Holborough Lakes Social
A feature rich events management solution built for the Holborough Lakes Social Committee with enhanced paid tiered ticketing, fundraising and Donations management as well as Vendor and Volunteer Co-ordination, advanced networking and extensive admin and finance reporting and analytics.
01 · Residents land on upcoming events, news and featured happenings — guest-friendly from the first tap.
The problem
HLSC was juggling a patchwork of Facebook groups, WhatsApp threads and paper flyers to organise community events. Tickets were sold by hand, check-in was a clipboard, vendors and sponsors were tracked in email threads, and volunteers had no clear rota. Every event burned goodwill before a single ticket was collected.
What we built
One hosted platform running for the whole Holborough Lakes community. Residents sign up, browse events, buy tickets, read news and find HLSC-vetted local vendors. HLSC gets a private admin workbench: walk-in point-of-sale, QR check-in, photo & video booth, waitlists, printable A6 networking badges with QR, a vendor & sponsor leads pipeline, broadcasts, campaigns, financial reports, and a help-assistant chatbot so residents self-serve the easy questions.
What it does
Features, no fluff.
What residents sees on the left; what stays on HLSC's private side on the right.
For residents
13 · public
- Events with capacity, paid ticketing and waitlists
- News feed with pinned announcements
- Networking & digital business cards at networking events (opt-in)
- Participate in polls
- Fundraising & charity donations, with ticket round-ups to HLSC-supported charities
- Volunteer sign-up for HLSC roles (rota emails)
- HLSC-vetted local vendor directory
- Photobooth with event overlays (when enabled for the event)
- Live Photowall uploads with prize draws (when enabled alongside the Photobooth)
- Hall of Fame showing winners of the Live Photowall (for enabled events)
- Personal / networking / vendor profiles with light & dark mode
- In-app Help Assistant chatbot (tickets, QR codes, check-in, waitlist, cancellations)
- Mobile-first, works like a lightweight PWA
For HLSC
15 · private
- Manage Events with draft / published / completed / archived states
- Walk-in Point of Sale for day-of ticket sales
- QR check-in scanner at the door
- Photo Booth & Video Booth event modes
- Waitlist management and reserve-offer flow
- Networking opt-in — attendee profiles, A6 QR badges, NFC-programmable badge designer
- Vendor & Sponsor Leads pipeline (networking / sponsor / converted / new filters, bulk email)
- Financial reports — revenue, donations, tickets sold, totals, Stripe fees sync, CSV export
- Analytics dashboard — bookings, unique customers, repeat rate, revenue trend, top events, bookings-by-day
- Ticket sales can enable donation round-ups for a nominated charity
- Fundraising management with UK Gift Aid support
- Broadcasts, Campaigns and News management
- Ticket audit per event and per attendee
- User roles & accounts management
- Admin tools: backup, audit log and email logs
It's live — sign up & explore
It's live. Have a look around.
Holborough Lakes Social is the real app the Holborough Lakes community uses every day — not a mock-up. Sign up as a resident to browse events, buy tickets, read news, volunteer, and find HLSC-vetted local vendors, exactly like they do. HLSC's admin tools stay private — you'll see what those look like in the "Inside the app" tour just below.
Sign up on the live appFor vendors & sponsors
A sub-app for the people who sell.
Local vendors and sponsors get their own logged-in area. They manage their profile, see upcoming events they're confirmed for, and apply for future pitches themselves — no more email-tennis with HLSC.
Inside the app · private to HLSC
What guests don't see.
Residents and vendors have their own views (above). Everything below is HLSC-only — the admin workbench that ran Easter, summer fetes and the Business Networking evening without a single spreadsheet.
"We couldn't have run the Easter Event without the app — it removed all the ticket admin, and more, and allowed the volunteers to focus on creating a great experience for our Holborough Lakes residents."
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