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Teddy Rocks

Last month, we were delighted to support Teddy Rocks, a 3-day festival in Dorset, in aid of the fight against children’s cancer.

We spoke to event organiser Tom Newton to learn a bit more about the event and how SRL products helped make the event a success.

Tell us about Teddy Rocks – how did it come about and what’s the purpose?

In 2010 I lost my 10-year-old brother Ted to a rare bone cancer. He sadly lost his fight after an 18month battle with an incredibly brutal disease. My parents began fundraising to help give back to the amazing charities that supported Ted and my family through these times. I thought I should do my bit, and as a touring musician I felt it could be a good idea to put on a gig at my local pub! This raised £400. Fast forward to today and it is now a 3-day, 5000 capacity festival, with over 100 acts across 6 stages, that gives 100% of its profits to support children's cancer charities and research charities. We have raised nearly £500,000 to date. It has all gotten a little out of hand from that first little gig in the pub! The full story can be found at www.teddyrocks.co.uk

This was the 11th iteration of the festival, how have things changed between now and then? It’s come a long way since 2011. From a pub restaurant to a town hall, to a scaffold stage in a pub beer garden, to a full-blown festival site, it’s been one hell of a ride so far!  What started off as a bit of fun and in all honesty a coping strategy for me to help dealing with the loss of Ted, has now actually become a real thing! I realised we had a social responsibility to keep this festival alive and doing what it does, because the support this festival now gives to the children and families that need it is unreal! And it will only keep getting bigger and better and do even more amazing work for the people that need us.

How did you hear about SRL?

This year was the first time I used ETC for our traffic management. They recommended that I get in touch to see if you could maybe support us. I had an amazing phone call with Caroline who gave me her time and seemed immediately invested in my mission. She was kind caring and incredibly interested in what we were doing. 

And what did SRL provide for the festival?

SRL provided two variable message signs for the event to make our traffic management possible. They made our lives so much easier and most importantly helped to keep our ticket holders, artists, crew, and traders safe with their access and egress to site. This is the level of support that has made this event grow from day one. And I really hope this is the start of a long relationship with SRL. Without wonderful companies like this getting involved we wouldn’t be here today. Thank you SRL!

How did the festival go and what benefit did SRL’s products bring?

The festival was a huge success! Our best yet and something we are still trying to process. This was our survival year, our goal was to survive so we can keep going next year, to not make a loss and to break even. This would mean we would survive Covid and hopefully get back on our feet. I can’t say how much we will be donating yet as we are waiting on a couple of things but I can safely away we have smashed that and will be giving something wonderful away! More info will be released soon on our socials and website. 

How did you find working with SRL?

A real pleasure. Super approachable and kind, and very efficient. Nothing was too much trouble and I always felt looked after. On behalf of TRF, thank you Caroline and the team at SRL! you are awesome! 

For more information about Teddy Rocks, visit: https://teddyrocks.co.uk/

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