Big Cat was appointed by the Greater London Authority, in partnership with the London Health Commission, to facilitate the staging of the Activ8 festival in Hyde Park. The high profile outdoor event was attended by 25,000 Young Londoners. Designed to create excitement around play, physical activity and healthy eating amongst young people, Big Cat produced interactive fun ideas and outdoor activities to deliver the events key messages.

As the project managers for Activ8, Big Cat had a wide reaching remit including responsibilities for obtaining all necessary permissions and licences for the event, risk audit, site planning, health and safety, exit strategies, security and engaging 92 different partners to deliver various activities throughout the day and generating £150,000 of goodwill.

Previous experience within the youth sector and the successful delivery of the event enabled Active8 to win the prestigious Eventia Public Event of the year 2006/07. Big Cat has since worked with the Greater London Authority on other large-scale children’s events such as Playday.