Health and Safety

The Scout Association is committed to the health and safety of all their members.

In the many activities we can offer, we provide challenges that seek to encourage the development of young people. These are often ones they do not face every day and they can experience a great sense of achievement in completing them. Some degree of risk is unavoidable if the sense of adventure and excitement is to be achieved, but it is – and should be – much less than the participant perceives. We seek to provide: “Excitement but not Danger – Adventure but not Hazard.”

Accordingly we need to assess and control the risks associated with activities in order to minimise the chance of injury, by carrying out a risk assessment. Copies of the risk assessments are available for all parents/carers to view on request to the
leader.

Further information on Safety can be found a downloadable factsheet from the Scout web site:
http://www.scoutbase.org.uk/library/hqdocs/facts/pdfs/fs120000.pdf