Best Practice Guides
CCPAS 
The CCPAS have some great resources - check out www.ccpas.co.uk We've uploaded 2 of their 'Best Practice' guides which you'll find useful - 'I want my child to stay safe on the net' & 'I want to communicate safely' (this is a guide to using modern technologies such as email, SMS etc with young people).
Health & Safety Executive
The Health & Safety Executive have some good info & downloads on their website. Check out www.hse.gov.uk/pubns
Download here their excellent leaflet on Risk Assessment.
They also have some great info on Health & Safety myths - such as 'Workers are banned from putting up Christmas decorations due to H & S', 'Children are banned from riding at a donkey derby' & 'The HSE have banned stepladders'. To go to the current myths go to www.hse.gov.uk/myth
Amaze 
Claire Lea of Amaze has kindly produced some best practice guidelines covering a number of key areas.
Click on the links below to view the various articles:
Copyright / Artistic Licence - page 1 & page 2
Data Protection - page 1 & page 2
Duty of Care - page 1 & page 2
Equal Opportunities - Part One: page 1 & page 2
Equal Opportunities - Part Two: page 1 & page 2
Food Hygiene - page 1, page 2 & page 3
Health & Safety - page 1 & page 2
Insurance - Part One: page 1 & page 2
Insurance - Part Two: page 1 & page 2
Residentials - Part One: page 1 & page 2
Residentials - Part Two: page 1 & page 2
Risk Assessment - page 1 & page 2
Safe from Harm - page 1 & page 2
The above guides are courtesy of Amaze - www.amaze.org.uk
