Planning a party:4selfdefence

If you are planning a party complete a risk assessment on your home or venue where the part will be held:

1.What or who is vulnerable and needs protecting?

2.What or who is the threat?

3.What is the likelihood or risk of being attacked?

4. What would be the consequence, cost or impact if attacked?

6. Can we remove the threat completely?

7. If the threat can’t be removed what preventive methods can we put in place?

8. Time line for putting preventive methods in place.

9.Monitor, review and improve.

Regardless of whether you are organising a party for juniors as in under 15's, under 18's, 21st's, engagements, weddings, formals or celebrations you have a lot of options. You could hold the party at home, at a restaurant; you could use a function centre or a licensed venue; the local church or community hall. Lets have a look at the pros and cons of various types of venues.

Hosting a party at home, community centre or church hall is a very cheap way to celebrate however you have to consider the planning, catering, security and cleaning after the event

Holding a party at a restaurant or licenced venue will take care of these concerns but will need a rather larger budget.