Today’s focus - Home and Family - and is all about normal people going about their lives, not realising how often they come in contact with licensing regulation. Almost every activity in the leisure sector - and most of those that supports the sector - requires a licence or some other licensing authorisation.

The most obvious of these that most people would probably know about are licences required to sell alcohol, licences required to transport people in a taxi or private hire vehicle or licences required to gamble.

What people may not realise is the extent of their contact with licensing regulation in their everyday lives, including:

• Taking part in a local raffle, playing bingo or betting on the tracks
• Getting a tattoo or a body piercing or acupuncture therapy treatment
• Buying a puppy (from a licensed breeder) or looking for someone to look after their pet when they are away on holiday
• Visiting their local market or car boot sale
• Giving money to a high street charity collector or a house to house collector
• Sending their children to school in a taxi or a pre-booked private hire vehicle
• A family day out at the zoo, a film at the cinema or a show at the Theatre
• Holidaying at a caravan or camping site
• Living in a House in multiple occupation (HMO)
• Playing live or recorded music in public
• Buying alcohol
• Attending music events

Most people will not think twice about the impact of licensing regulation every day of their lives, but it plays a vital role to protect people and animals - which is something most people do not recognise until things go wrong.

What are you doing for

#NLW2023?

How will you promote licensing where you are?