Frequently Asked Questions 

Why do I need a Safety Advisor?

• Event organisers have a legal responsibility to plan, manage and monitor the event to make sure that workers and visiting public are not exposed to health and safety risks. (HSE)

Can anyone be a Safety Advisor?

• The law says " you must get help from a competent person to enable you to meet the requirements of health and safety law. A competent person is someone who has sufficient training and experience or knowledge and other qualities that allow them to assist you properly. The level of competence required will depend on the complexity of the situation and the particular help you need."
• We have Event specific qualifications, knowledge and experience.

Can I not do this myself?

• It is common practice that due to the complexity of events that no one person should manage the event themselves.
• Depending on the size of event you should look at creating a small team who would then manage certain aspects of the event.
• We can help you with advise or under take a specific task or role.

Managing an event it's not that complicated!

Depending on the event you could have a requirement for;

• The legal requirement of keeping everyone safe
• legal licences (raised structures, food selling, trading, alcohol, public entertainment, inflatables, marquees)
• permission to use the land
• traffic management (how do people get to the event and where do the people park once there)
• crowd management (people attending your event and also people not attending your event but using the same public spaces)
• medical cover
• welfare provision
• stewarding/ marshals (keeping your event safe and also attendees)

This is just a few examples of what the organiser has to factor in their management of the event.

• We have Event specific experience and knowledge to help you with these and many other event requirements.

I can't afford to hire a Safety Advisor

• Can you afford not to. If you have not taken all reasonably practical steps in ensuring the safety of workers and visiting public are not exposed to health and safety risks (HSE) then you could be in court being charged under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and or the The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999. 

• What price do you put on Reputation and reputational damage (yours / the company)?

• With many Local Authorities now requiring more evidence of your ability to provide a safe event and the legal requirements that need to be met, this all takes time. What would you prefer to spend your time on developing the content and promotion of your event or the event documentation?
• Depending on your requirements these may not be as bad as you may think, as our service costs can be individualised and tailored to your needs.
• There are many ways that can be done to keep your costs down, you just need to weigh up Cost of the advise/action Verses your Time in

  finding out the information or doing that action.