Review potential event types

Bear in mind your skills experience and knowledge. Remember that at this stage your is to simply identify and select an event type that you think you can deliver. The list below contains some possible event types. Take a few minutes to look through the list, with your first thoughts on a possible event type and your objective in mind. The list isn’t exhaustive, so don’t feel that you have made a mistake if your proposed event type is not listed.

Sporting competitions

• football leagues
• cycling
• marathon, half-marathon
• rugby
• golf tournament
• tennis tournament
• gymkhana, show jumping or other equestrian event
• new wave sports – skateboarding, snowboarding, rollerblading

Specialist/commercial

• dog (and other animal) show
• trade show engineering, IT etc.
• recruitment fair
• steam rally/agricultural show
• model railway/aircraft/cars
• car boot sale – auto jumble etc.

Teaching/skills

• sports coaching
• training course such as model-building
• money-saving skills – home/car maintenance
• DIY skills decorating, plumbing

Fund-raising

• charity group
• schools
• club
• political

Meet and greet

• Parent-Teacher Association
• interest groups
• business
• political

Public relations

• company greeting customers
• trade show
• local authority

Pure profit

• making money by finding something the public wants – e.g. latest fads and trends!

Fun

• having safe fun at least cost