Planning events

Planning should start early to encourage community involvement and allow time to seek available grants and sponsorships that may support your event.

Community involvement helps:

keep the community informed through word-of-mouth
reduce levels of misconception and misinformation
increase ownership of the event by the community
people to better understand local needs
identify a broader range of ideas and issues that might not have been considered.

Key stakeholder and community interest will generally be around the issues of risk management and successful, positive and safe event coordination.

Activities you can use to involve your community in an event include:

public meetings
presentations to local groups such as Rotary, Lions and other service clubs
newspaper stories and advertisements inviting participation and seeking sponsorship
local television and radio stories.