The UK Met Office has issued weather warnings for the forthcoming week connected to the arrival of cold nights and snow showers. What preparations should charities be making ahead of the cold weather?

Thankfully, one of our leading insurer partners, Ansvar Insurance, are on hand to provide some advice around reducing the likelihood of incidents connected to the cold snap. Cold weather brings about a range of risks for charities from people falling, to building failure.

Click on this link to see their full guide.

It covers a number of areas including:

Falls – Small injuries relating to simply falling are common at this time of year. Advice is provided around preparing surfaces before services users and staff or volunteers arrive at a premises.

Internal Water Escape – Further advice is provided around the internal escape of water from burst pipes. These can be very serious claims that can close premises for months, sometimes over a year. Deeper advice is provided in this area.

Further advice is provided for charities that are responsible for empty premises and groups that choose to use temporary heating devices too.