Teach children about risk
Outdoor education drive to teach children about risk By Cathy Wallace Children & Young People Now 5 February 2008 http://www.cypnow.co.uk/News Teachers and youth leaders should prioritise the educational benefits of school trips rather than fear "rare risks" such as terrorist attacks, according to ministers. Launching the government's Staying Safe action plan today, junior children's […]
Discussion of th brave…
Discussion of the brave “Questions and Answers…But how have we got into this dire strait?” Is it really the case that one or two sad events (like Soham) were enough to trigger the consequent legislative panic? Is it really the case that even intelligent (?) lawmakers cannot look dispassionately at the overall facts but are, […]
All Party Parliamentary Group ‘ARISc’
All Party Parliamentary Group 'ARISc' The next meeting of the APPG 'ARISc' is scheduled for 5th November, 2008. Roy Amlot QC will discuss the Compensation Act, 2006. If a report is required, please contact ian@campaignforadventure.org
Campaign for Adventure – Book reviews
Book Reviews: How to live dangerously by Warwick Cairns, Macmillan, London, 2008. ISBN 978-0-230-71221-8. 188 pages. Licensed to hug by Frank Furedi and Jennie Bristow, Civitas, London, 2008. ISBN 978 1 903386 70 5. 64 pages. These are both excellent books, worth reading by all who prize adventure and challenge. Warwick Cairns has collected a […]
Breaking the Rules
From The Times August 18, 2008 We must train people to break the rules Petty bureaucrats are a necessary evil. But we must instruct them in when to use their initiative and make exceptions Libby Purves Lay out the entrails, read omens and auguries, study the heavens, shake your hoary locks like an ancient seer. […]
Book recommendation…
How to Live Dangerously: Why We Should All Stop Worrying, and Start Living (Paperback) by Warwick Cairns (Author) We live in a society governed by Fear. Packets of peanuts 'may contain nuts', our children are locked away safe indoors, and we are encouraged to fear risks that previous generations took for granted. The result is […]
Times and parents serious
Parents too serious about fun and games Parents who wrap their children in cotton wool and curb their sense of adventure risk turning them into adults who struggle to deal a challenge, a study has found. Half of children have been stopped from climbing trees Photo: Andrew Crowley More on …
Appeals case changes all
The edge of reason A landmark case involving a serious injury suffered during a climbing activity signals a move by the judiciary to encourage personal responsibility. Roddy Macleod gives a run-down of the case that could change the way duty of care is perceived in future Earlier this month the Court of Appeal handed […]
Over Safety prevents children knowing what they can really do
'Yo! Sushi' Leader, Lord Digby Jones, Head Teachers and Industry team up to challenge 'over-safety' culture. The Times, 10.07.08 Simon Woodroffe, founder of Yo! Sushi and a judge on the BBC show Dragons' Den, has told The Times that children must be exposed to more danger to help them to cope with the daily risk-taking […]
Esther Rantzen, Daily Mail Article
Esther Rantzen "I blame myself for this rubbish. By revealing the extent of child abuse in the BBC TV programme Childwatch in the Eighties, I was part of the revolution in child protection which created these insidious jobsworths. All we intended to do was alert viewers to the truth – that most child abuse happens […]