Get in touch
Tell me about your event
A free initial consultation to talk through your goals, your room and your target. Available across the UK, Europe and the US.
Let’s talk
The quickest way to check availability and get a quote is to email or call. Tell me the date, the location, roughly how many guests and your fundraising target, and I’ll come back to you.
Email
hello@thecharityauctioneer.uk
Phone
07596 851647
Coverage
UK, Europe and the United States
What happens when you get in touch?
When you get in touch with me, Kevin Durham, you get a free consultation about your goals, your room and your target, with no charge and no commitment. I give you an honest view of what your room could raise, and no quote comes before I know the brief.
What to have ready
You do not need a finished plan. These six things let me give you a useful answer on the first call:
- The date of the event, even if it is provisional.
- The venue, or the area if it is not booked yet.
- Guest numbers, roughly.
- Last year’s total, if you have run the event before.
- The lots so far, including none at all.
- What went wrong last time. A stalled auction or a flat pledge tells me where to start.
What I will tell you back
In the free consultation we talk through your goals, your room and your target, and whether you need the whole evening or just the auction. I will tell you honestly what I think your room could raise, and which of the formats suit it: a live auction, a live pledge, a silent auction or fundraising games. If you do not need me, I will say so.
Why there is no quote at the start
No quote comes before I know the brief. A fee set without knowing your room, your lots and your target would be a guess, so I ask first and quote once I understand what the evening needs. The free auction software is included when you book me, built around your event and live for a month afterwards.
What happens after you book
The booking follows four steps, set out in full under how booking me works: the free consultation, a plan for the lots, the running order and the pledge, the software if you want guests bidding from their phones, and then the night itself, where I host, run the live auction and the pledge, and keep the energy up in between.
Does the consultation cost anything?
No. There is no charge for the conversation and no commitment to book.
What if we have few lots, or none?
That is fine. A night with few lots can run on a live pledge and a couple of fundraising games. A pledge needs no lots at all, so almost everything it raises goes straight to the cause.
Can you host the whole evening?
Yes, or just the auction and the pledge. We decide which in the consultation.
Ready to start? Use the form on this page, email hello@thecharityauctioneer.uk or call 07596 851647.