Category: Health and Safety

At the start of the Corona Virus Crisis, the ABC (Association of British Climbing Walls) set up working groups to support climbing walls through the crisis. David and Robert Stevens from The Warehouse Climbing Wall, Gloucester approached Rich Emerson, ABC Chair as they had a relationship with a world-leading research team in De Montfort University

The following guidance and information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) has been issued by the Scottish Government and Health Protection Scotland

An update on the changes to the Adventure Activities Licensing Authority that will take place from April 2020 can be downloaded

The revised ‘Higher Education Sector Guidance for Fieldwork and Travel’, including all offsite visits and travel in the UK and overseas was released on the 9th November 2018

A natural progression framework from Natural Resources Wales is available to download

‘Social prescribing to get Scotland active’ – expert lecture from Dr William Bird MBE

Several useful links were shared following the Scottish Government Outdoor Health Workshop

The results of the HSE consultation on Adventure Activities Licensing are now available

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is reviewing the delivery and scope of the Adventure Activities Licensing Authority (AALA) on behalf of Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). The scope of the review aims to ensure that the provision of licencing of adventure activities is delivered in a sensible, proportionate and cost-effective manner, and encourages […]

The Natural Environment White Paper The Natural Choice: securing the value of nature (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 2011) sets out the need to strengthen the connection between people and nature