Risk Assessment

Risk Assessment is an essential part of the Health and Safety management for Grow & Learn Outdoors.  Anna Gray is responsible for ensuring that all policies and procedures follow best practice and are current with any legal changes and requirements.  Before every visit risk assessments will be checked and amended if and where necessary.

All adults who support GLO Club days are required to have a full understanding of the Risk Assessment Process. 

The Risk Assessment Process

GLO will consider all activities, sites and influencing factors that need to be covered to produce comprehensive Risk Assessments. If you would like to see specific risk assessments please ask to look at the GLO club Handbook where they are all stored.

We will follow the five steps to risk assessment to ensure all risks are minimized.

1. Look for the hazards

2. Decide who might be harmed and how

3. Evaluate the risks and decide whether the existing precautions are adequate or whether more should be done.

4. Record our findings

5. Review our assessment and revise it if necessary.

The assessments are written for general welfare, weather, activities, sites or tools and are acted upon in conjunction with one another e.g. the site assessment will constantly be affected by the weather conditions. 

All Risk Assessments are reviewed and updated every 6 months or earlier if deemed necessary.  Responsibility for this lies with Anna Gray.  All staff involved with GLO club will be made aware of any amendments to Risk assessments.