Britain’s Got Talent

Claire Fennelow, Executive Director of EVCOM, discusses how the staffing of your event can brighten the future of the industry.

the country and share opportunities to work at our events with them.

We regularly go in and speak to the students too. One of the big things they ask about is getting experience. And especially paid experience. So often young people are expected to work for free in the name of experience. Which is doable for some, but not others. As a sector we are working to be more diverse, and only giving people who have the financial backing to work for free the opportunities to gain experience is actively working against that.

There are also a lot of amazing event organisers who don’t find out about the corporate sector until it’s too late. Offering them paid work experience like this is a