INFORMATION FOR PARENTS

1. tRibE
   a) Once your son or daughter is at an event they should stay until the end unless they have to be home before then. If they do need to be home before the end of an event we would appreciate it if you could inform us beforehand. This enables us to keep a better track of them in the event of an emergency either at home or at the church.
   b) We can only accept responsibility for young people once they have been admitted and have registered with us for the evening. We cannot accept responsibility for them prior to this. To register, the young people must pay their subs and have their name recorded in the register by a youth leader. This allows us to establish that (a) we are ABLE to accept responsibility for the young person and (b) that we WANT to accept responsibility.
   
2. Youthgroup
   a) Once your child is old enough to attend Youthgroup, he or she is not required to stay for the whole duration of the evening, members are free to leave early, but will not be re-admitted. Parents must understand that we can not accept responsibility for their child once they have left the premises. If you would like your child not to leave the premises, and to remain under the care of the leaders for the whole duration of the evening, we would ask that you please inform us in writing.
   
3. About once a month the tribe and Youthgroup may undertake events that are outside the church building this may involve travelling a short distance (e.g. Ice Skating at Gosport). These events are indicated (with a ?*?) on the programme. If you need to know the exact location or any other information about the event either before or during the event please do not hesitate to contact any of the leaders. We often carry a mobile phone on trips (Tel : 07976 353409 or 07816165338) for emergencies. Please always obtain a programme from your son/daughter since this will tell you what is on, start & finish times and whether the event is on or off the premises. For other areas of the youth work, events that are held away from the church premises are normally communicated verbally to the young people, so please check with your son/daughter exactly where each event will be held. The leaders will try to ensure that the events finish on time, however especially with outside events, sometimes this is outside our control, so please be tolerant if the group arrives back late. If you are in any doubt to the location or timing of an event please do not hesitate to contact a leader.
4. Some of the activities do cost money and whilst we try and keep the cost to a minimum it is not always possible and sometimes we may have to charge a little extra. When this happens we try to indicate the approximate price on the programme.
5. The youth leaders can only arrange transport for the young people from the church (or otherwise agreed meeting point) to outside events and back again, we cannot arrange for young people to be taken home. Please make arrangements for your son/daughter to be taken to and collected from the church (or otherwise agreed meeting point) if you feel this is appropriate.
6. The youth work has an internet page (http://www.youthgroup.org.uk/) which is kept up to date with the current activities and events. From time to time the internet is made available to young people attending the youth work. This access is provided through a filtered web server, which filters out any inappropriate material. We also maintain a number of pages where young people may leave messages and view pictures taken during events. The pictures may be viewed by anyone, and so in the interest of safety we do not link names of young people to pictures. If you do not want pictures of your child to be included on the internet or any other promotional literature then please delete the appropriate section from the parent consent form.
7. If you would like your son/daughter to be allowed to participate in all the youth work activities, then please sign the attached parent consent form and return it to us. All information supplied on the form will be kept on a computer and used for purposes associated with the youth work. Information supplied will be kept in accordance with the churches data protection policy and disclosure of any medical conditions will not lead to discrimination of any kind. In the unlikely event of an accident and the parents / guardian not being contactable the form gives permission to authorise necessary emergency medical treatment. Our Safe to grow policy statement and any other information concerning good practice is available on request.