A new podcast celebrating the best of the heritage of the Medway Towns.

Conferences – Roadshows – Product Launches – Events Staging - Preview Screenings – Award Ceremonies – AGM’s - Press & Media, Album & Film LaunchesEvents can take on many different guises. But they all have one thing in common – they are ways and means of communicating with an audience and are perfect platforms to deliver key messages in an experiential and emotive way. Feet on the Ground are your perfect partner to assist in that process. CREATE – Theming Ideas & Styling LOCATE – Venues, London & Nationwide DESIGN – Set builds & bespoke event furnishings TECHNOLGY – From UHD to HDSDI to DJ to Zoom MANAGE – From initial brief to final clear upOur client base is almost as diverse as the range of services we offer - broadcasters, financial institutions, corporate, government, museums & heritage, retailers & hotels. No client or venue is too big or too small.We offer a comprehensive range of technical solutions to benefit every situation – from a small meeting room to a full-blown conference. Recent EventsTo give you an idea of the sorts of events and venues we have been involved with, we’ve supplied, staged and crewed • BBC Studios Audio Away Day 2024• M&C Energy Global Energy Conference at Sofitel, Amsterdam• Trading Standards Live Stream from NEC Birmingham• British Aerospace 2023 Engineering Awards at Corn Exchange Rochester• BBC ‘Dancing With The Stars’ Annual Conference 2024• Fremantle Media Content Briefings at Mortimer House 2024• BBC Studios Brands & Licensing All-Hands 2024• BBC Sustainability Apprentice Hack Day 2024

Outing Medway's Past is a new project looking at the Queer Histories of the Medway Towns. Chatham in particular has a fascinating and largely hidden LGBTQIA+ History and this project will uncover those stories to create an archive oral and written history. The project is broadly in three parts;- Examining the past to look at the lives of LGBTQIA+ people and the influence they had on the development of the Medway Towns, including the nationally known figures that visited or are celebrated here - the likes of Edward II, James I, Queen Anne, Pepys and Lord Kitchener, people whose sexuality would be framed within the LGBTQIA+ acronym today.- Uncovering the history within living memory, speaking to the older members of the community for their first-hand testimony of World War II, the immediate post ware years, 1967 and the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality, the devastation of the AIDS pandemic and increasing homophobia in the 1980s, the injustices of Clause 28 in 1988 until its repeal in 2003 (but still causing its shadow over education and trans rights today). This will also look at the influence of the Royal Dockyard at Chatham on the area and the effects of its closure in 1984.- Looking to the present, the creation of Medway Pride, the wider acceptance of difference in sexuality into mainstream culture, but also the substantial issues that still exist with trans rights and the misinformation that creates transphobia.You can follow the project at www.outingmedwayspast.co.uk or contact me on rob@outingmedwayspast.co.uk if you'd like to contribute or know more.

I've been acting as a Heritage Consultant advising the Ebb&Flow Festival, part of the Creative Estuary Project, on the history of the Sun Pier to Star Hill Conservation Area in Rochester and Chatham, Kent. This feeds into the work of the Historic England High Street Heritage Action Zone area of Chatham Intra, also known as the Old High Street Intra.