Afternoon, I put a question up about skydiving and got a couple of responses, for which thanks very much. Our events people also would like us to relax our prohibition on abseiling and bungee jumping. Now, assuming we do this properly with due diligence on the providers and so on, does anybody have any views about the relative risks, compared to other common fundraising activities such as bikerides, marathon running and so on, of these two activities. Once again any offers of actual numbers would be gratefully recieved, oterwise just opinions, John

I use to skydive; caving; vertical (head first) abseiling; white water rafting etc………………… I’ve never had a serious injury until I got on the back of a horse! Use competent and experienced professionals, look for accredited bodies and get the providers checked out thoroughly. ENJOY THE FUN!

Thanks for the responses so far. To add a bit of context about our in-house prohibition, we are a Charity which provides care for, among others, people with acquired brain injury. The reason for the prohibition is that these activities, if they go wrong, are a good way for people to acquire a brain injury, hence the reason for the ban. However, I and the events team think there has not been an adequate risk assessment, as we do condone and even promote activities which are arguably even more hazardous. So any more opinions welcome, and again, if anybody can point me in the direction of useful numbers; I have tried googling but didn't come up with anything substantial, John