Cadet events - CRB checks

Thanks for the information.

CRB's are free for volunteers, so no problem there but do we need to bother with them if parents are supposedly on site.

I only got CRB checked once I started to instruct for local schools via the county council.  That's fine - they were paying for it.  Ridiculously I then had to have another CRB check for the Girl Guides because I went along to cook at a week long camp.  Two checks simply because it was two separate organisations.  It didn't affect me, because both organisations paid, and could afford to, but would a sailing club be able to do the same?

When I was working in a voluntary capacity last year we had a policy for the very young children that the parents should be present while the sailing went on - these were aged up to about 11.  This is a good get-round, but some kids are put off by mum and dad being there and also mum and dad can occasionally be a bit of a pain!

I suppose that, since as yet the RYA does not require its instructors to be CRB checked, then it seems a bit heavy handed, and costly, to force it onto volunteers.  Every teaching establishment is supposed to have a Child Protection Policy.  Why not have a talk on this pre-Cadet week, for both tutors and parents, so that everyone is informed and key issues - never be alone with a child with a shut door, don't go into the changing rooms when the kids are in there etc, can be discussed and reinforced?