Health and safety

Preventing people from being harmed or becoming ill at ELHAP is a most significant objective of ELHAP. Prevention by taking the appropriate and correct precautions and providing a safe environment for everyone at ELHAP is essential not only because of ELHAP’s legal obligations but because of its charitable objective.

Health and Safety at ELHAP is governed by the Health and Safety Policy and through detailed risk assessments, but it is also important to learn from past experiences. ELHAP therefore conducts an annual analysis into the number of accidents and incidents at ELHAP, their causes and effects as well as the control measures required.

Whilst risk assessments will identify known hazards, it is also important to learn about unknown, unforeseen or new potential hazards. One way of doing so is to review past accidents and incidents in order to identify potential risk related patterns and trends.

Adventure play involves managed risk and is therefore susceptible to accidents and incidents. This does not mean ELHAP is complacent or passively accepting of accidents and incidents. Instead ELHAP always aims to reduce the number and severity of accidents and incidents whilst maintaining a challenging and stimulating adventure play environment to children, young people and adults with disabilities. Finding such a balance is never easy and requires ELHAP to be continually vigilant about maintaining a safe and healthy, but also an adventurous and stimulating environment for everyone.

Key Documents

Health & Safety Statement and Policy

Risk Assessment Policy

General Risk Assessment 2023

Fire Risk Assessment 2023

Water Risk Assessment 2023

Dynamic Risk Assessment

COVID19 Documents

COVID19 risk assessment (updated March 2021)

COVID19 Infection Control guidance (updated October 2022)

COVID19 Emergency Action Plan (updated March 2021)

Use of Infection Control PPE Protocol

COVID19 Staff Testing Policy (updated March 2021)

COVID19 Positive Test Result Flow Chart (updated June 2021)

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About ELHAP

ELHAP provides adventure play opportunities to children and young people with disabilities and complex care needs, from all over North East London and Essex.
School visits

Would you like to bring a class group to ELHAP for an adventure play session? We offer morning and afternoon sessions during term time.
Adventure Play For All - Playscheme

Our Playscheme operates throughout all the school holidays and alternate Saturdays, for children aged between 6 and 18.

Casual Playworkers Vacancies

We are on the search for passionate and enthusiastic playworkers to join the wonderful staff team at ELHAP! As a playworker, you can expect to play all day and ensure that our children and young with very diverse care and support needs have the best possible day!
Vacancies and roles

We have a fantastic and dedicated team of over 100 people employed in different jobs. ELHAP is a professional organisation that attracts people from different backgrounds but with a common passion and determination to help improve the quality of life for each and every person using ELHAP services.
ELHAP services

We don't believe that "one size fits all" - people and families have diverse and changing needs. This is why we offer a wide array of unique projects.
How to apply

How to apply to become a volunteer at ELHAP
Roles and opportunities

We have lots of volunteer opportunities at ELHAP...There is a role for everyone so please apply to volunteer at ELHAP!
Support ELHAP

We need your support now! It is only with the generosity of people like you that we are able to support hundreds of children, young people and adults with disabilities and additional needs from across East London and Essex, each year. We now have more families than ever before in need of our support. We are participating in the Big Give Christmas Challenge. If you'd like your donation DOUBLED, then visit our campaign page between 28th November and 5th December 2023
Why volunteer

Volunteer at ELHAP and make a real difference. There are so many reasons to volunteer at ELHAP, including to gain valuable work experience, develop your confidence and self-esteem, improve your CV and your employability as well as to enhance your UCAS application.
Stay and Play

Children and young people with disabilities can attend ELHAP through our 'Stay and Play' scheme.
The difference we make

ELHAP's services enable children and young people to experience the magic, freedom, creativity, fun and challenges of inclusive adventure play. These experiences impact on our service users in so many positive ways.
ELHAP Bridge

ELHAP Bridge can offer short term placements to “bridge the gap” for some of the children and young people left without school, college or day service provision due to Coronavirus. It may be particularly suitable for children & young people who are not in education or training, whose school place may be at risk.