Lewes FC offers community ticket scheme during cost of living crisis

Lewes Football Club has launched a community ticket scheme to help those that are worst affected during the current cost of living crisis in the UK.  The semi-professional non-league club, which is based in the East Sussex town of Lewes, is fan-owned and a not-for-profit Community Benefit Society. The club has also paid its men …

Northern Territory research shows benefits of community events

Research commissioned by the Northern Territory Major Events Company in Australia has found that community events have provided significant economic benefits to the area.  The 22 events that received support through the Northern Territory Major Events Company’s Event Funding Programme delivered a gross expenditure stimulus of A$39.8m (£22m/€25m/$26m) to the Territory in 2021-2022. These events …

TryBooking partners with Stripe to benefit US customers 

TryBooking has partnered with financial infrastructure platform Stripe to expand its online checkout solution offering. The online community event ticketing platform hopes the partnership will offer further protection for fighting fraud, as well as offering event organisers reliable and optimised payment channels. Event organisers will be able to link their event to their own Stripe …