Every organisation faces a certain amount of risk, whether it's ensuring the
health and well-being of their volunteers or protecting their premises. This Help Sheet
is designed to help groups recognise the present and future risks that their group
may face and also to set up a disciplined strategy to try and address those risks.
What is risk?
Risk is virtually anything that threatens or limits the ability of a community or organisation to achieve its mission.
It can be unexpected and unpredictable events such as destruction of a building, the
wiping of all your computer files, loss of funds through theft or an injury to a member
or visitor who trips on a slippery floor and decides to sue. Any of these or a million
other things can happen, and if they do they have the potential to damage your
organisation, cost you money, or in a worst case scenario, cause your organisation to
close.
What is risk management?
Risk management is a process of thinking systematically about all possible risks,
problems or disasters before they happen and setting up procedures that will avoid
the risk, or minimise its impact, or cope with its impact. It is basically setting up a
process where you can identify the risk and set up a strategy to control or deal with
it.
It is also about making a realistic evaluation of the true level of risk. The chance of a
tidal wave taking out your annual beach picnic is fairly slim. The chance of your
group's bus being involved in a road accident is a bit more pressing.
Risk management begins with three basic questions:
1. What can go wrong?
2. What will we do to prevent it?
3. What will we do if it happens?
Why should we bother with risk management?
There are a number of reasons why a community or non-profit group should put
some time into considering risk management and it does go beyond the recent issue
of rising insurance premiums.
1. For your own safety
You want an atmosphere where everyone in your group feels safe and secure
and knows their safety and security is one of the paramount considerations in
every activity your group undertakes. A group that does this is normally a
group that boasts a happy, loyal and effective membership or volunteer
force.
2. For the safety of the people you are trying to help
The mission of most community groups is to help people, not harm them. If
you are providing services for outside clients/groups the aim is to enhance
their lives not do something that causes them pain, either physical or mental.
3. The threat of possible litigation
In the current circumstances this is a very real threat. Litigation is increasing
according to the Insurance Council of Australia as are the size of the payouts
for people who successfully sue. Not every group has faced legal action and
not everyone who gets hurt then sues over it but by setting up a risk
management strategy you can reduce the chance of people taking costly
legal action against that will financially hurt your organisation.
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YanıtlaSilYigit your summary is quite easy to understand. Nevertheless, a few examples would have made it much more interesting. And perhaps it would have been better to talk on other insurance councils and the situation in other countries as well and not just focus on Australia. Again, I found the explanation concise.
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