The Challenge

Ranging from protests and other incidents to the Boat Race taking place in Ely, Cambridgeshire in 2021 in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, there is worldwide focus on the event and one day to get it right each year.

“The Controlled Events team have since 2016 built a robust and confident Boat Race team, established a Control Room, Communications across a huge footprint, live and responsive with agencies co-located and able to monitor the event.” 

Action

Having supported the event since 2016 for our first Boat Race in 2017 Controlled Events tackled the organisational challenges head-on, quickly working out how to support the event in managing different risks, establishing robust communications with 2CL across four boroughs and multiple locations

• Radio communications equipment provision
• ECR Manager incident logging
• Event Control Management
• Simulation exercising
• Chairing multi-agency meetings
• Event safety documentation

The results

Support throughout the planning stages, including excellent multi-agency engagement within this process. Combining historic knowledge of the event with the agility needed to adapt in the face of a global pandemic and beyond. Controlled Events support our event safety planning and host our table-top exercise which provides invaluable feedback on our plans from all the agencies involved.

Why work with Controlled Events?

• Multi-agency engagement
• Experience and knowledge
• Efficiency and adapting to changing requirements

“Rob and his team partner closely with 2CL on making sure everyone has the right communications, set in the right place, so they can engage with the people around them, ensuring that event control runs smoothly for the event.”