Lifesaving Legacies: Supporting EMERGENCY through #TBF25

Last month the live entertainment sector gathered in Manchester for our 13th annual TheTicketingBusiness Forum 2025 – and once again, our attendees helped raise much-needed funds for our charity partner EMERGENCY.

We’re pleased to share that our combined efforts at TheTicketingBusiness Forum & Awards 2025 generated £4,000 to support EMERGENCY’s ongoing healthcare work in conflict zones.

“We at EMERGENCY UK never fail to be astounded by the generosity of Ian, Angelina and everyone at Xperiology for their extraordinary support and our incredible ongoing partnership that continues to make such an important impact,” comments Alex Briggs, Fund Raising Manager, EMERGENCY. “From just this one Forum alone, £4,000 was raised to support our work providing free, high-quality care in countries affected by conflict and poverty in a sustainable way.

“To put the impact of support like this into context, £4,000 would be enough to pay for prosthetic rehabilitations for 14 people who have lost their leg in Iraq – one of the world’s most landmine-infested countries, where over 20 million mines remain: nearly 1 for every 2 inhabitants. That truly is remarkable.”

“From the bottom of our hearts, thank you so very much from everyone at EMERGENCY, it is only thanks to kindness like this that makes it possible for us to help so many people, sustainably for the long-term” –

For example, this year’s fundraising supports children like Baraq, a patient at EMERGENCY’s Rehabilitation and Reintegration Centre in Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan.

Baraq was only one year old when an anti-personnel mine explosion killed both her parents and left her without lower limbs. Thrown several metres by the blast, she survived — and (pictured) today, at 22, she continues her rehabilitation journey with EMERGENCY: “For me, these prosthetics were like a miracle. Being able to stand up again without a wheelchair has made me independent.”

Thanks to everyone who ‘tapped to donate’ during April’s TheTicketingBusiness Forum or submitted an entry to the TheTicketingBusiness Awards 2025 under ‘donation for a nomination’ in the countdown to the event.

About EMERGENCY
EMERGENCY provides free, high-quality healthcare to those affected by conflict and poverty. Their work includes building healthcare facilities, training local personnel, and conducting search and rescue missions in the Mediterranean Sea. Founded in 1994, EMERGENCY has worked in 21 different countries and currently operates in Afghanistan, Eritrea, Iraq, Italy, Palestine, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Uganda and Ukraine.

To support EMERGENCY’s life-saving work, please consider donating [here]. In the time it’s taken to read this post, their medical teams have likely saved another four lives.