Thurston Outdoor Education Centre
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, abseiling - outdoors policy
The Dell (bush and fire craft)
Risk assessments
We carry out detailed risk assessments for all our activities and buildings.
Generic outdoor activity risk assessment
Bushcraft and wilderness skills risk assessment
Camping, bothies, bivouacking risk assessment
Climbing and abseiling (Thurston Trees) risk assessment
Climbing and abseiling (outdoors) risk assessment
Low ropes course risk assessment
Mine exploration risk assessment
Winter mountain walking risk assessment
Mountain walking risk assessment
Mountain biking risk assessment
Problem solving risk assessment
Unaccompanied activities risk assessment
Blue green algae (HABs) risk assessment
Dinghy sailing risk assessment
Drascombe longboats risk assessment
Ghyll scrambling risk assessment
Stand up paddleboarding risk assessment
Paddlesport (no moving water) risk assessment
Paddlesport (moving water) risk assessment
Paddlesport (estuary) risk assessment
Jetty jumping and swimming risk assessment