Themes
Choose a theme for your event, thinking about the audience you want to target and the message you want to get across.
Themes could include:
- Headphones and Hearing - Headphones and Hearing - Research shows many people are listening to headphones at high levels and risk hearing damage as a result. Noise Action Week is an opportunity to raise awareness of these risks.
- Studentification - With the growing number of students reaching higher education over recent years, many cities and towns are becoming studentified. Noise Action Week is a great opportunity to focus local debate around managing noise from student properties, improve community relations and launch or highlight initiatives
- Noise at Work - According to government figures, over 1 million people are exposed to dangerous noise levels at work in Great Britain. Noise Action Week is an opportunity to reinforce the message to owners of entertainment venues that noise exposure needs to be managed.
- Licensed Premises - With the extension of licensing hours, and the smoking bans coming, coupled with increased powers for local authorities to tackle noise from licensed premises under the Noise Act, many local coordinators have focused their Noise Action Week activities on raising awareness of the impacts noise from licensed premises can have on nearby residents.
- Landlords/Tenants - Transient tenants are less likely to integrate into communities and therefore may be less considerate of surroundings and neighbours, and poor sound insulation can exacerbate noise problems. Use Noise Action Week to work with landlords, offering advice on minimising noise
- Alarms - Alarms going off accidentally can be extremely annoying - often waking up an entire neighbourhood. Many local authorities have used Noise Action Week to promote local key holder registration schemes and encourage residents to sign up.
- Loud music and parties - Music, house parties and television noise are some of the most common complained about domestic noises. Why not use Noise Action Week to promote existing, or launch new, services aimed at raising awareness of these issues.
- Dogs - Dog barking is one of the most complained about neighbour noises. Local authorities and housing organisations have run very successful initiatives offering advice and support on reducing this problem through appropriate dog training and care - and pets are always popular with the press.
- Transport Noise - In our larger cities noise action planning is set to work towards reducing the impact of transport noise on city dwellers. Noise Action Week 2010 is a timely opportunity to raise awareness of traffic noise and its impact on health.
- Quiet Areas - As part of noise action planning, many large cities will soon be working to identify quiet areas. Noise Action Week provides an opportunity to get people in your area thinking about what they consider to be a quiet area and where they go to get peace and quiet.
Take a look at the Noise Action Week How to Guide 201- for more inspiration and case studies of previous year's activities.
