Tobagganing on stairs helps risk education
Tobogganing down stairs 'is good for children’ Children should be allowed to take risks, says a headmaster who lets his pupils camp out on school fields and toboggan down staircases to help develop "judgment and common sense". He said that too many schools used health and safety rules as "an excuse for not doing things", […]
‘Children need to have an accident’
'Children need to have an accident' Health and safety "extremists" are preventing children from leading a healthy and robust lifestyle, the head of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents has said. Tom Mullarkey accused "small-minded bureaucrats", of undermining genuine health and safety work. He said officials should concentrate on making Britain "as safe […]
RSA Risk Commission – Risk and Childhood
Ian F. Lewis FRSA – The Campaign for Adventure – RSA Risk Commission – 31st October, 2007 “Campaign for Adventure thanks the RSA Risk Commission for the excellent report ‘Risk and Childhood’. It moves us all some considerable way along this difficult road of taking the right risks and finding the best, if still risky, […]
Campaign Review
The Campaign for Adventure – Ian Lewis The Campaign for Adventure (CfA) is an initiative which aims to improve understanding of the important benefits for individuals and for society which stem from an adventurous approach to life in all its aspects. This Campaign arises from a developing awareness in many quarters that the increasing tendency […]
Campaign Event: 29th October, 2007 at The Mall Galleries
A Celebration of Risk and Enterprise: Monday 29th October, 2007 Campaign for Adventure[CfA] – ‘A Celebration of Risk and Enterprise‘, The Mall Galleries (near Admiralty Arch), is an event with a difference. It will focus on healthy risk taking in an enterprising society and will review CfA’s progress whilst providing a progress report and an […]
2007 – Conservative Party Viewpoint – David Willett
Giving children back their childhood Read David Willett’s speech in full [Coming shortly – the Childhood Regained report in full] David Willetts announced plans to end the compensation culture and “give children back their childhood” in a speech on Monday afternoon. David was commissioned to conduct an inquiry into childhood by David Cameron, and he […]
Some quotable statements & sources
Some quotable statements & sources – a few of any on this site…..
Prince Philip continues his support for the Campaign
Prince Philip continues his support for Campaign for Adventure Prince Philip continued his support for Campaign for Adventure by allowing the use of St George's House, Windsor Castle, for a review of the campaign's progress and objectives following recent successes.
All Party Parliamentary Group – Asking Questions
Libby Purves was Question Master at the recent meeting of the All party Parliamentary Group on Risk and Adventure in Society.
AN OUTBREAKOF COMMON SENSE
AN OUTBREAKOF COMMON SENSE BY JAMES SLACK HOME AFFAIRS EDITOR JUDGES finally took a stand over the compensation culture yesterday, warning that it threatened to destroy the British way of life. The Court of Appeal dismissed a £150,000 damages claim against the Royal British Legion from a woman who broke her leg after falling into […]