The late May bank holiday weekend saw a team from Open Road attend the Steel Yard Festival 2019 to provide welfare services to festival goers.
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The popular Creamfields event was attended by 30’000 people over the two days with a small team from Open Road headed up by Leigh Harvey on hand to see to the welfare needs of the masses.
Leigh gave a breakdown of the work carried out by the team over the two days:
On Saturday there were 17,000 in attendance and we supported the following numbers of people:
19 Lay downs of which:
9 Alcohol
6 Alcohol + Drugs
3 Drugs
1 Seizure
1 Reported missing person, later found
1 Reported missing person, found when attending welfare
178 general visits to welfare:
47 Water
10 General info
25 Minor medical
8 Emotional support
25 Lost property
63 Sun cream/sundries
The Sunday was quieter as 13,000 attended and our support included: –
13 Lay downs:
1 Drug Ketamine
1 Alcohol & Drugs MDMA
6 Alcohol of which 2 included high anxiety/panic attack
4 High Anxiety
1 Knee Injury (to rest after seen by Medics)
118 general visits to Welfare:
25 Water
10 General Info
22 Minor Medical
15 Emotional Support
31 Lost Property
15 Sun cream/Sundries
