Thurston Outdoor Education Centre: Safety policies and procedures
Contents
- About the centre
- Residential courses
- Activities
- Self-catering
- Camping for groups
- Safety policies and procedures
- Friends of Thurston
- Contact and directions
Safety policies and procedures
At Thurston Outdoor Education Centre, safety is our top priority.
Thurston holds an AALA Licence (Provider Reference R0572), LOTC Quality Badge, Adventuremark, and AHOEC Gold Standard. All staff are highly qualified and hold relevant outdoor qualifications
If you have any questions about our policies or procedures, please get in touch.
Emergencies and planning
Planning for extreme situations
Maintenance and repairs
Repairs and breakages procedure
Behaviour
Guidelines for group leaders - acceptable group behaviour
Child protection
Medication
Administration of medication policy
Activity policies
Bushcraft and wilderness skills
Camping, huts, bothies and bivouacking
Climbing and abseiling - Thurston Trees
Climbing and abseiling - outdoors
The Dell (bush and fire craft)
Risk assessments
We carry out detailed risk assessments for all our activities and buildings.
These files may not be suitable for users of assistive technology. If you need this information in a different format, please contact us.
Risk assessment summary775.94KB
Generic outdoor activity risk assessment160.89KB
Drinks room risk assessment149.12KB
Minibus risk assessment152.56KB
Main house risk assessment159.56KB
Dining room risk assessment150.04KB
Grounds risk assessment144.03KB
Norovirus risk assessment147.77KB
Tractor risk assessment150.2KB
Kitchen risk assessment286.89KB
Maintenance risk assessment266.7KB
Housekeeping risk assessment267.71KB
Blast Off risk assessment152.14KB
Bushcraft and wilderness skills risk assessment151.04KB
Camping, bothies, bivouacking risk assessment150.35KB
Climbing wall risk assessment150.63KB
Climbing wall risk assessment150.63KB
Climbing and abseiling (Thurston Trees) risk assessment152.42KB
Climbing and abseiling (outdoors) risk assessment150.78KB
Low ropes course risk assessment148.79KB
Mine exploration risk assessment151.02KB
Winter mountain walking risk assessment156.1KB
Mountain walking risk assessment150.64KB
Mountain biking risk assessment151.1KB
Orienteering risk assessment149.04KB
Problem solving risk assessment147.99KB
Unaccompanied activities risk assessment149.09KB
Nightline risk assessment151.69KB
The Dell risk assessment150.09KB
Blue green algae (HABs) risk assessment150.92KB
Dinghy sailing risk assessment152.16KB
Drascombe longboats risk assessment152.04KB
Ghyll scrambling risk assessment150.65KB
Stand up paddleboarding risk assessment150.49KB
Paddlesport risk assessment152.96KB
Paddlesport (moving water) risk assessment151.0KB
Paddlesport (estuary) risk assessment152.25KB
Jetty jumping and swimming risk assessment151.41KB
Raft building risk assessment153.83KB
Sea level traversing risk assessment151.23KB
Whaler rowing risk assessment153.41KB
COVID-19 campsite risk assessment199.91KB
COVID-19 buildings risk assessment281.4KB
COVID-19 task based risk assessment192.99KB
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