Safe Scouting - Risk Assessments

12th Harpenden Scout Group has several risk assessments prepared - these cover the majority of the activities we undertake. If your activity is not covered by one of these then you will need to prepare a new risk assessment.

Weekly meetings:

Risk assessments for activities during weekly meetings can be found below. These risk assessments are also OSM (they are the same in both locations).

Weekly section meetings (all sections) RA - Weekly Section Meetings
Active games indoors (all sections) RA - active games in hall
Activities in churchyard/church hall garden (all sections) RA - activities in churchyard
Activities outside the meeting place (near to our meeting place) (all sections) RA - activities outside the meeting place
Beavers at Redding Wood (beavers) RA - beavers at Redding Wood
Bike ride (cubs and scouts) RA - bike ride
Campfire with marshmallows (all sections) RA - campfire with marshmallows
Cooking activities – indoors (all sections) RA - cooking indoors
Cooking on a campfire (all sections) RA - cooking on a campfire
Crafts (all sections) RA - crafts
Hikes (all sections) RA - hikes
Ironing (cubs and scouts) RA - ironing
Launching model rafts at Batford Springs (cubs and scouts) RA - launching model rafts at Batford Springs
Litter picking (scouts) RA - litter picking
Shelter building (not to sleep in) (all sections) RA - shelter building (not to sleep in)
Sparklers (all sections) RA - sparklers
Taking part in externally led activities (including travel) (all sections) RA - external_activities_including_travel
Use of penknife, axe and saw (scouts) RA - use of penknife axe and saw

Residential experiences - camps and pack holidays

Some recent risk assessments for our camps and pack holidays can be found below. These are provided as examples only and must be updated before each camp or pack holiday.