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Pour It Forward

Government has made it clear that citizens are expected to be responsible for their safety and prevention of GBV. Events are spaces in which individuals often find themselves in a vulnerable state. Late nights, alcohol, unfamiliar venues, guests travelling alone, etc., are exactly where GBV risk shows up. This implies that the event industry needs to contribute to preventing GBV, planning for prevention in the same way we treat every other risk in a room — as something we design for, not something we hope doesn't happen. Those rooms and the prevention mechanisms in them, are built by the people who plan them long before anyone walks in. Who's watching the door, who's walking someone to their car, who's named as the safe person(s) before anyone needs them?

“Beyond a networking opportunity, "Pour It Forward” is a GBV prevention planning workshop for event vendors and organisers in Johannesburg, where we explore practical ways event industry and hospitality leaders can insure the safety of participants.
That is the work we're asking event professionals to take up to be part of the room that shapes so many of these rooms. This isn't just a networking opportunity, or a talk, or a fundraiser — it's a working session for people who plan the rooms events happen in.
Join us on Thursday, 1 October 2026, at the upmarket Epicure Restaurant in Rosebank, JHB to Pour Prevention Forward...

On the Agenda:

TEARS Foundation Talk: Not a general awareness talk, but a look at what the event industry specifically can do to insure participant safety.

Safe Events Pledge: concrete, checkable commitments — a safe way home for guests, a briefed safe contact on your team, ensuring mandated caregiver-to-child ratios when children are hosted, offering male and female only bathrooms, checked lighting and exits, and more concrete, checkable commitments — practical commitments that you can actually take back into your events, not a donation that ends when you leave the room.

Networking: Get to know those taking safety seriously: - we include 3 rounds of structured small-group conversations, with written peer feedback — not just on how clearly you pitched what you do, but on who you should be introduced to. You leave with a sharper pitch and a stack of specific people to follow up with.

Safe Events Directory: For participating in our first meeting, all participants will be added to the we Safe Events Directory we are building.

After the Event: You will be sent the details of everyone in the room, within 48 hours - and can elect to be added to our WhatsApp Group for our Safe Event Service Provider Network.

Thursday 1 October, 10:30–12:30, at Epicure, Rosebank.

R250 covers the venue, coffee, tea and snacks, work-shopping.

Wear black or purple as we not only stand in solidarity but become active participants in prevention.

A. Attendee Details

What is your full name?

What is your professional email address?

What is your Phone | WhatsApp Contact?

What Company Do You Represent?

What is your Job Title?

B. Networking / Directory Info

I Offer:

I am Looking For:

LinkedIn URL

Would you like us to include you in the Post-Event Directory?

C. Logistics

Dietary Requirements

Would you like to be added to the "Pour It Forward" WhatsApp group?

D. Consent

POPIA

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E. Payment

Process Payment via credit card of EFT: https://payf.st/wuknx
Else process payment of R 250.00 to

FNB

CHEQUE ACC.

ACC NO: 631 312 999 76

BRANCH CODE: 250 655

REFERENCE: PTT1OCT
Attach your Proof of Payment (or WhatsApp your POP to +27 74 656 0469) or forward pop to free2bb@proton.me