A national event for organisers of major sporting events was hosted yesterday in Liverpool for the first time. UK Sport Event Partners Day was held in Liverpool as more than 200 people descended on the city. A key part of the event is for partners to share and discuss the ‘Event Hosting Target List’, which covers the major sporting events the UK hope to bid for over the next 10 years. Jen Falding, our Head of Major Sports and Events, […]
Liverpool City Council is on the lookout for a Major Sports Events Project Officer to help deliver the city’s exciting portfolio of world-class sporting events. The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring Liverpool continues to attract and host major sporting spectacles that boost the local economy, enhance the city’s global reputation, and inspire communities through sport. Working within the Culture Liverpool team involves collaborating with national governing bodies, event organisers, and key stakeholders to secure and successfully […]
Former medal-winning athletes will join some of the sports industry’s leading lights to form a new-look team dedicated to securing major sporting events for the Liverpool City Region. The Sport Liverpool board will be at the heart of devising and delivering the city region’s major sports strategy, and for the next three years will work with the six local authorities to attract high-calibre, in-demand events. Headed up by the outgoing World Netball Chief Executive Clare Briegal, the board will be […]
Liverpool is looking to appoint experts to play a pivotal role in securing major sporting events as part of the Sport Liverpool Board. Sport is synonymous with the Liverpool City Region – whether it’s our three famous football clubs; rugby league champions St Helens; as home to Open Championship golf courses at Royal Birkdale and Royal Liverpool or the world’s leading steeplechase at Aintree; from boxing, athletics, swimming – sport is in our DNA and it offers the perfect place […]