VOLUNTARY WORK Public Liability.

[hedgesparrow]

Thanks for your advice. The voluntary group I am going to work for do not have insurance. They are a group of concerned residents in a small village. They have permission to carry out the work, but the council don't want to fund the endeavour.

 

I'm happy to work for free. I'll try the mentioned companies and see if they can offer short term cover for each outing.

 

the council do not want to fund it but you can go ahead and do it for free.

yes be very carefull all of you if anything happens the muck spreader will stop at your doors. just readibg it A makes me mad that the council know it needs doing but will not fund it to be done and that they can let residents do it on there behalf for nowt. thats a good one. if you do decide to carry on then make sure that all of you are insured to the hilt.any chink found in armour if someone gets injured then no fee no win will be drooling to be let in to feast on you lot.if i was the residents then i would have a survey done of the trees and then drop it on the councils door to recitify any faults found its then them who have to carry the can.

not you lot good for being proactive but please be very very careful. got a cold feeling going down back

[aitch]

Good luck anyway, hats off for doing your bit.

[KORNSTER]

The BTCV are a good organisation to be affiliated with if carrying out practical conservation work as a voluntary group. Have a look at Community Support | The Conservation Volunteers for more information as local group can arrange insurance through them, which includes the use of power tools.

 

Thanks for all your posts and suggestions.

 

I have directed the voluntary group to this site. They definitely qualify for a grant and reduced insurance. Excellent information. Cheers.

[Xaltu]

Your welcome, and good luck with the project.

[Tagger]

For voluntary groups, BTCV insurance is probably the easiest option (note: they now call themselves TCV, rather than BTCV).

 

My local group has been affiliated since the group was started in the 1980's. The cost of the insurance depends on how much work you do, and whether or not you want to be covered for power tools or just hand tools. Allow about £150+.

 

Unfortunately, their web site The Conservation Volunteers is down as I type this.