The National Outdoor Events Association (NOEA) has confirmed that the new Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Rebecca Paul MP, will join the association at The Showman’s Show next month. As well as taking a macro look at the events industry, the minister will attend the association’s Training Day teaser event focused on Protect Duty / Martyn’s Law.
Paul will visit Newbury Showground on Thursday 22 October, meeting NOEA representatives, touring the show and speaking directly with businesses and professionals from across the outdoor events industry.
Her visit will culminate in NOEA’s live midday session, ‘Protect Duty / Martyn’s Law: What Event Organisers Need to Know Now’, bringing her directly into one of the most important conversations currently facing the sector. The session, as well as the broader Training Day initiative, has been supported by Qdos Event Hire, GL Events and the Showman’s Show, and will also see representation from the DCMS Major Events team.
The visits underline NOEA’s work to create direct dialogue between policymakers, officials, and the professionals responsible for delivering events. For Paul, who has only recently taken up the Shadow DCMS brief, the Showman’s Show provides an early opportunity to hear first-hand from the sector.
The midday session will use NOEA’s established ‘in the round’ format, bringing together experts from across events, security, policing, medical provision, and licensing. The discussion will look at where Protect Duty / Martyn’s Law currently stands, what organisers should be doing now, where responsibilities sit and the changing role of Safety Advisory Groups.
Protect Duty / Martyn’s Law: What Event Organisers Need to Know Now takes place at midday on Day Two of The Showman’s Show, Thursday 22 October.