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WHAT WE DO
Safer events don't happen by accident
Events bring together people, venues, contractors, infrastructure, suppliers and immovable deadlines. The risk does not sit neatly within one function, and neither do we.
IESG together with our sister company We Are Human Co (formally Insync Workplace Solutions and the Centre for Human Centred Leadership) brings together event safety (workforce, venue & crowd), safeguarding, participant/player welfare, medical, food safety, sustainability, governance & risk, workforce training, event/organisational workforce design, leadership and development and other specialist expertise.
We can advise from the outside, provide independent readiness and insurance, ad hoc resources, or embed our people within your event team to help turn plans into high performing, inclusive, physically and psychologically safe, workable operations and creates events that leave a lasting legacy for all the right reasons.
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OUR SERVICES
One group. The complete event picture
Every event is different which is why we don't believe in a one size fits all cookie cutter approach. Support is tailored to meet your event needs that could be across a single area of risk or coordinated across the full event lifecycle from bid to planning, build, delivery, bump-out and reporting.
How we can help you
Here are just some of the ways we can support your event. If you don't see what you are looking for, reach out to the team as we are currently redesigning and updating our website.
Event Safety
Practical safety leadership across planning, delivery & event close.
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Event safety strategies & management plans
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Event and activity risk assessments
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Embedded event safety leadership & operations
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Workforce health, safety & wellbeing
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Crisis, incident & emergency management
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Workplace health & safety compliance
Venue & Build Safety
Safety oversight from venue design & temporary build through to dismantling.
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Venue, precinct & site safety
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Temporary structures & infrastructure
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Contractor & supplier safety
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Bump in, build, commissioning & bump-out
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Plant, equipment & high risk activities
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Site restoration & event close out
Safeguarding & Human Rights
Safeguarding systems that protect people without losing site of the event experience.
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Event safeguarding risks assessments, frameworks & plans
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Player & participant welfare
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Child and adult safeguarding
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Volunteer, fan & community safegarding
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Reporting, escalation & response systems
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Education & training
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Investigations
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Embedded safeguarding and welfare personnel
Risk, Readiness & Assurance
Independent oversight that turns plans into operational readiness
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Readiness reviews & gap assessments
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Event-wide risk & assurance programs
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Governance, roles & accountability
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Operational planning & documentaiton
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Exercise, testing & readiness checks
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Investigations & post-event reviews.
Specialist Support & Capability
The right specialist expertise, coordinated around the needs of your event.
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Venue medical services coordination & integration
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Food safety planning & oversight
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Workforce drug & alcohol testing
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Training, induction & briefings
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Safety & safeguarding capability building
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Emergency planning & response
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Crisis management & event continuity
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Specialist surge & embedded resources
Workforce Planning, Training, Capability Building & Resourcing
Helping events build capable, prepared and appropriately resourced workforces, from early workforce planning and recruitment through to onboarding, training and event-time delivery.
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Workforce strategy, planning and forecasting
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Organisational structures, role design and position descriptions
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Workforce scheduling and deployment planning
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Recruitment and candidate selection
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Specialist resourcing across safety, safeguarding, risk, medical coordination, sustainability, accessibility and event operations
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Provision of individual specialists, additional project capacity or complete delivery teams
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Workforce onboarding and mobilisation
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General, site-specific and role-specific inductions
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Training needs analysis and training program development
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Event readiness exercises, briefings and simulations
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Manager, supervisor and team leader capability development
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Leading under pressure
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Leading in an event environment
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Safety leadership and effective safety conversations
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Managing fatigue, wellbeing and psychosocial risk
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Safeguarding and participant welfare training
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Cultural awareness, inclusion and accessibility training
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Train-the-trainer programs and internal capability transfer
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Event-time workforce support and surge resourcing
FROM CONCEPT TO CLOSE
Safety built into every phase
We work wherever you need us; early enough to support your bid or influence design, close enough to delivery to understand operational reality and present when decisions need to be made.
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Bid
Safety input for bids, tenders & delivery commitments
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Plan
Strategy, design, governance & risk
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Build
Venues, contractor management & temporary infrastructure
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Prepare
Readiness, training, testing & assurance
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Deliver
Embedded safety, safeguarding & welfare
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Close
Dismantling, bump-out, restoration, review & reporting
FLEXIBLE DELIVERY
Advice when you need it. Embedded leadership & support when it matters
Some events need an independent review. Others need experienced people working inside the delivery team from early planning through to live operations. IESG can scale the model around the event, the risk and the capability already in place.
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Advisory
Targeted specialist advice, reviews & planning support
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Assurance
Independent readiness, risk & compliance oversight.
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Embedded delivery
Experienced specialists working as part of your event team.
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Surge support
Additional capability for critical phases, incidents or change.
ABOUT IESG
Serious about safety.
Grounded in event reality
We understand that safety must enable the event not sit beside it as a separate compliance exercise.
International Event Safety Group (IESG) is a specialist safety and safeguarding business bringing together work health and safety (WHS), safeguarding, medical, risk and other experiences professionals. Our role is to help event owners, organisers and delivery partners to see the complete risk picture, make sound decisions and deliver safer environments for everyone involved.
WHO WE SUPPORT
Major sporting events
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Concerts, festivals, conferences, expos and shows
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Government and international events
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Community and participation events
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Venues and temporary precincts
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Organising committees and event producers