Risk assessments/ Kitemarks

We believe that the earlier young people are exposed to risk, the sooner they will learn to make appropriate risk judgments for themselves. By enabling young people to experience risk in a controlled environment allows them to test, learn and evolve.

The Learning Outside The Classroom and Adventuremark kitemarks, awarded in November 2011, included rigorous examination of our in-house Risk Assessments, which most Local Authorities will accept without the call for original Risk Assessment documentation. (See LOTC website and Adventuremark website.) However these remain available should they be required.

To avoid disappointment for young people, Party Leaders are requested to ensure that maximum group sizes are not exceeded; we follow National Governing Body standards and recommendations.

All the on-site activities fall outside of the scope of the Adventure Activities Licensing Authority (AALA), which is to be abolished and replaced by the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) with a “code of practice”. This follows Lord Young’s Health & Safety Report “Common Sense; Common Safety” published in November 2010.

All Instructors hold a current First Aid Certificate