Safety, insurance and risk assessment
Information to help you develop safe, well-prepared and well-managed high quality arts events.
Risk assessments
As part of your event planning you should undertake a thorough risk assessment for your event and consider what might cause harm to people in order to fully understand whether or not you are taking sufficient precautions to prevent harm. You may also require a separate Fire Safety Risk Assessment.
Risk assessment guidance and a risk assessment template are available as downloads from our EventApp.
Insurance
Event organisers have a duty of care towards audience members, staff, volunteers and contractors and need to ensure that they have sufficient insurances in place. These may include public liability insurance, employer's liability insurance, contents insurance or equipment replacement and cancellation, abandonment and postponement insurance.