Q: What health and safety regulations apply to youth clubs and how many trained first aiders and fire marshals do they need?
Youth clubs must abide by the current Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981, which requires workplaces to have adequate and appropriate equipment, facilities and staff to enable first aid to be given at work.
All workplaces must abide by these regulations. Additionally, youth clubs should check the rules of any regulating bodies related to their organisation.
Fire regulations require employers to carry out a fire safety risk assessment, put in place appropriate measures to prevent fires and provide enough competent people to evacuate the building in the event of an emergency. Depending on the size and the number of people in the youth club, members of staff trained as fire marshals need to be present in the building at all times. The larger the workplace the higher the number of fire marshals required.
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