OUR WORK
RUGBY WORLD CUP 2019
TROPHY TOUR
We were commissioned to plan and deliver the International Rugby World Cup 2019 Trophy Tour and support the local organising committee with the domestic Trophy Tour across Japan. Visiting 20 countries over 18 months, over 100,000 people took part with highlights including two kings, two Bollywood superstars, one Hollywood superstar. Barnstorm Global delivered all elements of the tour, from initial planning and liaison with stakeholders to delivery on the ground and a comprehensive PR, media and content capture operation.
ICC CHAMPIONS TROPHY AND
ICC WOMENS CRICKET WORLD CUP TROPHY TOUR
We were asked to support the Organising Committee with the planning and delivery of a combined event 30-day Trophy Tour in the run up to the ICC Champions Trophy in 2017. The aim was to promote the tournaments across each host city with a limited budget and time. This was achieved through empowering the host cities and key stakeholders to ‘own’ events, through smart asset creation and making Trophy Tour a cricketeer training opportunity to support the OC staffing provision.
ENGLISH HERITAGE
MARCH INTO 1066
In 2016, we were delighted to support English Heritage with their March into 1066. An epic re-enactment march to rival any Hollywood movie marked the milestone 950th anniversary of the Norman Conquest and the Battle of Hastings. A band of 1066 warriors, dressed in authentic costume, travelled down from York to Battle in East Sussex on foot and horseback, following a route similar to that taken by King Harold’s army in 1066, arriving at Battle Abbey on 14 October, the day that the famous Battle of Hastings was fought 950 years earlier, ahead of the annual English Heritage re-enactment. Our role was to deliver all local authority and emergency services liaison on the route and support the riders and marchers on the ground across the crucial London leg. We also organised a pop up Norman encampment in London’s Hyde Park, to promote the event and draw attention to the work of English Heritage.
RUGBY WORLD CUP 2015
TROPHY TOUR
Ahead of RWC2015, we were tasked with planning and delivering the first ever International Rugby World Cup Trophy Tour and a 100-day domestic tour around the UK and Ireland. Key aims included, waking the nation – ensuring the UK was ready to welcome the world, giving numerous stakeholders opportunities to engage with RWC 2015 before it began and generating media coverage and PR across 100 days.
THE BIG IF
LONDON
We were proud to project manage the Big IF London Event, in Hyde Park. The event was delivered on behalf of 200 charities in the Enough Food IF Coalition, including UNICEF, Save the Children UK, Comic Relief and many more. With over 45,000 attendees and high profile speakers and performers including Bill Gates and Danny Boyle, we were particularly proud to work with a world class creative team that masterminded the installation of 250,000 spinning flowers that represented the number of children dying from hunger.
LONDON 2012
PARALYMPIC TORCH RELAY
One of our proudest achievements was planning and delivering a brand new concept for the Paralympic Torch Relay for London 2012. Previously a shorter version of the Olympic Torch Relay, we created a new identity for the relay that would differentiate it from the Olympic Torch Relay. With a focus on teamwork, the concept saw flames being lit across the UK, with a local celebration event before coming together to create a Paralympic Flame that travelled on a traditional relay in the run up to the Opening Ceremony. This is now the framework for all Paralympic Torch Relays.
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