Why Welfare?

At your event, you will have a large number of people together at your venue. Whilst the public (and indeed the staff working at the event) are on site, you have a responsibility as the Event Organiser to ensure that you look after their welfare. How will you ensure that the facilities you have on site are adequate?

Event organisers are familiar with providing first aid/medical facilities, however what about lost children, those who have consumed too much alcohol or are feeling stressed? You do not want to overload your medical team with these situations as they can then take medical teams away from caring for the ill and injured.

Making the public feel safe and secure is important. Moments that are highly stressful such as losing a child, feeling overwhelmed or suffering effects of too much alcohol can all happen, so including a welfare point within your venue is good practice and having related procedures in place can help resolve situations swiftly and efficiently.

Whilst there is a cost of providing this, it can help ensure the safety and care for the public as well as those working at the event and reduce demand on local hospital or other service provision which in turn can help show your event is well organised, when being reviewed by licensing officials.