Safety

All of our highly experienced instructors hold the appropriate qualifications.  Our procedures are carefully assessed to ensure that the young people in our care will be able to continue enjoying exciting and stimulating activities in the outdoors, without being exposed to avoidable risks.   

A to Z expeditions is registered with the Adventure Activities Licensing Service (AALS) as licensed to provide trekking activities.  License details can be confirmed by calling the licensing service on tel: 029 2075 5715.  The aim of AALS is to provide assurances to the public about the safety of those activity providers who have been granted a license.  

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Our licence indicates that we have been inspected by the Adventure Activities Licensing Service, with particular attention being paid to our safety management systems with young people. We have demonstrated compliance with nationally accepted standards of good practice in the delivery of adventure activities to young people, with due regard to the benefits and risks of the activity.

For further information see http://www.aals.org.uk/

First Aid

All of our instructors are qualified first aiders and have attended activity and terrain specific courses to enable them to deal efficiently with any situation that may arise.  

We cover the principles of emergency procedures in our pre-expedition training and each expedition group is issued with their own first aid kit, which in addition to emergency dressings and bandages also includes plasters and zinc oxide tape to treat minor cuts and blisters.

We recommend that participants undertake further first aid training, which could count towards the Skills section of the award. More information can be found at http://www.theaward.org/

For more information about specific mountain first aid courses please see http://www.andysherriff.co.uk/

Criminal Records Bureau Checks

As part of our child protection policy our staff are vetted by Enhanced Criminal Records Bureau checks.

Insurance

We are fully insured to carry out activities in the outdoors through Activities Industry Mutual, please see http://www.activitiesindustrymutual.co.uk/  for more information.

All participants in the Duke of Edinburgh's award are automatically covered through the Duke of Edinburgh's Award; see http://www.theaward.org/ for more details.