Risk resources
vm3 guides
How to do a risk assessment
Information on
criminal record checks for volunteers
Video
voluntary matters 3 – an exciting
and innovative BBC series of six programmes about inspiring
and motivating volunteers – order
the video
The organisations featured in the programme
Bristol Zoo Gardens www.bristolzoo.co.uk
York Nightstop www.york-nightstop.org.uk
Websites
Information on criminal record certificates, insurance
and taking up references for volunteers
National Association of Volunteer Bureaux
www.navb.org.uk
Information on health and safety, screening volunteers,
criminal checks, vulnerable clients and a useful publication
to buy, 'Safe and Alert'
National Centre for Volunteering www.volunteering.org.uk
Up-to-date guidance on criminal records checks
Criminal Records Bureau www.crb.org.uk
Books and free publications about risk and health and
safety law
Health and Safety Executive www.hse.gov.uk
Advice on personal safety and a free booklet, 'Living
Safely'
The Suzy Lamplugh Trust www.suzylamplugh.org
Online guides on writing a press release and giving
an interview
The Media Trust www.mediatrust.org
Articles
How
to stay cool in a crisis Adam Woolf
PR
hot tips for charities Adam Woolf
What
to do when your charity makes the headlines for the
wrong reasons Nicola Hill
Books
A useful guide on risk and the voluntary sector
Managing risk: Guidelines for medium-sized voluntary
organisations
Caroline Clark (2001) NCVO ISBN 0719915937
For a sociological view on our perceptions of risk
Risky business
John Adams (1999) Adam Smith Institute ISBN 1902737067
For an intellectual debate about the concept of risk
and its history
Against the gods: The remarkable story of risk
Peter L Bernstein (1998) John Wiley and Sons Inc ISBN
0471295639
A lively introduction to the concept of risk
Risk
Deborah Lupton (1999) Routledge ISBN 0415183340
Reading around the subject
Get away from the office and see how people have dealt
with huge challenges
To the pole: Five women in search of an adventure
Caroline Hamilton (2001) Virgin Publishing ISBN 075350507X
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