An A-Z of what we hope are over 100 useful links for you and your events (See Note at foot of page).
Accessibility, Equality and Diversity:
- Attitude is Everything improves Deaf and disabled people’s access to live music by working in partnership with audiences, artists and the music industry.
- AccessAble‘s Detailed Access Guides tell you all about a venue’s access giving you the detailed information you need to work out if a place is going to be accessible to you.
- Diversity and inclusion strategy 2018 to 2025 – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
- Essex Cultural Diversity Project creates opportunities, stimulates participation and provides a focal point for the development, celebration and co-ordination of cultural diversity through arts and heritage activities.
- Equality Act 2010: guidance – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
- (The) F-List Directory of UK Female Musicians
- Hidden Disabilities Sunflower Lanyard Scheme worked in collaboration with RNIB and the Government’s Cabinet Office to create Please Give Me Space
- Keychange is an international campaign which invests in emerging talent whilst encouraging music organisations to sign up to a gender balance pledge.
- NOWIE – The Network of Women in Events continues to strive to create better opportunities for women within the events industry through networking, job listings and fighting for improved representation of women on panels, at awards and in the media.
- Visit England Accessible and Inclusive Tourism Information and Toolkit for Businesses
Event Management:
- Organising a voluntary event: a ‘can do’ guide – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Here’s some guidance from some of our local authorities – please liaise with the LA responsible for the event in your area. - Run safe events with guidance from the Safety Advisory Group – Cambridge City Council
- Organising a Street Party Event – Cambridgeshire County Council
- ECDC Event Management Plan Template EMP V1.2 Feb22.pdf (eastcambs.gov.uk)
- Thurrock Council Event Management Plan Template
- Events advice and guidance | North Herts Council (north-herts.gov.uk)
- Event management plan template – Broadland and South Norfolk (southnorfolkandbroadland.gov.uk)
- East Suffolk Council Event Management Plan Guide (eastsuffolk.gov.uk)
Funding:
- Arts Council England including Culture Recovery Fund Grants
- Government funding during Covid-19 Appendix 1 to Impact of COVID-19 on DCMS sectors: First Report
Health and Safety/Mental Health and Wellbeing:
- HSE Guidance on running events safely
- EventWell – The Mental Heath and Wellbeing Voice of the Events Industry
- NHS Help for Mental Health and Wellbeing
- Festival Safe
- Safer food, better business (SFBB) Food safety management procedures/Food hygiene regulations for small businesses
- The Good Night Out Campaign – On a mission for safer nightlife. Nights out should be about fun and freedom, not fear. Helping nightlife spaces and organisations to better understand, respond to, and prevent sexual harassment and assault, through specialist training, policy support and an accreditation programme.
- Safer Spaces at Festivals is a campaign and charter of best practice originally launched in 2017 to tackle sexual violence, harassment and assault at festivals. It was relaunched in May 2022 by AIF in partnership with Rape Crisis England and Wales, Good Night Out, Safe Gigs for Women, Girls Against and UN Women. If you’re a festival that wishes to sign the Charter, please email phoebe@aiforg.com.
- Ask for Angela is a safety campaign where people feeling unsafe on a date can discreetly ask for help in a venue using a code-word.
- COVID-19 Guidance and Support:
- UK Government Guidance and Support
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): Organised events guidance for local authorities
- Enabling safe and effective volunteering during coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Keeping workers and audiences safe during COVID-19 In the Outdoor Event Industry in England (available to everyone, but you do need to register with the EIF to access)
- Working Safely during Coronavirus Guidance for people who work in performing arts, including arts organisations, venue operators and participants. (UK Government)
- Music Festivals – COVID-19 Supplementary Guidance – Updated 15 Apr 2021
- Association of Event Organisers – COVID-19 guidance for event recovery
- Fundraising Regulator – Coronavirus advice for fundraising organisations
- COVID19 Measures – EAFN’s Suggestions For Live Events – Testing/Isolation/PPE/Social Distancing/Sanitation (TIPSS)
- Visit East of England Coronavirus update
- ‘Working Safely during COVID-19: Visitor Economy’ (UK Government)
- Reopening businesses and venues
- Health and Safety Executive – Coronavirus: latest information and advice
- Apply for the free UK Wide ‘We’re Good to Go’ Industry standard and consumer mark to reassure your customers that your business adheres to Government and public health guidance.
- UK Hospitality – COVID-19 secure guidelines for hospitality businesses
- #WeMakeEvents – international movement to highlight that the live events sector urgently needs support from local governments to survive the Covid-19 crisis.
Industry Associations and Organisations (Over forty listed – let us know if we have missed any!):
- A Greener Festival
- Americana Music Association UK
- Arts Council England
- Arts Marketing Association
- Association for Events Management Education
- Association of Event Organisers
- Association of Event Venues
- Association of Festival Organisers
- Association of Independent Festivals
- Association of Independent Music
- Association of Independent Promoters
- Association of Leading Visitor Attractions
- Association of Show and Agricultural Organisations
- Association of Stage Pyrotechnicians
- British Air Display Association
- British Arts Festivals Association (BAFA)
- British International Federation of Festivals
- British Pyrotechnic Association
- Broadcasting, Entertainment, Communications and Theatre Union(BECTU)
- Business Visits and Events Partnership
- Digital Culture Network
- Event Hire Association
- Events Industry Forum
- Event Marketing Association (EMA-UK)
- Event Medical Association
- Event Supplier and Services Association
- Event Visual and Communication Association
- Help Musicians
- IPSE, the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed
- Institution of Occupational Safety & Health
- ISCVE Limited (Institute of Sound, Communications & Visual Engineers)
- LIVE (Live music Industry Venues & Entertainment)
- Local Authority Event Organisers’ Group
- Made Up Textiles Association
- Musician’s Union
- National Association of Outdoor Events
- National Council for Voluntary Organisations
- National Market Traders Federation (NMTF) the only national trade association for market and street traders, events retailers and mobile caterers in the UK.
- Nationwide Caterers Association Specialist organisation for independent food & drink businesses in the UK that have been supporting their members to be safe, legal and profitable for over 30 years.
- Norfolk Arts Forum Free cross-sectoral membership organisation (Over 900 Members inc. The EAFN!)
- NOWIE – The Network of Women in Events continues to strive to create better opportunities for women within the events industry through networking, job listings and fighting for improved representation of women on panels, at awards and in the media.
- Outdoor Arts UK
- Peterborough Cultural Alliance
- PHACE – Peterborough Cultural Partnership for Children and Young People
- Prefabricated Access Suppliers’ and Manufacturers’ Association (for the Mobile Access tower industry)
- Performing Rights Society Live Performance Royalties and Live Performance Licences
- Production Futures
- Portable Sanitation Europe
- Production Managers Forum
- Production Services Association
- Professional Lighting & Sound Association
- Security Industry Association
- Sound Sense is the UK’s professional association for community music and musicians.
- The Concert Promoters Association
- The Event Services Association
- The Power of Events Comms hub designed to Showcase, Respect & Value the power of the UK Events Industry
- The Showman’s Guild of GB
- The UK Crowd Management Association
- UK Hospitality
- UK Science Festival Network
Security:
Please ensure you read the Government Guidance for Security at Events and Do you buy Security? – The regulator’s guide to buying
private security
The EAFN has five Supplier members that provide Security:
Kanazawa Security Solutions in Cambridgeshire, Nemesis and Phoenix Events East in Norfolk, and
Stage Event Security ( See SES Info Sheet) and Titans in Suffolk.
They all have enhanced listings on the EAFN Directory at https://sixtytwothings.co.uk/business-directory/wpbdp_category/security/ where you can link to them and look at their services.
Sustainability:
- A Greener Festival A non-profit organisation dedicated to improving sustainability of events, tours, venues, festivals and all live sector contributors
- Carbon Trust A trusted, expert guide to Net Zero, bringing purpose led, vital expertise from the climate change frontline.
- Green Suffolk ‘Creating the Greenest County’ brings together many organisations in the county – from local government to volunteer groups and businesses – who share the aim of improving the way we live and work.
- Julie’s Bicycle A pioneering not-for-profit mobilising the arts and culture to take action on the climate and ecological crisis.
- Powerful Thinking a not-for-profit industry think-tank working towards smarter energy management practices in the live events industry.
- Suffolk Recycling The Suffolk Waste Partnership (SWP) (Babergh/Mid Suffolk District Councils, East Suffolk Council, West Suffolk Council, Ipswich Borough Council & Suffolk County Council) waste and recycling pages.
- Sustainable Events with ISO 20121 A free brochure giving an overview of ISO 20121, a practical tool for managing sustainable events.
- UK Government Clean Growth Strategy
- Sustainable Event Alliance A global guild of events professionals, events organisers and sustainable suppliers.
- Sustainable Materials and Waste Management Toolkit (Vision 2025 and Julie’s Bicycle)
- Sustainable Travel & Transport Guide for Festivals and Outdoor Events from Equilibrium
- The Climate Coalition the UK’s largest group of people dedicated to action against climate change.
- Trainline and Trainline Business
- The 3 ‘R’s – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle a simple guide produced as part of the EAFN’s ‘Greener Future’ Initiative
Tourism
Destination Management Organisations (DMO) take a lead role in managing and developing tourism in your area.
https://www.visiteastofengland.com/
CAMBRIDGESHIRE:
https://www.visitcambridge.org/
https://www.visitpeterborough.com/
https://www.huntingdon-accommodation.org.uk/
https://www.visitcambridgeshirefens.org/
ESSEX:
https://www.visitcolchester.com/
https://www.visitsouthend.co.uk/
https://www.visitmaldondistrict.co.uk/
NORFOLK:
https://www.visitnorfolk.co.uk/
https://www.visitthebroads.co.uk/
https://www.visitnorthnorfolk.com/
https://www.visitwestnorfolk.com/
SUFFOLK:
https://www.visit-burystedmunds.co.uk/
https://discovernewmarket.co.uk/
https://www.thesuffolkcoast.co.uk/
Note: The EAFN has provided these links to give you an idea of what’s out there. We have not got the resources available to constantly review the information linked to and advise you to check with the authors of the links provided to ensure the information contained is current. Please let us know if any of our links should be looked at for possible removal and of course please suggest any other links we could add.
VOLUNTEERING
Volunteer Cambs is your go-to online platform for volunteering in Cambridgeshire. Whether you want to offer your time to support a local cause or if you’re a community organisation seeking volunteers, you’ve found the perfect spot.
Volunteer Cambs | VolunteerCambs!
CCVS is a registered charity set up to champion and support community and voluntary groups and promote volunteering across Cambridge City, South Cambridgeshire and Fenland.
Volunteer Essex is a network of local Volunteer Centres working across Essex.
Volunteer Essex – Volunteering opportunities throughout Essex
GoVolHerts is the digital platform empowering charities and volunteers to connect
Home | GoVolHerts | Volunteering in Hertfordshire. | GoVolHerts
The Get InVOLved Norfolk Platform is looked after by the Communities Team at Voluntary Norfolk.
As well as supporting individuals into volunteering, we also give advice to groups, encouraging them to join our support network.
Alongside this we run our Momentum service, specifically for organisations working with young people.
Volunteering opportunities in Norfolk | Get InVOLved Norfolk
Voluntary Norfolk has been supporting volunteering in Norfolk for over 50 years, as well as delivering commissioned services.
CAS is the ‘go to’ organisation for VCFSE organisations in Suffolk.
We exist to ensure our sector, and its volunteers, is supported, safe and sustainable and that our communities are active and resilient.
Home – Community Action Suffolk
Doit Life is a large national database of volunteer opportunities.
