Planning a public event

Public event management, licensing, risk assessment, traffic management, consent, catering, police guidance and funding.

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Public event food and drink

Food safety

It is an offence to supply food at events which is unsafe to human health or labelled incorrectly. Our Food and Safety team deal with food hygiene and food standard matters. If your event involves the selling of food, the Food Safety team will give you advice.

For further information about food safety regulations call 01620 827365 or email ehts@eastlothian.gov.uk.

Reusable cup schemes at events

Reusable cup schemes are becoming more affordable and accessible, making them an ideal solution for events of all scales.

Refill have a guide designed to make it simpler and easy for event producers and attendees to transition from single-use-disposable plastic cups to reusable ones - preventing millions of single-use cups from ending up in our waste stream or our natural environment. 

Read more and get the guide on the Refill website