Safety and safeguarding

A working farm needs clear care, boundaries and common sense

Celtic Roots is a real farm and community platform. We welcome families, members, producers, volunteers, schools and partners, so safety and safeguarding need to be visible, practical and reviewed as we grow.

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Our public commitment

Children and families
Children should feel safe, listened to and appropriately supervised. Parents and guardians must tell us about medical needs, allergies, support needs and anything that may affect safe participation.
Active farm environment
Visitors should expect uneven ground, weather, tools, animals, gates, tracks, mud and changing farm activity. We adapt sessions when conditions change.
Food and allergens
Food, BBQs, produce, workshops and events must be handled carefully. We ask for allergy information where relevant and will not promise an allergen-free farm environment.
Data and privacy
We only ask for information that helps us run memberships, bookings, safety, communication and support. Children’s details should be handled with extra care.

For education, events and child sessions

  • Children must be booked in by a parent, guardian or responsible adult.
  • We ask for emergency contact, allergies, medical notes and support needs where needed.
  • If a child needs 1-to-1 support, their parent or guardian must stay on-site with them for the session.
  • We reserve the right to stop, move or adapt an activity because of weather, ground conditions, farm work, behaviour, illness, animal welfare or safety.
  • Concerns about a child, adult or visitor should be raised with us immediately. If someone is at immediate risk, contact emergency services.

For visitors, members and volunteers

  • Wear footwear and clothing suitable for a working farm and changing weather.
  • Follow signs, boundaries and instructions from the Celtic Roots team.
  • Do not enter animal areas, growing areas, buildings, machinery areas or private spaces unless invited.
  • Tell us about accidents, near misses, unsafe conditions or anything that made you uncomfortable.
  • Do not attend if you or your child are unwell and could pass illness to others.

Safeguarding

We align our approach with Welsh safeguarding guidance and will keep a named safeguarding lead, concern-recording process and escalation route as the education work grows.

Welsh Government safeguarding guidance

Health and safety

We use risk assessment to identify hazards, decide who could be harmed and control risks before and during farm activities.

HSE risk assessment guidance

Food and data care

We must handle food hygiene, allergens, labelling and children’s data carefully, especially where events, education and online bookings overlap.

Food Standards Agency guidance ICO children’s data code

What still needs to sit behind this page

This page is the public version. The internal working documents need to be kept current before and during delivery.

Written safeguarding policy and named lead
Risk assessments for farm tours, education, volunteers and events
Accident, incident and near-miss log
Emergency contact and parent consent process
Food hygiene and allergen process for BBQs, events and boxes
Volunteer, producer and partner conduct expectations