Pharos Response
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This week we’ve been delighted to finally be able to meet face-to-face with old and new friends from the adventure sector during our open training courses on Monday and Tuesday at Wokingham Waterside Centre.
Excellent news for school children and providers of residential school trips was announced by the Department for Education yesterday. The precious experience of educational visits has been lost for students for over a year, despite some local day trips being possible.
The vast numbers of survivor testimonies already published on ‘Everyone’s Invited’ have struck hard and deep at the core of everything schools are expected to stand against, which is why it is so shocking and difficult for schools to respond to.
The media keep saying that pubs are ‘among the worst affected’ by Coronavirus but we all know that there has been no ‘eat out to help out’ equivalent grants for the travel and adventure sectors.
As part of our work in advising client schools on their COVID control measures and risk assessments, one control measure in particular relating to kitchens has been flagged by a local Public Health team as a common cause of transmission.
A year ago today, we made the difficult decision to pack up our office and ask our team to work from home. 365 days ago, this was an alien concept, now the norm.
One of the Government’s control strategies aimed at reducing the risk of transmission of COVID-19 is to ensure classrooms are well ventilated.
We have identified a few common areas where schools can further improve to help reduce the impact of a positive case on the school and ultimately to make schools an even safer place
This is a recording of a live webinar delivered on 28th May 2020. Pharos Response Directors Julian Penney and Chris Gallant were interviewed by Activity Industry Mutual’s Sophia Reed about how UK adventure activity providers could draft their critical incident plans.
Pharos Response are delighted to have set up a partnership with EVOLVEAdvice. A well regarded name amongst schools for providing guidance, advice, training and support for educational visits.
