Your safety matters to us! We want all our Wildlife Wardens to stay safe while out making a difference — we’d like to keep you around! You’re covered by our third-party public liability insurance when volunteering, and as part of your introductory training, we’ll help you feel confident about spotting potential risks and putting together simple risk assessments when needed.
Organising events for members of the public
If you’d like to run events for members of the public (who aren’t Wildlife Wardens), you’ll need to complete our Leading Volunteers Training first — you’re not covered by ACT’s insurance otherwise.
Interested in taking part? Contact our coordinator to find out more.
📄 Training handout: Leading Walks, Work Groups & Running Community Events
Risk assessment resources
We’ve put together a training guide on how to complete risk assessments, along with a blank template you can use for your own activities. If you have any questions, just get in touch — we’re happy to help!
You’ll also find some example risk assessments below. Please make sure you adapt them to suit your specific activity or location:
- Audrey’s RA for WW visits to Deer Park Farm
- Farm survey RA
- Hedge laying and coppicing RA
- Talk for public in village hall RA
- Leading volunteer events RA
- Litter pick RA
- Manning a stand at a public event RA
- Pond dipping or stream dipping event RA
- Removing tree guards RA
- School visit RA
- Scrub clearance RA
- Surveying hedgerows RA
- Walk in the countryside RA