Risky Business or Risk Benefits? with Nicki Farrell
In this episode, we’re talking about why we don’t use risk assessments and what we use instead. Controversial, I know!! But don’t worry, we promise we’re not just reckless cowgirls!
👉 Nicki Shares
How the system works
Why educators dislike writing risk assessments
About the fear of litigation
Why children need risk
Lifelong benefits of a risky childhood
Why the benefits need to be considered in a risk assessment
Values of a balanced assessment
The power of children’s voices
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If you are looking to begin your own nature play business, then you will definitely want to check out our signature online course Your Wild Business, where we go into our Risk Benefit Assessment in immense detail. Yes, we give you a blank template but even better, we also give you a fully completed Risk Benefit Assessment that covers all things Nature Play. It’s just one of 36 different lessons across 3 separate modules and covers everything from getting insurance, over 30 completed policy and procedures, we give you every software program we use to automate our business to give us more time to spend outdoors ourselves, essentially, everything we’ve learnt the hard way over the past 5.5 years. It’s a Nature Play business kickstarter program like no other specifically designed for Teachers, Forest School Leaders, Outdoor Reccies and Early Years Educators who are are ready to leap into the big, wide world of business.
We’ll be opening the next round of our course at the end of November and we will be offering some free training in the lead up. If you’re keen to join our growing group of changemakers or just curious at what this entails, you can head to www.wildlingsforestschool.com/wild-business to join the waitlist to be on your way creating a nature play business deeply rooted in community, values and purpose. Together, we can get more children outdoors reaping the benefits of being outdoors, deeply connected to nature and community.
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