Events Buddy - help arranging your event

The Events Buddy provides guidance for all stages of planning and organising your event safely, whilst taking into account the exact nature and size of your event.

This guidance will be of real benefit to you as an event organiser, helping to ensure events are run successfully, and that residents and visitors to Hinckley and Bosworth have the opportunity to access high quality events.

As an event organiser, you are responsible for determining what you need to adopt from the Events Buddy to make your event successful, and what isn't relevant to your event.

The only mandatory requirement is for you to provide Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council with an event notification form if your event meets one of the following criteria:

• More than 500 people
• Have a VIP or military presence
• Has a highway or community impact

Complete the events notification form

We will forward it to the event safety group so that they can be made aware of your event. We will then let you know what permissions and licences you need to apply for and it will prompt you to consider the key areas involved in running your event.

You'll need to apply for a TEN where your event will have a maximum of 499 in attendance and any of the following apply:

• You want to have a pay bar
• You  intend to provide entertainment to the wider public
• You intend to charge to raise money for your event

This is a notice to Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council and the police that you are planning to have an event. Generally, the police will only object to a TEN on the grounds of crime and/or disorder.

A minimum of 10 working days' notice prior to the event taking place is required by the council and police, however we recommend applying one month prior to the event to avoid disappointment.

Apply for a TEN

If your event is to be held on a regular or annual basis and will include the sale of alcohol or regulated entertainment, you could apply for a premises licence.

If you wish to ask for advice on this please contact Licensing

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Events play a huge role in the borough’s economy, helping to keep Hinckley town centre vibrant and making it an attractive place to live and visit. 

In line with the Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council climate change strategy 2024-2028, we are now considering the sustainability of events across the borough.

Sustainability of events means we must act to preserve our natural environment, promoting a healthy, inclusive society and supporting a thriving economy as a result.

If you’re holding or taking part in an outdoor event, you can help by signing up to our sustainable event commitment. By signing up, you commit to taking action to improve sustainability.

For further information, contact: Cat Stilling, Events Co-ordinator:

• Contact form: Cultural Services
• Tel. 01455 255893