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

General Risk Assessment 2019

Fire Risk Assessment 2018

Dynamic Risk Assessment

COVID19 Documents

COVID19 risk assessment (updated March 2021)

COVID19 Infection Control guidance (updated March 2021)

COVID19 Emergency Action Plan (updated March 2021)

Use of Infection Control PPE Protocol

COVID19 Staff Testing Policy (updated March 2021)

Latest

ELHAP-Connects March 2021 Week 5

Week of 29th March 2021 schedule for ELHAP-Connects. A project to help reduce isolation and connect families but also to offer all our children and young people opportunities to play adventurously, to have fun and to be active...
ELHAP-Connects March 2021 Week 4

Week of 22nd March 2021 schedule for ELHAP-Connects. A project to help reduce isolation and connect families but also to offer all our children and young people opportunities to play adventurously, to have fun and to be active...
ELHAP-Connects March 2021 Week 3

Week of 15th March 2021 schedule for ELHAP-Connects. A project to help reduce isolation and connect families but also to offer all our children and young people opportunities to play adventurously, to have fun and to be active...
ELHAP-Connects March 2021 Week 2

Week of 8th March 2021 schedule for ELHAP-Connects. A project to help reduce isolation and connect families but also to offer all our children and young people opportunities to play adventurously, to have fun and to be active...

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.
Roles and opportunities

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

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. We believe that it is every person’s birthright to live and play adventurously and each our projects are based on this founding principle. We offer a range for project for different ages groups and needs
Our families need us now more than ever

No family should be left behind. Read how ELHAP is supporting families in these difficult times.
How to apply

How to apply to become a volunteer at ELHAP
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.
Why work for us

We have a fantastic and dedicated team of over 90 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.
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.
Application forms

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Support ELHAP

We need your support now! It is only with the generosity of people like you that we are able to support over 800 children, young people and adults with disabilities and additional needs from across East London and Essex. Even before COVID19, ELHAP was facing an unprecedented challenge due to the closure of other local services. We now have more families than ever before in need of our support.