Event safety - General guidance
An event organiser has a duty to plan, manage and monitor an event to make sure that workers and the visiting public are not exposed to health and safety risks.
Events organisers may wish to attend the Safety Advisory Group or may sometimes be invited to do so.
Please note the links below take you to external sites or service providers. These links have been useful to others in the past. Cheltenham Borough Council hold no responsibility for their content and do not provide them as a business endorsement or recommendation. Please let us know if links fail or you have a suggestion.
- Health and Safety Executive (HSE) - Event safety homepage
- GOV.UK website - Volunteer and Community Events guidance
- Emergency Response Plan - How to stop a show procedure
- Local Government Association (LGA) - Top tips for holding a public event in your community
- The Purple Guide - Health, safety and welfare at music and other events guidance on an up-to-date website with a subscription (a minimum fee payable for 12 months access)
Events on council land
If you would like to run an event on council owned land, for example in one of Cheltenham's parks or green spaces, you will need to complete an application form and pay the relevant fee for your activity. The parks and open spaces team determine land use approval.
Fire safety law and guidance
Fire safety law changed in October 2006 with the introduction of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. There are several useful sources of information and guidance relating to fire risk assessments and event safety planning:
- How to complete a fire safety risk assessment for open-air events and venues is available on the Gov.uk website
- Further information and tools relating to fire safety risk assessment is available from Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service
- The National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) have compiled events information including a useful checklist for event organisers