Health and Safety Policy and Activity Risk Assessment for Community Groups

A proportionate health and safety policy for a volunteer-run group, with a pre-filled activity risk assessment for meetings, events and outings, a first aid and accident record, and a venue safety checklist.

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Clubs, societies & community groups

Health and Safety Policy and Activity Risk Assessment for Community Groups

About this document

What it’s for

Groups without employees are not covered by all workplace health and safety rules, but they still owe a duty of care to members, volunteers and the public who attend their activities – and insurers, venues and funders expect to see risk assessments. This document helps you think through risks sensibly and record what you are doing about them.

When to use it

  • For regular meetings and activities
  • Before events, outings, trips and activities with higher risks
  • When using a new venue

What’s inside

The document is laid out in the sections below. Each one comes with a plain-English guidance note explaining what it does and what to change.

  1. Statement
  2. Arrangements
  3. Everyone’s responsibilities

How to complete it

  • Adapt the policy and name the person responsible
  • Complete a risk assessment for each activity or event, using the pre-filled rows as a starting point
  • Record accidents and review the assessments after any incident

Key points to check

  • If the group employs anyone, full employer duties apply
  • Food served to the public may need registration and food hygiene arrangements – check with your council

Our templates are professionally structured starting points for UK businesses, not legal advice. For anything complex, unusual or high-value, have your final version checked by a solicitor.

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