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Event Safety, Risk Assessments, UK compliance and Safety Documents
🎙️ Risk Ready UK
Stay informed. Stay compliant.
Risk Ready UK is your go-to podcast for staying up to date with the latest UK safety legislation — including Martyn’s Law, HSE updates, and event compliance. Whether you're an event organiser, venue manager, or safety lead, we break down complex regulations into clear, actionable advice to help you create and maintain robust, legally sound risk assessments.
Tune in for expert insights, real-world examples, and practical tips to protect your people, your reputation, and your event.
Event Safety, Risk Assessments, UK compliance and Safety Documents
Latest Episodes
Martyn’s Law with Figen Murray OBE: why venues can’t wait for 2027
Figen Murray’s son Martyn was one of the 22 people killed in the Manchester Arena attack in May 2017. Eighteen months later she went to a 3,000 capacity concert in the same city and walked straight in. Nobody checked a ticket or a bag. She went...
Beyond the Medical Table: Evidence-Based Event Medicine with Owain Davies
How much medical cover does an event actually need?For years, organisers and medical providers have relied on reference tables, previous-event staffing levels and professional judgement. But those approaches can fail to account for the f...
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People Don’t Die Because They Panic: The Truth About Crowd Disasters with Dr G. Keith Still.
When a crowd disaster makes the news, two words usually appear almost immediately: panic and stampede.Dr G. Keith Still argues that both terms are often wrong. They place the blame on the crowd, when the real failures may h...
It Was Never a Stampede: The Deadly Physics of Human Crowds
The difference between a safe exit and a tragedy is arithmetic. This episode walks through Introduction to Crowd Science by Prof G. Keith Still: why 'stampede' and 'panic' are words that blame the victims, why crowd disasters are system failure...
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The Ratio Myth: How Many Medics Does Your Event Actually Need?
Most event medical plans still start with a table. Attendance on one axis, first aiders and ambulances on the other. Trace your finger across the grid, write the number down, file the plan.That table is not evidence. It is a group of pro...
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