MUSIC festival organisers are leading a charm offensive to reassure neighbours about potential problems.

Parklife Weekender will take place at Heaton Park on June 6 and 7 with 70,000 revellers expected each day, preceded by a 25,000-capacity show headlined by The Courteeners on June 5.

After problems in previous years, event chiefs have come under pressure to ramp up safety measures.

As engineers began preparatory work in the park this week, organisers have delivered 11,000 letters with details of security arrangements.

For the first time, they will have a security team dedicated to the arena and a community team - responsible for behaviour outside - based at Manchester Maccabi Sports and Social Club in Bury Old Road.

Throughout the weekend, people will be able to visit the centre or phone, email or tweet with their concerns.

Enquiries will be dealt with by 120 workers based at the Maccabi club, who are a mixture of police, security officers, parking monitors, cleansing staff, noise monitors and transport managers.

They will be joined by officials from Rochdale, Bury and Manchester councils responsible for street selling, taxi licensing and the sale of alcohol.

The number of security staff patrolling the streets around the park has been increased and some of the workers will be on bicycles so they can get to flashpoints quickly.

A no-parking zone will be twice the size of last year and residents of the streets affected will be given parking passes.

Critics have also accused organisers of not helping local businesses and organisations, so event leaders have pledged to buy as many goods as possible from near the park, such as takeaway food from the Indian Ocean restaurant in Middleton Road and hardware supplies from Relionus DIY in Bury Old Road.

Event management students from St Monica's RC High School’s sixth form college will be invited to watch a sound check and Bury-based charity Jigsaw will receive a donation.

Organisers are also holding in a drop-in session for members of the public at the Orangery in the park from 5pm to 8pm today.

Jon Drape, chief organiser of Parklife, said: "Working with a wide range of organisers, we have put a tremendous amount of work into making sure that all the concerns that were brought to us about last year's festival will be addressed.

"This is a radical plan and we are 100-per-cent confident of getting this right and we want people to know that, over the weekend, we will be approachable and eager to help with any issue, however large or small."

Cllr Alan Quinn said: "I had many concerns about the event and I am content that the organisers have done enough to prevent most problems that may occur and react well to anything that does trouble residents over the weekend."

Cllr Andrea Simpson added: "I'm really encouraged that the organisers have listened and taken on board everything that has been put in front of them."