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 summary192.6KB
Generic outdoor activity risk assessment54.91KB
Drinks room risk assessment48.46KB
Minibus risk assessment92.87KB
Main house risk assessment56.67KB
Dining room risk assessment49.13KB
Grounds risk assessment48.89KB
Norovirus risk assessment89.0KB
Tractor risk assessment48.67KB
Kitchen risk assessment169.02KB
Maintenance risk assessment144.57KB
Housekeeping risk assessment145.92KB
Blast Off risk assessment96.59KB
Bushcraft and wilderness skills risk assessment92.91KB
Camping, bothies, bivouacking risk assessment93.14KB
Climbing wall risk assessment92.28KB
Climbing and abseiling (Thurston Trees) risk assessment94.53KB
Climbing and abseiling (outdoors) risk assessment93.22KB
Low ropes course risk assessment90.15KB
Mine exploration risk assessment93.64KB
Winter mountain walking risk assessment122.74KB
Mountain walking risk assessment92.26KB
Mountain biking risk assessment93.47KB
Orienteering risk assessment90.27KB
Problem solving risk assessment90.26KB
Unaccompanied activities risk assessment90.1KB
Nightline risk assessment91.67KB
The Dell risk assessment92.08KB
Blue green algae (HABs) risk assessment92.31KB
Dinghy sailing risk assessment94.34KB
Drascombe longboats risk assessment93.89KB
Ghyll scrambling risk assessment92.0KB
Stand up paddleboarding risk assessment91.68KB
Paddlesport risk assessment93.12KB
Paddlesport (moving water) risk assessment92.91KB
Paddlesport (estuary) risk assessment93.83KB
Jetty jumping and swimming risk assessment93.97KB
Raft building risk assessment91.55KB
Sea level traversing risk assessment93.1KB
Whaler rowing risk assessment93.92KB
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