Showstop event safety courses gather momentum

The initiative aims to teach event safety and security professionals a robust system to reduce the likelihood of major injuries at shows.

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Pascal Viot, security coordinator at Paléo Arts & Spectacles, and a member of the Yourope Event Safety Group, was one of the beneficiaries of the 10-11 May courses in Denmark. He comments, “The first certified European Showstop Procedure course at Roskilde Festival was delivered with outstanding clarity and professionalism by Mark Hamilton and Steve Allen, on behalf of the Pink Bows Foundation. This course is part of a collaborative international initiative I am proud to co-develop, to promote a shared culture of responsibility and create global standards for stopping shows safely.”

With full support from The Pink Bows Foundation, Hamilton and Allen are rolling out The Showstop Procedure courses to provide both the sports and entertainment industries with a proven crisis intervention measure, specifically targeting those with responsibility for crowd safety. The initiative simplifies and standardises often misunderstood and complex show stop actions, with the aim of preventing casualties at musical, sporting and other live events.

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