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Clubs and Groups

Useful Links

Below are a list of websites that we think are useful for those people working in the outdoors or planning educational visits.

The service works closely with some clubs and organisations working to improve the opportunities available to the people of Birmingham.

Click here to see some of those groups and links.

Organisation

Website Address

Government Departments

 

Health & Safety Executive

www.hse.gov.uk/

HASPEV and 3 part supplement

http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/wholeschool/healthandsafety/visits/

Health and Safety Executive School educational visits Pages

www.hse.gov.uk/schooltrips

The Home Office

http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/

The Home Office - Immigration and Nationality

http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/

Health and Safety (Teacher pages)

www.teachernet.gov.uk/wholeschool/healthandsafety

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029390554

DVLA - driving a minibus

http://www.dvla.gov.uk/drivers/drvmbus.htm

Department of Education and Skills - Home Page

www.dfes.gov.uk/index.htm

Department of Trade and Industry

http://www.dti.gov.uk/

To apply for a new EHIC card (Previously E111)

https://www.ehic.org.uk

 

 

National Governing Bodies

 

British Canoe Union

http://www.bcu.org.uk/

British Mountaineering Council

http://www.thebmc.co.uk/

Snowsport England (Formerly English Ski Council)

http://www.snowsportengland.org.uk/phpnuke/html/index.php

Mountain Leader Training Board

http://www.mltb.org/

National Caving Association

http://www.nca.org.uk/

Association of British Riding Schools

http://www.abrs.org/

British Sports Trust

http://www.bst.org.uk/index.html

British Cycling Federation

http://www.bcf.uk.com/index.html

Royal Yachting Association

http://www.rya.org.uk/

British Orienteering Federationhttp://www.bof.org.uk

 

 

Unions and Associations

 

AALA - Adventurous Activities Licensing Authority

http://www.aala.org/index.php

NAHT - National Union of Headteachers

www.naht.org.uk

SHA - Secondary Headteachers Association

www.sha.org.uk

NASUWT - National Association of schoolteachers and Union of women teachers

www.nasuwt.org.uk

ATL - Association of  Teachers and Lecturers

www.atl.org.uk

UNISON

www.unison.org.uk

OEAP - Outdoor Education Advisors Panel

www.oeap.info

Institute for Outdoor Learning

www.outdoor-learning.org

NUT - National Union of Teachers

http://www.teachers.org.uk/index.php

 

 

Others

 

RIDDOR (Reporting of Injuries, Diseases & Dangerours Occurences Regulations)

www.riddor.gov.uk/

HASPEV (Health & Safety of Pupils on Educational Visits)

www.geographyfieldwork.com/StandardsLEAs.htm

BAALPE (British Association of Advisers & Lecturers in Physical Education)

www.baalpe.org/

Duke of Edinburgh's Award

http://www.theaward.org/

Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents

http://www.rospa.com/CMS/index.asp

Employers Guide to Fire Safety

http://www.archive.official-documents.co.uk/document/fire/index.htm

Adrian Rainsford Centre Corris,

A residential centre run by The College High Specialist Arts School, Erdington

 

 www.arcwales.org.uk

 

Coboc

City of Birmingham Orienteering Club

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