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About us

Here at A Star Experience, we’re here to support bespoke fundraising auctions, event production, luxury experiences and hospitality packages to meet your needs, specification and budget.

When lockdown first hit, we saw the impact the pandemic had on those most vulnerable. By forming A Star Experience, we’ve helped fight back through the current climate, giving 100% to all those in need. Our dynamic in-house team works alongside you to realise your aspirations, adopt your values and to maximise the funds raised at your events.

So, whether you’re running an intimate golf day or a big gala dinner, we ensure that every event is special to give your participants an experience of a lifetime – while still raising valuable funds for worthy causes.

How do we do it?

Every project is unique – and so is our service.

We listen and understand the event that you picture, the cause you are supporting, and what you are looking to achieve from your event. From there, we offer you our expert fundraising consultancy to help develop your perfect silent auction and live auction.

No matter how we support your event, we do everything to the highest standards of account management, giving you all you need before, during, and after the event.

Your own fundraising expert will be with you from that very first hello, to building the unique platform your guests will engage with, to getting up on stage on the night, to your post-event debrief, and to getting charities paid the funds raised.

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Discover more about how A Star Experience can help you raise funds and create unforgettable experiences – contact us today.

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Meet the team

Co-Founder Dan Matten

My fundraising journey started 10 years ago. I spent that time creating bespoke auctions and developing luxury auction items for my clients. I’m now fortunate enough to have what I consider the best job in the world, working with some amazing people up and down the country all doing fantastic things for good causes. I guess that I’ve always been someone that couldn’t look the other way, giving my time to others when I could. There is nothing more rewarding than working closely with my clients to raise millions of pounds each year. I hope that I can get to know more and more charities, schools and sports clubs and do all I can to make a difference with a personal touch.

Co-Founder Josh Bedford

I’ve been in the fundraising industry for the past 10 years and have developed a passion helping charities maximise the funds they can raise at their events and delivering excellent service. Specialising in Silent Auctions, together with my business partner, Dan, we created ‘A Star Experience’ to have more control over what we can do as a business and our service to help support the events and charities that we work with. It’s been the best thing we’ve ever done and long may that continue.

Head of Client Liaison Molly Neale

As head of client liaison my role is very much client focused, working together to create the perfect silent auction. My previous experience running events and co-ordinating surveyors in the housing industry gave me vital skills and experience that I have been able to transfer and improve on at A Star. Creating our silent auctions is a very versatile job with no event being the same and I particularly enjoy the creative side of tailoring every silent auction to meet our client’s needs. Being part of A Star is incredibly rewarding being able to raise vital funds for our charities and seeing the impact we can make.

Client Liaison Manager Mel Rickerby

As Client Liaison Manager, creating a great relationship with our clients is a vital part of my role and it’s important to me that, leading up to their events, I’m able to support them in any way I can. My previous experience has been in the leisure industry and then more recently in Debt Recovery. However, I’m finding my role in the Fundraising sector much more exciting and being able to help support charities makes the job very rewarding.

How to start your A Star Experience

Contact and consultation

Reach out to us online or by picking up the phone. One of our friendly experts will then book you in for a consultation to talk through your ideas.

We create a proposal for you

Following our consultation, our professionals will draw up a tailor-made proposal for you to consider.

Complete our booking form

Once you’re happy with our proposal, simply fill out our booking form to finalise the dates and times.

Full management of auction at the event

At your event, we’ll be there to seamlessly manage the entire auction process including the technical details and prizewinner aftercare.

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Still got some unanswered questions? Check out our FAQs below

What type of auction services do you offer?

We offer silent auction tablets, brochures, online auctions or a hybrid solution. But most importantly, we aim to tailor a package that meets the needs and requirements of your event. We would recommend getting in touch with one of the team today to tell us a little bit of information about what you are looking for from a fundraising partner. Our team will put together a free proposal for you on what we can offer.

Do I have to use A Star Experience auction items or can I use my own?

You absolutely can use your own. You’re also more than welcome to use A Star Experience items too. Any of your own items that have been donated by a generous supporter can be included within the auction. Your items will be placed at the forefront of the auction lot list for prime viewing. All the funds raised on any auction items that have been donated to you or you have sourced will go to you. A Star Experience does not take any margin or commission on any of these items.

What is the cost to run a silent auction?

We are fully aware that with any event (especially charity events), it’s really important to keep costs down and save where you can. This is why we try our best to keep any costs at a minimum for you.

Any costs are done on a ‘sliding scale’ depending on how many A Star Experiences items you want to include in the auction. If you were to include a number of A Star items in your auction, then we will try our very best to provide our auction service free for you. To hear more about these options, please reach out to one of the team today. The number of A Star items needed to include within your auction to get our service for free might be less than you think!

What is included in the silent auction brochure service?

We will always try and tailor the perfect solution for you, but the auction brochure service normally is provided for free, with the inclusion of some luxury A Star Experience items within the auction lot.

The brochures will always be branded to your event/charity’s guidelines. Our design team will produce a brochure that you will sign off and, once happy, we will print the brochure for you as well.

We will also supply staff to be in attendance on the day to engage with your guests, answer any questions and promote the auction. Post-event, we will take care of all the payment collection for you, and our aim will be to get you paid as quickly as possible after the event. For much more detail on what is included within this service, please do reach out to one of the team today.

What is included in the silent auction tablet service?

We will always try and tailor the perfect solution for you. With the tablet service, you will have a choice of the market-leading tech platforms within the industry. You will receive a dedicated Event Liaison Manager, who will be on hand to build your auction for you and answer any questions you may have. The platform will be branded to the event/charity guidelines.

At the event we will supply staff to be in attendance on the day to engage with your guests, answer any questions and promote the auction. A minimum of two tablets will be placed on each table. Post-event, we will take care of all the payment collection for you, and our aim will be to get you paid as quickly as possible after the event. For more detail on what is included within this service, please do reach out to one of the team today.

What is included in the online silent auction service?

With the tablet service, you will have a choice of the market-leading tech platforms within the industry. You will receive a dedicated Event Liaison Manager, who will be on hand to build your auction for you and answer any questions you may have. The platform will be branded to the event/charity guidelines. Your online auction can run for as long as you like. Typically, most clients run their online auctions for anywhere between 1 – 4 weeks but are not limited to this timescale. To receive more information on the online auction service, please reach out to one of the team today.

Do you only do auctions for charity events?

Not at all. Any event can be used for a silent auction. We often attend awards dinners, Premier League football matches and golf days as an example, in addition to all the charity events. Please get in touch with a member of the team who can tell you more about what we can offer.

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