History
2009: In January of this year, Spring Harvest cemented a partnership which began 30 years previously and merged with ICC Media Group, to form the new Memralife Group.
2008: Two new streams take place as part of the Main Event programme; The Worship Masterclass stream (Skegness) and dedicated British Sign Language stream (Minehead).
2007: Spring Harvest ran the first Aiming 4 Excellence conference, promoting excellence within the organisation of charities.
2006: Spring Harvest hosted the first of two annual conferences for the Elim Church, in Minehead.
2005: Youthwork the conference expanded to two locations - Southport and Eastbourne.
2003: Spring Harvest Holidays was launched with Le Pas
Opton, a holiday park in the Vendée region of France, opening to
its first visitors. The first Youthwork the conference
took place in Southport in November 2003.
2001: Spring Harvest Publishing was set up and started publishing a range of Christian lifestyle books and Bible study materials.
2000: Spring Harvest launched Generation 2000+, a week with a specific focus on family issues, in conjunction with Care for the Family. Over £1.3million was raised for needy children throughout the world through the 'Remember Me' offerings project.
1999: Spring Harvest raised thousands of pounds to help the victims of brutality in Kosovo.
1998: Spring Harvest unveiled plans to develop its activities - the first new initiative being 'At Work Together', a conference for leaders in both the sacred and secular workplaces. Alongside the developments a new corporate identity was also launched.
1996: Spring Harvest ran an initiative with Holy Trinity, Brompton, called 'Spring Harvest with Focus' in Minehead.
1994: Over 70,000 Christians attended Spring Harvest at its four locations in Ayr, Minehead, Pwllheli and Skegness. Spring Harvest brought attention to the war in the former-Yugoslavia by sending a film crew to Mostar, Bosnia - a UN designated War Zone.
1993: Spring Harvest became a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee. Spring Harvest Word Alive was launched in-conjunction with the Keswick Convention and UCCF.
1991: £250,000 was given in voluntary offerings for a wide range of Christian work. £49,000 raised for a 'Greener Burkina' by the youth programme, was used to replant a forest and build a dam to alleviate drought conditions in Burkina Faso, West Africa.
1989: Spring Harvest expanded to three locations, opening up a new centre in Ayr, Scotland.1988: At the 10th Spring Harvest, the attendance topped the 50,000 mark. A popular worship album was launched, with profits going to Christian projects involved in supporting those with AIDS/HIV. It went on to raise over £20,000.
1986: For the first time Spring Harvest took place at two locations in the UK: three weeks in Prestatyn, and two weeks in Minehead.
1985: Seminar subjects grappled with the cultural issues of the modern world: single parenthood, gender issues, racism, the socially disadvantaged.
1982: At the outbreak of the Falklands War, Spring Harvest sent a telegram to the Prime Minister expressing 'the love and concern felt by Christians for both governments and peoples involved.' £7,800 was collected and sent as a love offering to the Church in Argentina.
1979: 2,700 Christians attended the first Spring Harvest event in Prestatyn, North Wales.
