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The Purple Guide to Health, Safety and Welfare at Music and Other Events
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 01-05-2024

The Purple Guide, now in online format only, aims to help event organisers to manage health and safety, particularly at large-scale music and similar events. It comprises a series of chapters, which are updated on a regular basis.

There is a subscription of £25 plus VAT for 12 months access to the Purple Guide website, including all updates and additional guidance that may be added during that period.

A Definitive Guide to Health and Safety Requirements for Event Planning
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 08-04-2024

Published by: Function Central
Publisher location (city or country): London
 
Summary of research content/aims: The guide offers plenty of valuable information such as: - What the law says about the duties of event planners in ensuring the health and safety of both staff and attendees during an event. - Identifying hazards during an event (e.g. fire hazards, equipment, catering, weather hazards), crowd management safety, and having a plan in place for potential incidents that might occur. - Advice on hiring and working with reliable contractors for your events, ensuring food safety standards, and mitigating the risk of excessive alcohol consumption. - A downloadable comprehensive event safety checklist to help prepare before, during, and after an event. - Other helpful health and safety topics, tools, and resources that can prove useful to anyone who is looking to organise a party or event.
Limitations for access: Open access
Cost to access?: No

eGuide - Guidance for Events in UK Venues
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 08-04-2024

Year published: Updated on a continuous basis
Published by: Association of Event Venues (AEV)
Publisher location (city or country): Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire
Summary of research content/aims: The eGuide brings together guidance for achieving common standards of health, safety and operational planning, management and on-site conduct for events at all participating AEV member venues. The status of the eGuide is similar to that of an Approved Code of Practice.

Keywords: Standards, health, safety, operational planning, management, risk assessment

Cost to access?: No

The Purple Guide Lite
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 09-06-2017

This guide has been published by the Events Industry Forum to help those organizing smaller community and local events comply with legislation and good practice to create a safe environment for everyone involved, from volunteers to attendees.

This is not intended as a detailed guide but simply to provide general guidance to the things that organisers need to consider in planning an event.

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