage two larger Events 'Party for Perennial' and the 'Dig Deep for Perennial Fundraising Lunch'