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CEC EXCURSIONS

The City of Edinburgh Council (CEC) Communities and Families’ Excursions Policy provides a framework for safe and effective off-site visits. The policy and resources are accessible via the tabs below and intended for use by CEC staff and approved volunteers for CEC excursions only. Contact us for further information.

CEC RESOURCES

CEC employees and approved volunteers should visit this page regularly to check on updated resources. Registered CEC Excursions Coordinators are informed about revised policy information and forms via the coordinator's update, details on how to register can be found in the policy.

The Sport and Outdoor Learning Unit has created resources to support employees and approved volunteers. These include a summary guide flowchart, an induction guide for people new to Edinburgh, various forms to help different types of excursions, and a privacy notice relating to CEC groups. The critical information and consent forms include GDPR information for legal carers.

For employers who are interested in us providing excursions support and training visit Consultancy and Commissioning

CONTACTS

Bangholm

Bangholm Outdoor Centre
23 Craighall Gardens
Edinburgh
EH6 4RJ
0131 551 4368
excursions@edinburgh.gov.uk
overseasexcursions@edinburgh.gov.uk

Documents and Downloads

Excursion Policy

The City of Edinburgh Council's (CEC) Excursions Policy

This is CEC's employer guidance for the safe and effective planning and delivery of Council offsite visits. 

Link to Excursions Policy 

A summary for parents/carers regarding our work in developing an updated overseas visits planning and approval framework. Framework is live and being used by schools to submit visit proposals. 

Excursions Resource Overseas104.12 KB

The City of Edinburgh Council Excursions Privacy Notice

Appendix 4 Privacy Notice Excursions May 15 2018 Vers 1 (pdf 147kb)

Excursion Resources

Locate all excursions resources via the link below. These include residential checklist, forms and other support. 

Link to Edinburgh Excursions HOME.

Risk Assessment Templates

These risk assessment templates are designed for use by The City of Edinburgh Council (CEC) staff and approved volunteers for CEC excursions. These should be adjusted to ensure they are suitable and sufficient for your excursion; your offsite visit linked to specific locations, providers and meets the needs of your participants and supervisory adults.

The links below will take you to a folder so templates can be downloaded. Please remember: these are designed for CEC excursions only and should be adjusted to support specific offsite visits linked to different contexts. Group Leaders, Excursions Coordinators and Head of Establishments are responsible for ensuring risk assessments are suitable and sufficient.

Outdoors

General 'outdoors' risk assessment template link.

Indoors

General 'indoors' risk assessment template link.

Overnight/residential (UK)

Overnight/residential (UK) risk assessment template link.

Transport

Coach risk assessment template link.

Minibus risk assessment template link.

Public trasnport (bus / tram / train) risk assessment template link.

Taxi risk assessment template link. 

The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Expeditions

CEC operates an online DofE community via Microsoft Teams. If you are a CEC member of staff or approved volunteer and are not part of this community, contact Fraser.Robertson@edinburgh.gov.uk for access. This will provide you with access to various resources including a DofE expedition template risk assessment and DofE water provision template risk assessment.