Charity Auction Host & Fundraising MC

The host who protects the giving

Every charity dinner has a moment when the room decides whether to give. It usually lands after the main course, when the guests are relaxed and the energy can go either way. Rhys builds the night towards that moment: a warm welcome, the cause told simply and honestly, and an auction or pledge run with confidence and good humour so people enjoy giving.

He keeps the practical side tight too. Auction lots are introduced with the detail that makes them worth bidding on, the raffle is quick, sponsors are thanked properly, and the running order flexes around the kitchen without the audience noticing.

Fundraising events Rhys hosts

• Charity gala dinners and balls
• Live and silent auctions
• Pledge moments and paddle raises
• Raffles, prize draws and heads-or-tails games
• Sports charity dinners and testimonial nights
• Community, school and hospice fundraisers
• Corporate charity partnership evenings

Running the live auction

Rhys hosts the auction from the stage: he sets up each lot, works the room for bids, keeps the pace up and knows when to let a bidding war breathe. For larger auctions he is happy to work alongside a specialist charity auctioneer, handing over cleanly and holding the room between lots. Either way, the lots are introduced with the story behind them, because that is what moves the price.

Telling the cause without the guilt

Audiences give when they understand and when they feel looked after, not when they are lectured. Rhys works with your team and your beneficiaries beforehand to find the two or three stories that matter, and gives them room on the night. He introduces speakers and films with care, then brings the energy straight back up for the ask.

An operator’s eye on the night

As the founder of the event operations platform TRM Flex and the host of the WRU Official Members Club for twelve seasons, where the raffle became a tradition in its own right, Rhys understands how a fundraising night is built as well as how it is hosted. He joins your planning early, agrees the running order with your committee or agency, and arrives on the night ready for the things that never go to plan.