The organisation and running of the annual 'Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling and Wake' is the responsibility of CHCRC Ltd. 
The "Cheese-Rolling in Gloucestershire" web site is totally independent of and has no connection with CRCHC Ltd.

All costs of the event are met from car-parking receipts - £5 per car - there is no sponsorship and no entrance fee.

Prior to the event CRCHC Ltd.:

•     invite guest 'rollers'

•     order and bind the Double Gloucester cheeses 

•     buy the 'scramble' sweets

•     arrange hire of the public address system

•     liase with the local County Council (the landowners), St. John Ambulance, the rescue team and the police

•     nominate a charity to receive the year's public collection  

•     prepare the hill face in the days before the event Preparation & Volunteers
  (clearing the ground of brambles, nettles etc. that have encroached during the year, using strimmers, slash-hooks etc.)

•     erect fences for crowd control and safety

On the day, CRCHC Ltd.:

•     man the car-park
•     give the commentary
•     act as judges
•     act as 'catchers' for competitors still on their feet
•     rattle the collection boxes
•     clear away afterwards (remove temporary fences and litter)

Crowds are asked to keep away from the face of the hill and warned by public address to watch for 'flying' cheeses and competitors.

Members of St. John Ambulance have been in attendance for many years and one of the local doctors was usually invited to be a 'roller' to be sure that medical help was available.

Now it has become necessary to employ a team qualified in cave and mountain rescue to remove casualties from the hill face so that St. John Ambulance experts can administer first-aid.

Last year, a team from S.A.R.A.I.D (Search And Rescue Assistance In Disasters) was present to assist. (www.saraid.co.uk)

A security company - Jedi Security - deal with crowd control and safety.

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