So you want to raise some money and come up with an event which involves the sea?
You want to do something different and paddle a surf board from point A to point B
What should you be doing?...Simple talk to the Coastguard and take some advice, it might save your life, but also save thousands of pounds in rescue costs.
It's not big brother trying to watch you, it's not a nanny state, rescue work is serious, costly and time consuming for those involved.
It's why we ask anyone thinking about an event or planning a trip, just to make a simple phone call to start with and speak to one of our staff in the Operations Rooms in the Rescue Centres. It's free by the way and if the event is big enough you might be asked to take part in a Safety Advisory Group to help you further.
A Safety Advisory Group or SAG is normally chaired by the local Council and brings together people from all the emergency services and interested parties involved in a planned event. It's not there to stop an event its there to assist in the planning and ensure your event passes as smooth as possible. It also allows the emergency services to plan and be aware of peaks in demand.
(Any organiser of an event has to provide their own safety cover - you can no longer write into your risk assessments that the emergency services are your cover)
So please, think ahead, think safety
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