{"id":39978,"date":"2025-05-30T11:08:38","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T10:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?page_id=39978"},"modified":"2025-06-04T15:22:52","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T14:22:52","slug":"planning-a-public-event","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/outreach\/planning-a-public-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Planning a public event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-39979 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2025\/05\/Feb-2025-Norfolk-Science-week-display-scaled-e1748437525539.jpeg\" alt=\"Members of the public at Norfolk Science Festival, including amateur radio displays from Norfolk Amateur Radio Club\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2025\/05\/Feb-2025-Norfolk-Science-week-display-scaled-e1748437525539.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2025\/05\/Feb-2025-Norfolk-Science-week-display-scaled-e1748437525539-300x141.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2025\/05\/Feb-2025-Norfolk-Science-week-display-scaled-e1748437525539-1024x481.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2025\/05\/Feb-2025-Norfolk-Science-week-display-scaled-e1748437525539-150x70.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2025\/05\/Feb-2025-Norfolk-Science-week-display-scaled-e1748437525539-768x361.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2025\/05\/Feb-2025-Norfolk-Science-week-display-scaled-e1748437525539-1536x722.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2025\/05\/Feb-2025-Norfolk-Science-week-display-scaled-e1748437525539-2048x962.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Running a public event or reaching out to community groups is not only great fun, but also one of the main ways that amateur radio can attract new people, of all ages.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4>The key to any event is thorough planning and we have plenty of resources to help you.<\/h4>\n<h4>From advice on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/outreach\/planning-a-public-event\/risk-management-for-events\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">risk management (including insurance<\/a>) and <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/outreach\/special-event-stations-ses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">planning a Special Event Station<\/a> (SES) to publicising your event and <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/outreach\/planning-a-public-event\/publicity-material\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">promoting amateur radio to the public<\/a>, use our guidance documents to make sure your event is a success.<\/h4>\n<h4>And don\u2019t forget to print the <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/outreach\/planning-a-public-event\/event-planning-checklist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">checklists<\/a> to make sure nothing is forgotten!<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Running a public event or reaching out to community groups is not only great fun, but also one of the main ways that amateur radio can attract new people, of all ages. The key to any event is thorough planning and we have plenty of resources to help you. From advice on\u00a0risk management (including insurance) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20358,"featured_media":0,"parent":39966,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-39978","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20358"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39978"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40264,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39978\/revisions\/40264"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}