Built for the Realities of Live Events
About us
We deliver IOSH-approved event safety training, alongside specialist workshops designed specifically for the events industry.
Our courses go beyond theory, equipping event professionals with practical skills, defensible decision-making, and the confidence to manage risk, teams , and complex live environments.
We work with event organisers, venues, agencies, suppliers, and production teams who need training that reflects the pressures of real events — tight timelines, temporary structures, live audiences, multiple stakeholders, and high-risk decision points
What we do
Industry-specific training. Delivered by event professionals. Designed to protect people, reputations, and operations.
Reduce incidents and near misses
Strengthen your legal and due-diligence position
Improve coordination across teams and contractors
Build a proactive safety and management culture
Unlike generic health and safety courses, Hopper applies every programme directly to the event context — using real case studies, live scenarios, interactive workshops, and practical tools that participants can immediately apply on site.
Whether you are upskilling new staff, refreshing experienced teams, or preparing for complex events, our training helps you:
IOSH-approved training provider
Designed and delivered by experienced event professionals
Practical, applied, and defensible
Tailored to your event context
Trusted by a wide range of event industry professionals
Why Hopper?
“Exceptionally well delivered, clear, engaging, and highly valuable. Very relevant to our industry.”
Trivandi delegate, IOSH Working Safely at Events
Meet our award-winning trainers.
David Strafford TechIOSH
David Strafford is an experienced event safety professional with over 25 years’ of industry experience across live events, festivals, broadcast productions and large-scale public events. He is a Technical Member of IOSH and holds a NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Health & Safety with distinction. David designs and delivers IOSH-approved training, including his bespoke Working Safely at Events course, supporting organisations to improve legal compliance, risk assessment and safe systems of work within complex event environments.
David works as an event safety consultant for LS Events on the Formula E London E-Prix, contributing to risk planning and operational safety within a high-risk, major event setting. He has also acted as a Safety Officer at music festivals and on BBC and CBBC productions, bringing practical, front-line experience of event safety management to the training courses.
Alongside his safety training and consultancy, David co-founded Hopper Events Ltd and is an inspirational and award-winning higher education lecturer, teaching event, business and hospitality management internationally.
Mark Norman TechIOSH
Mark Norman has over 25 years’ experience in the events industry, spanning everything from running live music venues to delivering major international sporting events. Over the past decade, his work has focused heavily on event safety leadership and training, as a Technical Member of IOSH, on events such as the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay, the Tour de France, the UEFA Champions League Final 2024, and the FIA Formula E World Championship. Mark and holds a NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Health & Safety.
Alongside his industry work, Mark has nearly 15 years’ experience teaching health and safety within event management in higher education, combining practical delivery with academic insight to help write and deliver an IOSH-tailored event safety course.
He is currently completing his PhD, further strengthening the evidence-based approach he brings to safety training.
