Received: 30 November 2024

1. What was the total amount of money spent on the “FedConnect” event?

2. How much money was received from sponsorship for the “FedConnect” event? Please detail the list of sponsors and their respective sponsorship packages.

3. Where was the “FedConnect” event held / hosted?

4. How many people attended the “FedConnect” in person?

5. Of the above number from question 4, how many of those people were National Board members and how many National Council members?

6. How many people registered to attend “FedConnect” event

7. How many people joined online and actually viewed the “FedConnect” event?

8. What was peak viewing?

9. How much was paid to ‘One Two Agency Ltd’ for the “FedConnect” event?

10. How much they paid to Ian Collins (directly or indirectly) for the “FedConnect” event?

11. Were expenses paid to any guest speakers? If so, please detail amounts, to whom and for what purpose.

Responded: 6 January 2025

1. The total cost over the two-day event was £74,842. FedConnect was designed as a replacement for Annual Conference and represents a significant saving on the average cost of staging a full conference, which is approx. £445,000 + branch costs to attend. 

2. Sponsorship income received was £10,974. 

The following organisations all sponsored the event: 

Serve and Protect; 

Ralli solicitors; 

Riteway Tax Refunds; 

Slater & Gordon Solicitors; 

Metfriendly; and 

No.1 CopperPot Credit Union. 

3. FedConnect was held at PFEW’s headquarters in Leatherhead, Federation House.

4. FedConnect was primarily intended as an online event however an additional 59 people attended in person to participate in the interactive sessions

5. The PFEW did not collect this information and so does not hold this information.

6. 1,023 people registered to attend. 

7. The PFEW did not collect this information and so does not hold this information. 

8. The PFEW did not collect this information and so does not hold this information. 

9. £67,538 (including VAT). 

10. £4,800 (including VAT). 

11. Expenses were not paid to any guest speakers.