Risk Assessments

Leaders are required at a local level to carry out risk assessments for ALL activities being undertaken.

Risk assessments are an important part of our managing risk framework to create a safe space for children, young people and leaders. It is important that we consider safety and managing risk as part of everything we do and not just when we think something is high risk.

A reminder of the five steps in assessing risk:

Identifying & locating hazards

Considering who might be harmed and how

Identifying how risks are eliminated or controlled

Recording & communicating risks & control measures to everyone

Reviewing & updating as necessary

As well as assessing the risk for activities being undertaken there MUST also be a risk assessment for the meeting space or venue you are using and this should be reviewed and updated annually by the Company. All leaders should have access to the latest risk assessments and understand the risks/hazards identified and the control measures in place.

To support you in carrying out risk assessments you can download a blank Template Risk Assessment (PDF / Word).

We have also developed a range of new template risk assessments for a variety of activities and settings including

• Premises

• Games/Sports

• Crafts

• Cooking

• Trip to Park/Outdoors

• Transport – Public Transport

• Transport – Coach/Minibus/Car

• Transport – Walking

Additional template risk assessments will be added in due course. 

It is important to stress that these templates are only a tool to help leaders create their own risk assessments and need to be adapted based on local circumstances. (Taken from the national BB Website: https://boys-brigade.org.uk/managing-risk/).

Risk Assessments are an essential part of running a Boys’ Brigade Company safely. As a minimum a Company should have an annual risk assessment covering their meeting space and regular activities that take place over the course of a session. Depending on any additional trips & activities that take place, further risk assessments may be required.

In order to assist leaders with carrying out their own risk assessments, we have put together some templates in Microsoft Word format which should be amended to cover local risks, but give leaders a starting point. All Risk Assessments must be reviewed on an annual basis or when a significant change occurs.

If you would like to see a template Risk Assessment for an activity not listed here, or if you have a Risk Assessment that you would like to share with others, please get in touch.

Please click on the relevant Risk Assessment to view and download.

• Blank Risk Assessment Template.

Risk Assessments for Company Night Activities

• Generic Meeting Risk Assessment

• Hand Tools Risk Assessment

• Sparklers Risk Assessment

• Spray Painting Risk Assessment

Risk Assessments for Trips & External Activities

• Marquee Risk Assessment.

• Paintball Risk Assessment.

• Public Transport Risk Assessment.

• Ten Pin Bowling Risk Assessment.

• Travelling in a Car, Minibus or Coach Risk Assessment.

(Originally taken from the London District BB Website: https://thebbinlondon.org.uk/useful-information/risk-assessments/ although no longer accessible there).