UKEL and OnePlan announce partnership to drive forward innovation in event planning.
UKEL, a not-for-profit company established to help secure, structure and deliver global sporting events across the UK, has today announced a partnership with OnePlan, a cloud-based event site planning software. The partnership will see UKEL use the OnePlan platform across its major events and event services projects as part of a three-year agreement.
The first event UKEL will use the platform to support its event planning will be next year's Inclusive Sport and Culture Festival taking place in Liverpool across multiple venues and city centre environments, showcasing both elite Paralympic sport and an international disability arts programme, providing a perfect opportunity to showcase the capabilities of OnePlan where enhanced accessibility and inclusion are at the heart of the event’s ambitions.
The partnership will also see the two organisations collaborate on a number of industry showcase projects, designed to support and enhance the UK’s event industry knowledge across key event delivery areas such as logistics, access planning and accessibility.
UKEL CEO Bev Ward said: “UKEL works with national governing bodies and local authorities to design and deliver international sporting events. Working with OnePlan will better enable us to offer a world-class event management service from the outset from feasibility right through to delivery”
OnePlan CEO and Founder Paul Foster said: “UKEL is exactly the kind of partner we built OnePlan for, and we share their commitment to raising standards across event delivery. We’re proud to support the Inclusive Sport and Culture Festival as the first project under this partnership, and excited to help UKEL’s team and partners to deliver world-class events.”
ABOUT UKEL
UKEL is a new, central events delivery body set up to help house one-off major events and provide best-in-class shared services to the events sector. We’re independent from UK Sport and non-profit distributing.
The aim is to safeguard and enhance the UK's ability to secure and deliver global events, by being able to act with agility and flexibility to meet the changing needs of the international market.
UKEL offers world-leading knowledge and expertise to all levels of events, supporting the sector with a talented and experienced team.
Find out more at www.ukel.co.uk
ABOUT OnePlan
OnePlan is a UK-headquartered, cloud-based event site planning platform, helping organisers plan, visualise and coordinate events of every size, from grassroots fixtures to the world’s biggest sporting occasions.
OnePlan is trusted by organisations including Premier League Football Clubs, Formula 1 tracks and many international and national federations of sport, as well as more than 50 UK local authorities, and was the official mapping supplier for the Paris 2024 and Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Founded in 2019, OnePlan has grown from a spatial planning tool for live events into a platform used across sport, local government, law enforcement and humanitarian response.
Find out more at www.oneplan.io
ABOUT THE INCLUSIVE SPORT AND CULTURE FESTIVAL (ISCF)
UK Sport is launching this exciting new event to drive performance benefits and visibility for sports that compete in the Paralympics, by bringing together a week-long festival of elite sporting competition and cultural experiences all in one location on Liverpool’s historic waterfront.
The event is to be held in Liverpool’s M&S Bank Arena, Exhibition Centre, historic docks and Pier Head in May 2027, featuring an outstanding showcase of Paralympic sport 15 months ahead of the LA 2028 Paralympics. It will feature four sports competitions, a £1m accompanying arts and culture programme and a performance-supporting ‘Athletes’ and Artists’ Village’. The arts programme will be funded by Arts Council England and delivered by Culture Liverpool.
Find out more at www.iscfestival.co.uk
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