Health & Safety in the Garden Training

Health & Safety in the Garden Training
Tuesday, 9 October, 2018 - 10:00 to 15:30
Address: 
Civic Centre, 10 Queen Street, Inverkeithing, Fife KY11 1PA
Cost: 
(Includes lunch and refreshments) £40 for paying members of Trellis, £50 for projects/individuals in Trellis network, £70 others

Gardening with groups?
Want to understand best practice?
How to tackle risk assessment?
Using and storing garden tools?
And many other health and safety aspects of running a gardening project.

Join us at the Civic Centre and Inverkeithing Community Garden, learn and practice with Alison Butler who has many years experience in developing gardens and gardening with those recovering from alcohol and drug dependency.
 
This training session is useful for anyone gardening in a group environment, or managing group gardening. All welcome at this informal, theory and practical session:  
•    Gain an understanding of health and safety issues in a gardening context
•    How to go about risk assessment (incl. forms and practical considerations)
•    Safe tool use
Time for discussion and questions during the session, risk assessment templates and notes to take away.