The Sports Grounds Safety Authority’s Annual Report and Accounts, spanning the full 2016/17 financial year Authority (SGSA) is now available. The Report sets out how we operate, covering our goals...

Following the Grenfell Tower tragedy on 14 June, we have received a growing number of requests to provide some specific guidance for the sports grounds sector.

This guidance is for those...

Concourses draws upon the views and experience of safety officers, leading stadia architects and engineers in addition to the survey work of the Core Cities group of local authorities.  It...

The purpose of this Notice is to remind Chief Executives of their powers and responsibilities under section 10 of the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975, which allows local authorities to issue...

Dynamic performance requirements for permanent grandstands subject to crowd action - Interim guidance on assessment and design.The principal advice given in the Guidance concerns the recommended...

The primary means of unlocking electronically controlled gates is by means of a switch/ button in the stadium control room. This is designed to be supplemented by a "fail safe" system whereby any...

The wider understanding of safety in relation to the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975 and Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 1987 has led to a review of working practices and...

This Guide is intended to provide a unified approach to the issue of safety certificates, principally in relation to designated sports grounds. The aim is to ensure that reasonable safety is...

This document provides further guidance on the matters to be considered when "during performance" Local Authorities, to assess the holder's ability to comply with the terms and conditions of the...

The aim of this document is to give Certifying Authorities guidance on how to ensure that reasonable standards of public safety can be maintained whilst construction operations are in progress....

This circular provides guidance on the procedure regarding the application for a special safety certificate.

This circular summarises the recommendations made by the Committee of Inquiry into Crowd Safety and Control at Sports Grounds in its final report.

This circular explains the changes to the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975 brought about by the Local Government Act 1985

This circular introduces Statutory Guidance given by the Secretary of State on inspections of designated sports grounds under section 10B of the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975 (the 1975 Act) as...

This circular introduces (a) Statutory Guidance under section 26 (8) of the 1987 Act to local authorities in discharging their function of determining whether a stand at a sports ground is a "...

The wider understanding of safety in relation to the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975 and Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 1987 has led to a review of working practices and...

This guidance note has been developed by the SGSA in partnership with NaCTSO to provide more specific guidance for the sports grounds sector.

It provides points ground /event management...

This guidance note has been developed by the SGSA in partnership with NaCTSO to provide more specific guidance for sports grounds management in relation to the development of plans to move people...

The wider understanding of safety in relation to the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975 and Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 1987 has led to a review of working practices and...

In February 2011 the Sports Grounds Safety Authority (SGSA) issued guidance to clubs on the safe handling and storage of flares and pyrotechnic devices. Since then the number of devices...

Following the terrorist incidents in France that took place in 2015, the UK National Counter Terrorism Security Office (NaCTSO) has been reviewing its advice. The SGSA has been working with NaCTSO...

The wider understanding of safety in relation to the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975 and Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 1987 has led to a review of working practices and...

This guidance note describes the interactions between the different legislation in this area and the impacts on the safety management of a sports ground thereby protecting all those present,...

Safety management at sports grounds has steadily become more sophisticated and more professional over the past twenty years. “Safety Management” the latest publication in the SGSA’s...

"Seating" seeks to guide clubs, architects and other interested parties through the basics of the three main aspects of the subject:

• viewing standards for seated spectators
• ...

Public address systems are required for a number of purposes:

• As an essential part of the emergency procedures
• To communicate with spectators
• To relay entertainment...

This paper we examines the nature and causes of spectators standing in seated areas at Premier and Football League grounds. We conclude that this is unacceptable from the point of view not merely...

The advice contained in this guidance document is aimed at clubs seeking to replace or upgrade existing terraces. Detailed advice is given to ensure the provision of adequate sightlines as well as...