The first question to ask is; Is the R Club a business or just a group of people who get together? If it is a business a base H&S policy with the *usual headings [*These are found when U appraise what applies to their business] apply If there is no employer then no policy will be needed - I know large companies who have no employees [?] and its a perfectly OK situation according to legal specialists! All the people who work for such companies actually work for different employers To start U off the areas will include; emergency procedures, first aid, fire, communications, manual-handling, DSE, managing arrangements, accident reporting etc If it is a company with employees I advise that the 'less than 5 employees' bit be disregarded As for the public bit then do what U can under the heading 'managing the public' and if U have had no dealings with the public U will soon find out just how hard it is to 'manage' the public as technically U have no control over them as U do with employees in a 'work' environment but U still have all the problems! Look at HSE guidance etc on the subject

U are correct as 'work' does not need to be via an employment contract nor paid but I feel that HSWA [and the area re policies inside it ] was ment to cover PAYE employees in the prima case so the need to have a policy is aimed at that area in the first instance not for volunteers only. Howere its a good idea to have a policy in either case