A youth oriented events management platform targeted particularly at outdoor events managed by communities. The platform incorporates a group mobile chat system enabling safe group communication within those communities and during organised events. Tangles Events provides controls over interaction between youth and adult participants as well as parental controls. For hiking or orienteering events, Tangles Events also provides the planning tools required for teams of competitors to plot and track routes and for event facilitators to manage and track participants, and to manage virtual, pre-existing and manned route waypoints, providing the necessary privacy and safety controls. Permission, health and consent forms and management of health and dietary data are integral to the participant signing up and checking in process for events.