How to Navigate a Safety Advisory Group (SAG) Without the Stress
If you’ve just been told by your local authority that your community event needs to go before a Safety Advisory Group (SAG), it’s completely normal to feel a sudden spike in anxiety. A SAG meeting sounds intimidating. You walk into a room (or jump on a Teams call) and face representatives from the Police, Fire […]
How to Scale a Music Festival Without Losing Your Sanity
Pull up a chair, grab a coffee, and let’s talk honestly about your festival. When you first started it, it was probably a passion project. Maybe it was a one-day community gig, a local food market, or a small field with a stage and a few hundred people. Your mates volunteered, the local food trucks […]
How to Plan a Christmas Community Event (Without the Festive Stress)
I know, I know. It’s summer. The sun is out, people are thinking about barbecues and the World Cup, and the last thing you want to hear about is minced pies and tinsel. But if you are on a town council committee, managing a historic estate, or running a local business chamber, I’m going to […]
Temporary Road Closure Wiltshire: A Guide for Stressed Organisers
Look, I completely get it. The moment you realise your community event needs a temporary road closure in Wiltshire, a massive wave of panic sets in. You instantly start visualizing mountains of council paperwork, angry neighbours blockaded in their driveways, and the sheer dread of a highways officer shutting your entire festival down before it […]