Specialist Entertainment Health & Safety Services

At Safety Hands Plus we have developed a unique support service of safety support, advice, and training that enables our entertainment sector clients to remain focused on the creative arts, we work seamlessly as part of your team to ensure you remain legal and compliant. We can keep your production on time, on budget and safe from prosecutions, delays, fines and harm to the team, crew, staff, or the general public. We can support you with some or all of the below: 

• End-to-end production (pre-production, location recce, rigging, shoot, and de-rig) H&S services.
• Full production risk profiling and operational risk management support.
• Remote location and challenging environment risk management.
• Undertake ‘production team responsibility’ and legal requirement (UK) as the ‘Competent Safety Advisers’.
• H&S advice and support with initial production planning (remote or on site).
• Increase and improve safety for legal and insurance compliance.
• Check competence / RAMS of local production support contractors, crew, riggers, stunt performers, pyro technicians, SFX, and armourers, etc.
• H&S location and set assessments.
• Review or produce risk assessments for high-risk locations, stunts, pyro techniques, SFX, armourers, and high-risk activities.
• Liaise, coordinate, and manage stunt performers, pyro technicians, SFX, armourers, and other high-risk operations / performers.
• Complete rigging and set construction assessments and inspections.
• Advice on emergency planning / preparation (including liaison with emergency services).
• Advise on appropriate (location & activity) first aid and medical cover.
• Advise and undertake ‘on location‘ and ‘on-site‘ training.  
• Provide detailed equipment and PPE advice and PPE supplies.
• Advise on specialist requirements such as child protection, persons with special needs, safeguarding, animal, and environmental protection etc.
• Remote H&S advice.
• Retained H&S services.
• Bespoke hazard identification.
• H&S training.
• H&S Policies, Procedures, Risk Assessments, & Method Statements.
• Unique Specialist Entertainment Advice.

Safety Hands Plus Specialist Entertainment Team (SET) have a wide and varied range of working experience in film production and with film production teams. Working on some well known franchises as listed below and with some high profile production companies, like the BBC, HBO, Lucas Films, and Amazon etc. SET are well versed in quickly and easily becoming part of your production team. SET work with you to ensure that the production is compliant, crew, performers, SFX and stars remain safe, well, and healthy from pre-production planning to the wrap. Using our unique expertise and blended approach to common sense safety which combines tried and tested safety systems, industry knowledge, high pressure working environments, and behavioural science, Safety Hands Plus can deliver peace of mind to any set, film production and / or production team. Our team will quickly become part of your production family.

Safety Hands Plus Specialist Entertainment Team (SET) also have significant and varied working experience in TV production and with TV production teams. Working on some well known productions as listed below and with some high profile production companies, like the BBC, HBO, Lucas Films, and Amazon etc. SET are well versed in quickly and easily becoming part of your production team. SET work with you to ensure that the production is compliant, crew, performers, SFX and stars remain safe, well, and healthy from pre-production planning to the wrap. Using our unique expertise and blended approach to common sense safety which combines tried and tested safety systems, industry knowledge, high pressure working environments, and behavioural science, Safety Hands Plus can deliver peace of mind to any set, TV production and / or production team. Our team will quickly become part of your production family.

Safety Hands Plus Specialist Entertainment Team (SET) have also supported many tours regionally, nationally, and globally. SET have significant experience with both musical and theatrical tours with significant experience in supporting the quick schedules of rigging and de-rigging with tour and theatre teams. Working on some well known theatre productions and with some world famous bands as listed below. SET are well versed in quickly and easily becoming part of your musical and theatre teams. SET work with you to ensure that each event is compliant, crew, performers, SFX and stars remain safe, well, and healthy. Using our unique expertise and blended approach to common sense safety which combines tried and tested safety systems, industry knowledge, high pressure working environments, and behavioural science, Safety Hands Plus can deliver peace of mind to any type of tour either regional, national, or global. Our team will quickly become part of your tour family.

Safety Hands Plus Specialist Entertainment Team (SET) have also supported many festivals, gigs, and regional shows. SET have significant expereince with festivals, gigs, and regional shows with significant experience in supporting the festival and gig teams and events that handle vast amounts of visitors. Working on some well known festivals, gigs, and regional shows as listed below. SET are well versed in quickly and easily becoming part of your festival or gig production team. SET work with you to ensure that each event is compliant, crew, performers, SFX and stars remain safe, well, and healthy. Using our unique expertise and blended approach to common sense safety which combines tried and tested safety systems, industry knowledge, high pressure working environments, and behavioural science, Safety Hands Plus can deliver peace of mind to any type festival, gig, or regional show. Our team will quickly become part of your production family.

Safety Hands Plus Specialist Entertainment Team (SET) have worked on sporting events from the Olympic Games, right through to local charity fun runs and almost everything in between. SET have a wealth of knowledge and experience in health and safety for many kinds of sporting events from international to local charity sporting events. SET has significant experience in supporting event organisers especially events that handle vast amounts of visitors. Working on some well known sporting events as listed below. SET are well versed in quickly and easily becoming part of your event team. SET work with you to ensure that each event is compliant, crew, performers, SFX and stars remain safe, well, and healthy. Using our unique expertise and blended approach to common sense safety which combines tried and tested safety systems, industry knowledge, high pressure working environments, and behavioural science, Safety Hands Plus can deliver peace of mind to any event. Our team will quickly become part of your event family.