Event CTRL - Safety and Production

Usually we're on the ground with these guys after months of planning the safety, licencing and production for .

Slightly different now but still great fun delivering to Sound City MD Rebecca Ayres and her brilliant team.

We spent time talking through the Covid-19 risk assessment and return to work plan with the team. Risk assessment is a journey everyone should be a part of, continually monitoring and reviewing the plans in place to make sure they work.

Thanks team!

Brilliant fun working with Josh Aitman, Co-founder of Melodic Distraction. It's a rare joy when a client puts so much heart in to their safety culture. For MD, we've completed a premises inspection, spent time chatting through the company's approach, developed their ongoing Covid Risk Assessment and reviewed existing policies/procedures.

Oh, and failed several times in the simple task of taking a screenshot... 🤓🎤🎧

Following the UK government's announcements regarding outdoor music performances, below is the most recent guidance.

Performing arts - Working safely during coronavirus (COVID-19) - Guidance - GOV.UK Find out how to make your workplace COVID-secure.

Absolutely honoured by the Music Venue Trust to be invited in as one of their Emergency Response Team 'gurus'.

More than ever, grassroots music venues around the UK need professional advice to reopen safely. Event CTRL are delighted to provide ongoing safety advice, free of charge, to hundreds of venues for this incredible charity.

http://musicvenuetrust.com/gurus/

Gurus Music Venue Trust Gurus MVT has assembled a team of experts who approached us to offer their services to venues in peril. Our gurus are passionate about live music and give a lot of their time voluntarily, especially to help with venues contacting our Emergency Response Service and face to face at V...

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If you need help with Coronavirus/indoor space risk assessments, please let us know - we have a small fund set aside for those venues that are struggling with cashflow and can provide advice for free. Email [email protected]

With that in mind, here is a great analysis of today's (3rd July 2020) revision to the Coronavirus Regulations by Sarah Clover et al from King's Chambers.

https://www.facebook.com/download/preview/270457020695907/

After guidance published on 23 June by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, BEIS have now confirmed pubs do not have to cap their capacity at 30 pax.

No cap on numbers for pubs Pubs do not have to cap their numbers to 30 people, The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial strategy (BEIS) has confirmed to The Morning Advertiser (MA).

The HSE has already quarantined millions of items of ineffective PPE and respirators.

Protective equipment is meant to protect.

Safety regulator warns against KN95 facemask | IOSH Magazine 12th June 2020 iStock The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a safety alert urging all employers and suppliers not to purchase or use KN95 facemasks. HSE experts identified the PPE as suspect and locally arranged testing confirmed they would not meet requirements, including to protect agai...

In the past 24 hours, the UK government has signalled that mass gatherings will be postponed and cancelled. What is clear is that there will be an end to this, and during this time event planners will still be working remotely to plan and deliver their shows later in the year.

Over the past few days, we've consulted our friends and colleagues in the events industry about steps we should all take in the wake of COVID-19.

We've taken these conversations, guidance from various sources and experience to create something fun that we hope sparks ideas and solutions. Huge thanks to those that have contributed, and those of you that will contribute as we continue to update this live, working document.

Events people are grafters. Creative thinkers and solution-finders. Improvers and innovators. We are watching our industry, our freelancers, the people closest to us, struggle. If you are in a position to help others, even in the smallest of ways, please do. We're keeping a close eye on the potential small business and zero hours contractors subsidies and we will update the advice when we know more.

There will always be more that unites us than divides us. Please contribute to this live working document by sharing, commenting, DMing or emailing additions to [email protected].

Stay safe
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https://www.eventctrl.co.uk/corona-virus-advice-for-events/

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Tomorrow. 10am. Everything changes...

Huge love for Sound City Ipswich. Incredible show, incredible team!

We are just about recovering from Friday. We had a blast!! 🥳

We just want to say a massive THANKYOU to everyone involved, from the crew, sponsors, volunteers, bands, caterers and more, we will do proper shout outs soon.

And thank YOU for all coming to support Ipswich, the town was alive on Friday! 💥

Thanks for all the positivity and good vibes, bear with us while we screw our heads back on. 🔥🔥🔥
🍰 by Amy Bailey