Bounce!
Welcome to the Bounce! scheme!
Before you commence with your volunteering, please spend some time getting familiar with the documentation below.
As much as we would love to just let you get on with it, it is our legal responsibility to make you aware of the policies and guidelines.
Safeguarding Children Guide
Volunteering safely
Health and Safety brief
| HAZARD | RISK | ACTION TO BE TAKEN |
| General: Jewellery, watches, piercing | medium | Children are asked to remove all items of jewellery before participating |
| General: Fire in the building | low | Supervisor of the session must be aware of the fire procedures of the building before session commences. |
| General: Tripping on equipment, coats and bags etc | low | Volunteers must be vigilant on checking for hazards during the session |
| General: Long hair | medium | All long hair tied back |
| General: Volunteers not suitable to work with children | low | All volunteers complete an Enhanced CRB form. Two references should be gained for all volunteers |
| Archery: Getting hit by an arrow, Injured by incorrect equipment, bruises from bow string, arrows rebounding | medium | Archery must only take place under the supervision of a qualified instructor |
| Climbing: Incorrectly fastened harnesses, slipping on wall, falling from height | medium | Climbing must only take place under the supervision of a qualified instructor. |
| Trampolining: Slipping on floor in socks, falling off the trampoline, lifting child onto equipment, colliding with other users | medium | Trampolining must only take place under the supervision of a qualified instructor. |
| Ball Games: Falling over equipment/each other, running into the wall, being hit by ball | medium | Games must be supervised by a volunteer at all times and only age appropriate games to be played. |
| Table tennis: Getting hit by balls / bats, falling and hitting head on table. | low | Maximum of 4 players per table, supervised by a volunteer at all times. |
Additional measures in place
- Unruly behaviour will not be tolerated and children who misbehave will be given a warning. If the bad behaviour continues they will be asked to sit out for 10 minutes and the behaviour reported to their parent.
- At least two volunteers will be present for each session. With no more than 12 participants excluding trampolining, climbing and archery where there is a maximum of 10 children with a minimum age of 8 years.
- Trampolining, Archery and Climbing are only ever booked with a qualified instructor.
If running our own sporting events:
- We will make sure the venue is insured
- We will make sure we used qualified and police checked instructors
