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Pennine Events Honoured Those Who Have Fallen for Our Country and Freedom. Pennine Events are honoured to have been a part of the service held on Remberance Sunday in honour and memory of all the soldiers who have fallen for our country and freedom. Including a 2-minute silence, a huge poppy drop and a military parade, the event has become one of the largest of its kind in the UK. This year's service took place at the Liverpool Cathedral, where members of the public gathered to pay their respects and tribute to the thousands of [...]

Spectacular Installations Light Up Liverpool City Centre in the Most Successful River of Light to Date. This year’s River of Light was themed ‘Rhythm of Light’ and consisted of 12 mesmerising installations across a 2km trail around Liverpool city centre, each celebrating and highlighting the relationship between Liverpool, music, and light. Across the 17 nights, over 150,000 people gathered in the city to experience the beauty of the art from all over the world, making it the most successful River of Light to date! Already filled and built with a plethora of art and culture, the trail [...]

For the last few years, Pennine events has headed to Lancaster for Bonfire night and this year was no exception! The team, along side with Lancaster council, were tasked with producing and managing a 2-day light festival across the 5th and 6th of November, with a huge firework display set to be the grand finale on the Saturday night. Unfortunately, due to some high winds and poor weather conditions, the tough decision was made to cancel the fireworks display, with the interest of the safety of the staff and the public at the heart of [...]

A day spent celebrating Women in sport and the culture of Walsall. The Pennine team headed to Walsall on Tuesday 5th October for stage 2 of The Women’s Tour of Britain. Tasked with traffic managements, route mapping and producing and managing 3 festival areas, we had our work cut out, however, the day was a great success despite the wind and rain! The fan zones were filled with large screens, deck chairs, cultural market stores, local community stands, activities provided by British Cycling and food and drink stalls. There was roaming entertainment including roller skaters [...]

The Pennine Team joined the Flippin’ Pain Peloton as it travelled across the country to raise awareness for Chronic Pain. Travelling from Stamford to Spalding, Sleaford, Boston, Skegness, Mablethorpe, Market Rasen, Gainsborough, Lincoln and finally finishing in Grantham across just 5 days, the PE team and the Flippin Pain peloton had their work cut out and pedalled some serious miles! All for a good cause though- the peloton, accompanied by the Brain Bus was all part of the NHS Connect Health’s latest campaign raising awareness for chronic pain. According to their website “Flippin’ Pain is [...]

5th September 2021 saw the first ever Cycle Silverstone take place at the world renowned British Grand Prix track, Silverstone Circuit! Appointed as Silverstone’s strategic sports partner in 2021, Pennine Events, combined with Silverstone’s own teams were tasked with creating, marketing, and delivering the brand new, extremely exciting event. Several thousand cyclists, of all abilities, gathered for a 10K, 20K or 50K, ride conquered the Hamilton Straight and #BeatTheTrack. With some time-chipped and some riding just for fun, it was clear to see that the iconic venue did not fail to amaze for all participants [...]

Honoured to be involved and blown away by the efforts and achievements of cyclists and fundraisers, Pennine Events look back on Break the Cycle. Over £700,000 was raised on Sunday 5th September 2021 in Social Bites’ event ‘Break the Cycle’ a 60-mile cycle from Glasgow to Edinburgh, led by Sir Chris and followed by hundreds of fundraising cyclists, raising money to build two new homeless villages. Josh Littlejohn, founder of Social Bite said in a Big Issue article: “The money that we raise from this fundraising campaign will allow these plans to become a reality and enable us [...]

Hundreds gathered to enjoy the thrill of Abseiling off one of the UK’s most amazing buildings and raising money for charity in the 2021 Liverpool Cathedral Abseil. Running across 4 weekends in July, hundreds experienced the thrill of abseiling off one of the UK’s most amazing buildings, the iconic Liverpool Cathedral. Descending 150ft, free hang from above the great West Door, some people faced fears, some revelled in the excitement- all raising money for some amazing charities and causes. Approximately £100,000 was raised for 97 charities including Slow Down for Bobby, Marie Currie, Alder Hey [...]

Cyclists pedalled for purpose during the first major sports event in the region since the pandemic began on Sunday 4th July. After over a year of enforced limited social contact, strict regulations resulting in a detrimental impact on many people’s wellbeing; the organisers of the historic LCL (Liverpool-Chester-Liverpool) event pushed through with the community bike ride Sunday 4th July 2021. Making it one of the first mass participation sporting events (outside of pilot events) to take place in the UK since restrictions were put in place in March 2020.   Riders raised a whopping £72,000+ for local [...]

‘The event has announced to help tackle the Child mental health epidemic’. After over a year of enforced limited social contact, strict regulations resulting in a detrimental impact on many people’s wellbeing; the organisers or the historic LCL (Liverpool-Chester-Liverpool) bike ride has announced they will be back on Sunday 4th July 2021. This will be one of the first mass participation events to take place in the UK since restrictions were put in place last year. This year’s event charity is The Bobby Colleran Trust who recently announced the launch of its ‘Take Care for Bobby’ campaign to support the mental health of children and young people [...]