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Nothing Ventured (William Warwick Novels, 1)

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One challenge is that within organisationsit is rare to see a consistent, coherentapproach. So while face-to-face staffmay want to give children experiencesthat expose them to a degree ofmanaged risk, their managers, or theircolleagues in charge of health andsafety, may take a different view.

Nothing Ventured... Balancing risks andbenefits in the outdoors aims toencourage readers to take a reasonableand proportionate approach to safety inoutdoor and adventurous settings, andto reassure them that managing risksshould not be a disincentive toorganising activities. It is not a ‘how toguide’. Rather, at a time when manywonder whether society has gone too farin trying to keep children safe from allpossible harm, Nothing Ventured... addsits voice to the call for a more balancedapproach: an approach that accepts thata degree of risk – properly managed – isnot only inevitable, but positivelydesirable.

Some myths have emerged that act as areal barrier to a balanced approach torisk. These myths, summarised in thebox below, are explored in more detailthroughout this publication. Jeffrey Archer was born in London and brought up in Somerset. He was educated at Wellington School, and Brasenose College, Oxford, where he was President of the University Athletics Club, and went on to run the 100 yards in 9.6 seconds for Great Britain in 1966. Ron Rash is renowned for his writing about Appalachia, but his latest book, The Caretaker, begins ...

Because adventurous activities makedemands on children and young people– physically and emotionally – theycannot be entirely risk-free. Indeed inmost cases, at the heart of the offer ismeaningful engagement with real risk –not perceived risk (as in the harnessedzip wire) but real risk, in whichparticipants take a degree ofresponsibility for what happens. It is a popularly held view that the lawnow takes the view that all risk has tobe eliminated, and that when evenobvious risks lead to injury or loss, thevictims will nonetheless be supportedby the courts. The reality is verydifferent, as shown by two precedent-setting legal cases. The first, Tomlinsonv Congleton Borough Council, was acivil liability claim arising from a youngman who suffered permanentlydisabling injuries as a result of divinginto shallow water in a lake in a countrypark. The case went to the House ofLords in 2003, where the claim wasrejected, even though the parkmanagement had identified the risk,but had failed to carry out plannedsafety measures. One of the LawLords judging the case, LordHoffmann, said: “… the question ofwhat amounts to such care as in all thecircumstances of the case isreasonable depends upon assessing,as in the case of common lawnegligence, not only the likelihood thatsomeone may be injured and theseriousness of the injury which mayoccur, but also the social value of theactivity which gives rise to the risk andthe cost of preventative measures.These factors have to be balancedagainst each other.”

Young people of all ages benefit fromreal life ‘hands on’ experiences; whenthey can see, hear, touch and explorethe world around them and haveopportunities to experience challengeand adventure. Nothing Ventured... is aimed ateducational and recreation practitionersand managers working with children andyoung people, including teachers, youthworkers, early years, play and out ofschool professionals and others workingin children’s services. It has a focus onadventurous activities, although much ofthe content is relevant to other learningcontexts. It is written with an Englishlegal and policy context in mind, but isalso relevant to those engaged inoutdoor activities in Wales, Scotland andNorthern Ireland, and – to a degree –beyond these shores. Another sweltering month in Charlotte, another boatload of mysteries past and present for overworked, overstressed forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan.

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