Managing Risk

Leaders are required at a local level to carry out risk assessments for ALL activities being undertaken.

Risk assessments are an important part of our managing risk framework to create a safe space for children, young people and leaders. It is important that we consider safety and managing risk as part of everything we do and not just when we think something is high risk.

A reminder of the five steps in assessing risk:

• Identifying & locating hazards
• Considering who might be harmed and how
• Identifying how risks are eliminated or controlled
• Recording & communicating risks & control measures to everyone
• Reviewing & updating as necessary

As well as assessing the risk for activities being undertaken there MUST also be a risk assessment for the meeting space or venue you are using and this should be reviewed and updated annually by the Company. All leaders should have access to the latest risk assessments and understand the risks/hazards identified and the control measures in place.

To support you in carrying out risk assessments you can download a blank Template Risk Assessment (PDF / Word).

We have also developed a range of new template risk assessments for a variety of activities and settings including

• Premises
• Games/Sports
• Crafts
• Cooking
• Trip to Park/Outdoors
• Transport – Public Transport
• Transport – Coach/Minibus/Car
• Transport – Walking

Additional template risk assessments will be added in due course. 

It is important to stress that these templates are only a tool to help leaders create their own risk assessments and need to be adapted based on local circumstances.