PART 1 Introduction and legal framework
Non-fatal accident rate per 100,000 hours of exposure 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 Rugby Soccer Hockey Netball Cricket Basketball Squash Skiing Athletics Motor sports Tennis Badminton Riding/horse sport Running/jogging Climbing/mountaineering Sailing Public playgrounds Fishing Swimming Golf Bowls Table tennis Table stick sport 0 50 100 150 200 250 300
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PART 2 Risk-beneÝt assessment
THE PLAY BALANCE BENEFITS Play value social physical psychological learning How to cope with real risks Learning how to cope with real risks Reduced risk exposure relocates children from greater exposure Intangible A matter of belief The whole picture Not really amenable to measurement Gestalt therapy Value driven DISBENEFITS Accidents Costs of provision capital revenue Litigation Bad publicity CHARACTERISTICS OF BENEFITS/DISBENEFITS Tangible All too real The reductionist view Measurable by science Evidence-based therapy Value-driven
Policy framework Sets the underpinning values and principles for Risk-benefit assessment Sets the brief for Feeds into Sets the framework for Feeds into Dynamic risk-benefit assessment (only relevant where supervisory staff are present)
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PART 3 Concluding remarks
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