Risk & Safety
UK Theatre delivers an industry-leading, professional Risk & Safety service to members. We provide advice and guidance on a range of subjects including health & safety risk management, counter terrorism, security and safeguarding. We aim to ensure high standards of safety and risk throughout the industry, helping members to look inside their organisations and establish, or improve, health & safety controls.
Member Benefits
Membership of UK Theatre gives you free access to advice and support from our industry experts. Our core areas of focus are:
- Health & Safety
- Counter terrorism
- Security
- Safeguarding
We are also able to offer general guidance on venue operational matters. Your membership entitles you to ad hoc advice by phone or email. Members who feel they would benefit from longer-term or more in-depth support (ie. work that will require significant preparation, or visits to your venue/office) are able to arrange this at a reduced, additional rate.
Member Groups
We provide opportunities for our members to come together to share advice and concerns through our regular technical and security forums.
Theatre Operators Security Communications Advisory Group (TOSCA)
Open to operations management working for UK Theatre venues. It meets twice a year in a hybrid format, and allows venues from across the UK to share security concerns and advice. Members can sign-up via the button below (viewable only when logged in).
SOLT & UK Theatre Technical Committee (SUTC)
Open to technical staff working for UK Theatre venues. It meets twice a year in a hybrid format, and allows venues from across the UK to share technical and health & safety concerns and advice. Members can sign-up via the button below (viewable only when logged in).
Theatrewatch
Open to theatre and front of house management staff working for London-based UK Theatre venues. Theatrewatch meets every second month, and members receive regular email updates about current security or travel risks which might affect their venues. Members can sign-up via the button below (viewable only when logged in).
We send out regular email updates to our member groups, asking for their input in official consultations sharing information which is passed onto us by local business improvement districts and the police force.
Industry-Wide Work
We work to assist the theatre industry in promoting, improving and maintaining health & safety standards, making sure that our members’ interests are represented to decision-makers.
We engage with key stakeholders across the industry to support our members’ interests, and we send a representative to the Theatre Safety Committee, Standing Committee for Technical Standards for Places of Entertainment, Association of British Theatre Technicians Safety Committee, Safety Advisors Group in Entertainment, Joint Advisory Committee for Entertainment and West End Security Group.
Additional Services
We offer a range of paid services, which our members can access at discounted rates. These include:
IOSH Training
IOSH Managing Safely Training (individual) – we facilitate regular, in-person training sessions which you and your staff can attend at our London offices. At the end of the training, participants complete an examination, and are awarded an official IOSH certification.
Member rate: £582pp (inc. VAT)
Non-Member rate: £660pp (inc. VAT)
IOSH Managing Safely Training (group) – our IOSH training, delivered at your venue, just for your staff.
Member rate: £3950 (max. 20 attendees) + VAT
Consultancy Services (Health & Safety, Security, Counter Terrorism, Safeguarding)
One-Off Consultancy – one-to-one advice and guidance from our in-house safety expert. This option is appropriate for one-off queries which require a more in-depth response than a phone call or email – for example, they might require significant preparation, or an in-person visit to your office/venue.
Member rate: Half day: £350 + VAT or Full day: £575 + VAT
Advisory Function Only – one-to-one advice and guidance from our in-house safety expert over a longer period of time, including the consultant attending all of your in-house Health & Safety meetings. This option does not include any in-person visits, and all meeting attendance will happen online.
Member rate: £250pcm + VAT
Competent Person Function – a qualified member of our team can act as the ‘competent person’ for your venue. This service includes 4 in-person visits a year, and attendance at all your inhouse Health & Safety meetings. If required, one of your four visits can be used for audits or staff training.
Member rate: £750pcm (£9,000 pa) + VAT
Venue Health & Safety and Risk Assessment Audits – our team will come to your venue and conduct an audit of your Health & Safety or Risk Assessment procedures. This will enable you to pinpoint areas for improvement, whilst also demonstrating your compliance with the law, best practice standards and your own declared health & safety objectives.
Member rate: £1,200 + VAT
Bespoke Projects – support tailored to your teams needs; whether that’s training sessions, facilitation, or policy review and advice. Delivered in our London offices, or onsite in your office/venue, whatever works best for you.
Price on enquiry – please email members@soltukt.co.uk
