Award-winning Central London events venue RSA House, catering specialists CH&CO and event booking platform Hire Space joined forces last week to host their first successful ‘Safer Event’ together. The event was held in accordance with safety guidelines established in the ‘Safer Events – A Framework for Action’ white paper, in accordance with public health, government and industry body guidance. Twenty of the Hire Space team joined in-person with ten members joining virtually from around the world. Safety measures were plentiful, with the Hire Space team giving an event safety score of 9.2 out of 10.
Catering was provided by RSA’s in-house caterers, CH&CO, who launched their new menus and included energising breakfast bags and Spanish Bento boxes. Menu options also include breakfast bento boxes, executive sandwich bags, salad jars and Asian inspired noodle pots.
Hybrid talks were given from The RSA and CH&CO’s certified nutritionist, Amanda Ursell about immunity and how to combat screen fatigue before the Hire Space hybrid away day kicked off. All production and audio-visual elements were taken care of by Radiance Production with various cameras angles being used to fully immerse and engage the remote audience.
Key learnings from the day tell us that people were impressed with the safety measures, but we can’t underestimate how important it is to over-communicate and remember that some people are always likely to break the rules and so there must be processes in place to manage this. Safety measures may seem sterile at times, but its worth it for sensitive touchpoints such as food. The hybrid set up adds huge value, is inclusive and is well worth the investment if done correctly.
RSA House recently gained the Hire Space ‘Safer Events’ accreditation and Visit England ‘Good to Go’ accreditation. The venue is open to host meetings and weddings for up to 30 guests and all other events from 1st October (pending government guidelines).
