Safety Advisory Groups are the one major opportunity for sport stakeholders to voice their priorities and concerns for safety at events. It is wrong that any group should have its input restricted, but this too often seems to be the case. SAGs have, at best, a mixed record on seeking out and considering the necessary perspectives to inform better decision making. Although we accept the Government’s position that local authorities should continue to run SAGs in their areas, there is a role for...

Safety Advisory Groups are the one major opportunity for sport stakeholders to voice their priorities and concerns for safety at events. It is wrong that any group should have its input restricted, but this too often seems to be the case. SAGs have, at best, a mixed record on seeking out and considering the necessary perspectives to inform better decision making. Although we accept the Government’s position that local authorities should continue to run SAGs in their areas, there is a role for the Government to play in mandating that local authorities include a full array of perspectives at SAGs. Type: conclusion | Number: 18 | Paragraph: 86 | Response status: accepted Government response: The Emergency Planning College (EPC) has guidance for the participants of Safety Advisory Groups (SAGs). This is designed to standardise the approach to SAGs across the UK for members, event organisers and others in the industry. Supplementing this, the EPC also runs a ‘working in SAGs’ course which