What do you think about this?

Two Under 10 managers, one Under 6 manager and a referee stood down this weekend. As I said, the lack of a police presence isn’t the only reason why activities have been cancelled.

I know. My family has always been involved in grassroots sport as volunteers.

Maggiemaybe ALL football is cancelled even grass roots where we do not have police presence. We are all volunteers. The Queen was our patron and games at all levels have been postponed as a consequence.

Galaxy

I am not in mourning.

Neither am I .

Agree too total kneejerk reaction swayed probably by what they think is expected rather than consideration to the knock on effects of cancellation.

Our church fete will go ahead this afternoon alongside the infant Thames and will be preceded by a 2 minute silence. I don’t find it disrespectful to continue to raise much needed funds to upkeep our ancient church. As head of the C of E I’m sure Her Late Majesty would have approved this decision

I had a sporting bet on, found it odd that my stake had been returned. When I checked the event had been cancelled because the Queen died. Very odd imo. I didn't know she had intended be in the crowd for a boxing match ??‍♀️

My original post was about an event taking place today not next week. All the arrangements were in place for the organisers and the participants.

Maggiemaybe absolutely agree with you. If I still lived in the UK, I’m sure I wouldn’t object to the temporary cancellations, particularly of sporting events.

Nainijo

Football is cancelled mainly as a safety aspect. The police don’t have the manpower to support matches and fans, as well as supporting the funeral

That’s correct, Nainijo. Officers from every area are being seconded to London to help with operations there. They need 10,000 police officers a day for the duration. None of the events and gatherings we’re seeing on TV are running themselves, they need trained personnel to ensure they take place safely. One of my family members in the police force is going to have to go down for 10 days. The funeral itself is going to be the biggest public event ever seen in this country, with heads of state and dignitaries from just about every country in the world. It’s a massive security headache. If all goes well - and let’s all pray it does - it’ll be thanks to all the people quietly working their socks off, often behind the scenes, to ensure it does.

And surely we’re all aware by now that our emergency services are stretched to breaking point at the best of times. Take away a significant number of personnel from every area and there’s nobody left to go to sporting events or other gatherings.

I should imagine the same thing is happening with the other emergency services and organisations like St John’s Ambulance? They’ll surely be needed. We’ve all seen the crowds.

Organisers can decide whether to carry on with any event. Some will probably choose to cancel because they feel it’s the respectful thing to do, some seem to be going way over the top. But many organisers will choose not to go ahead because they know that if anything goes wrong, the usual agencies won’t be there to help out, and the responsibility for public safety will be all theirs.

Nice that there is a day off for the funeral itself to watch for those who work though.

Yes, it's a time of mourning for the UK and the world but yes events such as these should have been allowed to carry on for sure as it's raising money for a charity.

Showing respect at a stadium with a minute’s silence and a hymn in honour of the new king, what could be nicer?People coming together and celebrating a life is good for the soul.

I know what I think - events should not be cancelled - but none of us have the faintest clue what the queen herself would have thought.

Even parliament is suspended until after the funeral

True Sooze58!

Wow! Just wow!

We may not agree, but the Queen was most definitely about protocol and tradition. I find it strange that 7 days extra formal mourning has been proclaimed, but I guess that is tradition and protocol too! At least we don’t have to spend the next 10 days in black.

The Queen would not want people cancelling events.

Some of these comments leave me speechless. It really isn't about what the Queen would have thought. It's about tradition and a momentous occasion. Showing respect. A thing of the past for a lot of people it seems. The 'It's all about me' society as usual.

Being a Brit living in another country I am grateful for the
BBC’s continuous coverage of the Queen’s death. However, I also appreciate the many comments on here regarding the cancellation of various organised events. In 2022 our attitudes towards “tradition” are very different to what they were in times past. As many have said on here, ultimately, it is a personal choice as to how we mourn, or not. Personally, I am in mourning for the passing of the Queen, but I am not imposing it on anyone else.

I am happy to stand quiet while a prayer is said that means something to others even if not to me. It seems a small thing to ask.

But I do not think events should be cancelled. Each one could take a moment to remember her life and then move on.

Um, let’s maybe not get into the habit of imposing prayer on groups of people who didn’t sign up for that?! I’d be furious if that happened.

I can understand why events have been cancelled, in deference to the Queens passing but I would think that large numbers of people at gatherings with some prayer words and a moment of silence would be very good for everyone attending. Very cathartic, instead of being at home, washing the car. Organisers don’t think deeply of their decisions.

Obviously there’ll be the funeral and the coronation - hopefully a slimmed down and eco friendly one - but I really hope that we don’t see life being actively disrupted. We’ve already had that with covid. I’m not in mourning and I don’t appreciate events I want to participate in or attend to be cancelled out of a misplaced sense of ‘respect’ for a woman I never met.