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What is an Event?
The definition of an event is something that has taxed the Crowd Safety Group over the last couple of years as there is no laid down definition within any of the guidance.
Following long and complex discussion, during which many definitions were considered and discarded - including one by an event organiser who stated that 'an event is something which causes intense pain and suffering to those who organise them and is enjoyed by thousands who haven't got a bloody clue how hard they are to implement!' - the group finally came to an agreement that an event can best be described as:
"a publicised indoor or outdoor planned presentation consisting of public displays, exhibitions or entertainment, sporting or celebratory activities etc, involving spectators being invited or intending to gather either on public open space, public highways or in enclosed stadia, in numbers anticipated to require special arrangements for that venue being made by the Event Organiser, in collaboration with partner agencies, in order to ensure the safe conduct of that event."
Whilst somewhat long winded, it is probably the most accurate description of an event that we can come up with - or at least so far! If anyone can come up with anything better, please let us know!!
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The inaugural meeting of the Crowd Safety Group was held in London on 7 April 2000. Subsequent meetings have taken place 3 times a year at various venues including Gateshead, Edinburgh, Nottingham and Sheffield.
The group was renamed the Crowd and Event Safety Group in 2007
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