Safety & Safeguarding Guidance

The Hants & Dorset Amateur Rowing Association (H&D) along with British Rowing is committed to the ongoing development, best practical guidance and support towards Safeguarding Children, Young People and Adults. Along with the British Rowing Safety Policy and Code of Conduct the H&D adopt the British Rowing (BR) guidance, policy documents and procedures with some minor revisions to reflect the H&D Clubs and Regattas.

Key Documents and websites are available to download here:

H&D Water Safety Policy

BR RowSafety

H&D Safeguarding Policy

BR Safeguarding

British Rowing provide a number of Training Aids on Safety for anyone involved in rowing activity who wants to learn more about being safe.

Safety Basics Risk Assessment Module

This course will help you to develop a basic understanding of safety in rowing.

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Intermediate Risk Management

This module will help you to understand risk and to produce your own Risk Management Plan for activities.

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Advanced Risk Managements Module

This module will help you to assess risk, which is one of the key roles of a Club and Event Rowing Safety Adviser.

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It is recommended that all Club Water Safety Advisors (CWSA) complete these modules.

British Rowing Safety Information /Incident Reporting:

The BR Website

Guidance on how to find/access the Safety pages and Incident Reporting.

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Incident Reporting

To report an incident on the BR Incident Reporting System.

CLICK HERE

H&D Club Water Safety Advisors (CWSA) Safety

Name	Club	Contact
Paul Newman	Bournemouth RC	paulnewman471@btinternet.com
Clifford Skinner	BTC RC	cliffskinner199@gmail.com
Richard Cooper	Christchurch RC	safety@christchurchrowingclub.co.uk
Baris Tascioglu	Coalporters ARC	B_tascioglu@yahoo.com
Gary Joyce	Itchen Imperial RC	g.joyce@ntlworld.com
Chris Bunce	Lymington RC	larcsafety1881@gmail.com
Julia Coulson	Newport RC	safety@newport-rowing.co.uk
Helen Dailey	Poole ARC	Helen.dailey@poolerowingclub.com
Steve Draper	Ryde RC	tigersteve1050@gmail.com
James Thompson	Shanklin & Sandown RC	james.thompson@baesystems.com
SARC Secretary	Southampton ARC	sarcsecretary1@gmail.com
Mike Gisborne	Southsea RC	safety@southsearowingclub.co.uk
Bastien Leclair	Worthing RC	safety.worthingrc@gmail.com

H&D Safety Information

H&D ARA "portable" Defibrillator

The Hants & Dorset ARA has a portable defibrillator which will be passed from event to event along with the Race Officials Safety Kits and Life Jackets ensuring that there is a defibrillator at every H&D ARA event.

The unit is a - Phillips Heartstop HS1 First Aid Defibrillator with soft carry case, a 4 year battery, a set of adult pad cartridges and is described as “uncomplicated and easy to use”.

Additional information on the Defibrillator can be downloaded here in pdf format or watch the training video on YouTube: