Overview
A Safety Plan is a document that identifies the hazards associated with a particular building, activity, programme, event, or work project and sets out the controls we will use to manage those risks. It is essentially our written plan for keeping people safe.
We require a Safety Plan for each building and ministry activity because the hazards and risks are different in every situation. A church building may have risks such as slips, trips, fire, asbestos, or working at height, while a youth camp may involve transport, outdoor activities, food preparation, weather conditions, and supervision of young people. A single plan cannot adequately address all these different risks.
Safety Plans help us to:
identify hazards before someone is harmed
assess and manage the risks associated with those hazards
document the controls that are in place to keep people safe
communicate safety expectations to team members, volunteers, contractors, and participants
demonstrate that we have taken reasonably practicable steps to meet our health and safety obligations
provide a consistent process for reviewing and improving safety practices
respond effectively to incidents, emergencies, and changing circumstances
Within our Health and Safety Management Plan, Safety Plans also function as our Hazard and Risk Registers, ensuring that hazards, controls, monitoring requirements, and review dates are documented and maintained.
Safety Plans are managed in Risk Manager and should be reviewed by vestry annually.
Exemplars
Search for a plan in Risk Manager then duplicate to make it your own. The exemplar documents below are for planning purposes only and should not replace the approved plans in Risk Manager.
Ministry Safety Plan Exemplars
MASTER Travel MSP with Hazards (.docx)
MASTER Travel MSP Action Plan (.docx)
FAQs
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No, if your vicarage is being used a residential property it does not need a site safety plan.
But it should meet the Healthy Homes standards, and be inspected and maintained regularly.
