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the centre
The Safety Centre (Hazard Alley) Limited
Company Registered Number: 270981
Registered Charity Number: 1019093
We use purpose-built scenarios to encourage children to
identify everyday hazards and develop safe strategies to deal with
potential emergencies. This 'experiential learning' approach makes the
experience involving and stimulating for the children. There is no time
to be bored! All the work underpins key PSHE and Citizenship elements of
the National Curriculum, as does follow-up work that we provide in the
form of follow-up visits made by our in-house teachers.
Annual Open Day
We look forward to seeing you again soon.
This year's open day will be on Sunday 23rd August 2009.
Click here for more details
pre-visits for teachers and Group Leaders
We understand that those of you who have not visited
before may wish to 'try before you buy', so we are happy for you to come
along for a look around prior to your school's / group's visit. See below for our
Risk Assessment, Bursary Form and prices. Please ring 01908
263009 and we can arrange a convenient time for you to come and
see us.
how to find us
Please double click on the 'contact' at the top right
hand side of our home page for map details.
preparing for a visit
Teachers and Group Leaders should view the useful information on how to
prepare for your visit, and the section on curriculum support
information:
Open here for our risk
assessment
• Information on preparing
for your visit
In addition to schools, we can accommodate visits from other groups - brownies, cubs, guides, scouts etc. Many of the scenarios relate directly to work needed to gain badges eg first aid, road safety etc.
how to book a visit
Bookings should be made as early as possible in advance of your chosen date as we are very busy. Regular visitors often book up to a year in advance!
Provisional bookings can be made in the first instance. Confirmation is required as soon as possible and then your invoice will be sent requiring your deposit by return. Your full payment is required two weeks prior to your visit. However, please do not confirm your visit with us until you have confirmed the timings with your coach.
Should the number you have booked for change, please call us immedialtely as you may be able to decrease the charge and we have to allocate our guides for your group.
Your cheques should be made out to: 'The Safety Centre
( Hazard Alley) Limited'
We can accommodate up to 72 children per tour.
Sessions start from 9.30am, 12.30pm and 6.30 pm (these times are flexible) and the tour lasts for 2 hours (1 and a half in the evening). You
should arrive at least 10-15 minutes BEFORE
the tour starts to have an introduction and expect another 10-15 minutes
at the end of the tour for a debrief. The overall time of your visit to
us being a minimum of 2 and 1/2 hours. Staying or arriving for lunch will
add time onto your visit.
We are open from 9 - 5, Monday to Friday, and there is a
24-hour answer phone facility.
To book a visit, please ring 01908
263009 between 10am and 4pm on weekdays, e-mail to info@safetycentre.co.uk or fax to 01908
262771.
the cost
The current cost of a tour is £7.82per child. This will be increasing to £8.31 from Sept 2009. There is no charge for adults accompanying the visiting children, evening visitors are asked to pay for a minimum of 15 children. See Bursary Fund Assistance for help with these costs.
All prices include VAT at the standard rate.
on-line evaluation programme
This programme is linked to your visit at the Safety Centre and pupils take interactive quizzes delivered in your school by the Safety Centre School Liaison Officers.
For more information about the programme, please look at the lesson plans in the "scenarios and lesson plans" page, within the shop lifting, crime and consequences, On-Line Evaluation Programme and follow-up lessons section at the bottom of the page.
follow-up visits
These are available by our Safety Centre teachers to reinforce directly the messages learned during the tour. For more information on these, please look at the lesson plans in the scenario info and lesson plans page - Shop lifting, Crime and the consequences, Internet safety, Vandalism and Drug Awareness, with the appropriate follow-up lessons section.
At the present time, Milton Keynes schools receive 2 sessions per class free of any extra charge. Should a Milton Keynes school wish to have further follow-up sessions, these are charged at £40 +VAT.
From, September 2008, this charge will increase to £50 + VAT.
For schools outside the Milton Keynes Education area, there is a charge of £40 + VAT per session, with discounts for multiple sessions. Again from September 2008, this charge will increase to £50 + Vat per session.
We are sorry to have to increase the cost for follow-up sessions, but increased costs of fuel have forced this upon us. This will be our first increase since November 2005. We hope that you still consider these sessions to be a valuable contribution to the curriculum and continue to use them in the classroom.
bursary fund assistance
There is a bursary available to give limited help with
these costs to schools in Bucks and the surrounding counties. The aim of
the bursary is to provide grants to meet all or part of the costs for children
that are 'disadvantaged' in not to able to benefit from the Safety Centre
facility. Application forms are available from the safety centre, though
all requests are assessed by an independent panel of trustees. The
trustees are not obliged to give reasons for turning down an application
and have the absolute authority in all cases.
Click here to access
the Bursary form.
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