Risk Assessment Form for Public Processions

Risk Guidance

Application Form

Guidance - applicants

Public processions & parades

Please ensure you send both the application form and the risk assessment form together.

Procession

Name of organisation *

Date of Procession *

Start and Finish time of procession or parade *

Proposed main route of procession *

This section sets out the main areas of the risk assessment. You should provide as many supporting comments as you can.

Is the date of the procession particularly significant to the organisation? *

Has your organisation marched along the same route before? *

Are there enough trained stewards to control the number of marchers expected? *

Have there been any difficulties or tensions in the recent past with holding this procession? *

Risks

Please assess the level of risk there may be to public safety.(Low, Medium or High) *

Please assess any risk to public order (Low, Medium or High) *

Please assess the risk of damage to property (Low, Medium or High) *

Please assess the risk of disruption to local business, the community or shoppers and traffic from holding the procession (Low, Medium or High) *

Taking account of all the information what is your opinion of the overall risk of holding the procession? (Low, Medium or High) *

This section details other information which you should consider as part of a general assessment of the procession. You should assess the following:-

At the end of the march, what are your arrangements for getting marchers to go home? *

Are you organising any other social events at the end of the march? *

Is the proposed route shown on your notification as a route that your organisation commonly uses? *

Have you taken out insurance to help cover for any risk arising from the procession? *

What is your assessment of the risks to marchers if the route passes through communities which may be against the march? *

Do you have enough security in place for any coaches and other vehicles used by the marchers? *

Have you considered the policing and attendant costs for holding the procession? *

Have you assessed what other priorities there may be in the area on the day of the march? *

Have you considered the effect on the community as a whole if the march went ahead? *

Could you combine this procession with other similar events in the area? *

Final Assessment

Any other relevant information to be considered.

If the local authority is holding a meeting, I would like to raise the following points about this risk assessment.

Please provide any supporting comments in the box below.

Declaration

I have assessed the risks associated with holding the above procession and I will come to any meeting which may be needed. *

Yes

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A copy of your completed Risk Assessment Form will be sent to Police Scotland

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Last updated: Wednesday, March 31, 2021 3:21 PM