I have recently (well, few months ago) got involved in STEM (essentially,
professional engineers helping out schools with extra-curricular educational
stuff). So I have had some (very, very limited) exposure to the world of rules
and regs regarding young and/or vulnerable people (and that could include
adults as well). Mention the word "unsupervised" and there might be potential
problems. However, if the previously unsupervised youngster is in the company
of a responsible adult (trusted by both youngster and parents), then I don't
think there would be a problem (OPINION ONLY!!).
Many groups have hit similar problems; the best solution seems to be for any
young people who wish to turn up to drag (sorry, encourage) an adult along
with them. Who knows, they might be interested too!
STEMNET could probably provide advice on this, and it might be worth
contacting them, and displaying the resultant guidance (agreed with the
members, of course) on the website.
Tim B.
On Tuesday 10 Apr 2012 21:22:33 Chris Dennis wrote:
> On 10/04/12 19:02, Dominic Rodriguez wrote:
> > Hi Guys,
> >
> > Is there a minimum age limit for HantsLUG meetings? If so, could you
> > tell me? I am 13 if that helps.
>
> I think we should encourage people of all ages to get involved, but
> (with my boring hat on) we must make sure we don't run foul of any
> tedious rules about parental consent, supervision of young people, CRB
> checks etc., if youngsters turn up without a parent or guardian.
>
> Does anyone have experience of those sorts of rules?
>
> cheers
>
> Chris
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