Notting Hill Carnival Strategic Review - Intelligent Space
Notting Hill Carnival Strategic Review - Intelligent Space
Notting Hill Carnival Strategic Review - Intelligent Space
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(a) the development of a multi-agency <strong>Carnival</strong> Community Safety Strategy that is delivered in<br />
partnership with the <strong>Carnival</strong> arenas. All the evidence shows that the majority of crime<br />
committed at the <strong>Carnival</strong> occurs as night falls. Achievement of the 9pm close-down time<br />
must therefore be a central feature of the strategy; and<br />
(b) the establishment of a funding agreement between SJA and the National Health Service<br />
(NHS). We are firmly of the view that the high quality on site medical service provided by<br />
SJA over the <strong>Carnival</strong> weekend significantly reduces the potential impact of <strong>Carnival</strong>-related<br />
injuries on the services of neighbouring hospitals in and around the <strong>Carnival</strong> area. This is<br />
because the majority of the casualties (84 per cent) are treated on site. We believe that the<br />
true overall value of SJA’s contribution – in terms of volunteer and paid staff, cost of<br />
equipment, vehicles and consumables, as well as what it would cost the NHS to treat these<br />
patients if SJA were unable to provide their current level of service – should be quantified<br />
with a view to making a powerful case for funding.<br />
Event Management<br />
11. In our interim report, we called for a reduction in the number and size of support vehicles used by<br />
each performance unit on the route in order to improve public safety and minimise crowd<br />
congestion 12 . Insufficient resources and poor event management have meant that no discernible<br />
progress has been made. We believe that professional event management of the <strong>Carnival</strong> is vital,<br />
not only from a public safety perspective but also to safeguard the event’s artistic quality and<br />
content. We therefore recommend that:<br />
(a) a robust event management and planning framework that makes use of information<br />
technology to share vital information with stakeholders is introduced; and<br />
(b) contracts are introduced in order to ensure that the <strong>Carnival</strong> participants comply with the<br />
event’s staging and performance protocols. Key obligations would include adherence to<br />
arrival and close-down times; vehicle size and numbers and promotion of the <strong>Carnival</strong> Code.<br />
Waste Management & Recycling<br />
12. The <strong>Notting</strong> <strong>Hill</strong> <strong>Carnival</strong> generates approximately 200 tonnes of waste each year. We support the<br />
recommendation of the Network Recycling Study, which called for the development of an<br />
environmental strategy that would set annual targets for making inroads into the <strong>Carnival</strong>’s waste<br />
by recycling materials for local markets and eliminating non-recyclable materials in order to achieve<br />
the ultimate long-term goal of a waste-free <strong>Carnival</strong>. We therefore recommend that funds be<br />
made available through the London Recycling Fund (LRF) to enable the <strong>Carnival</strong> organisers to work<br />
with the local authorities and members of the <strong>Carnival</strong> community to develop an effective and<br />
sustainable <strong>Carnival</strong> Waste Management and Recycling Strategy to implement the<br />
recommendations of the Network Recycling Study.<br />
Public Safety Responsibility & Accountability<br />
The Route<br />
13. The <strong>Carnival</strong> Public Safety Project and the work of <strong>Intelligent</strong> <strong>Space</strong> has been instrumental in<br />
objectively highlighting the relationship between the design of the <strong>Carnival</strong> route, location of<br />
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Recommendation 4(a) in ‘<strong>Notting</strong> <strong>Hill</strong> <strong>Carnival</strong> <strong>Review</strong>: Interim report and public safety profile recommendations for 2001’ (April 2001)<br />
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