Community Wellbeing· Medium risk

Risk assessment starter

First-draft risk assessment for a session or trip.

When to use this prompt

Reach for this prompt when you need to first-draft risk assessment for a session or trip. It's designed for Youth worker, Site manager. Typically used within Safety work.

Draft with AI, then have a colleague verify facts and tone before use.

How to use it

1
Gather your inputs
Have your local context, audience and goal to hand.
2
Fill in the template
Copy the template below and replace every bracketed placeholder with real, local context. Keep names and safeguarding details out.
3
Run it in your AI tool
Paste into your preferred AI assistant. Ask a follow-up if the output misses your association's tone or context.
4
Review with the checklist
Work through the human-review checklist below before you send, publish or act on the output.

Prefer a guided flow? Adapt with the guided builder — it fills placeholders from your association profile.

Prompt template

Draft a starter risk assessment for {ACTIVITY} with {N} participants at {LOCATION}. Columns: hazard, who could be harmed, likelihood, severity, controls, residual risk, who signs off. Include safeguarding, medical, and travel risks. Note this is a starting draft that must be reviewed by a qualified colleague.

Replace bracketed placeholders with real context. Never paste identifying details about children, health or safeguarding cases.

Worked example

ACTIVITY: day trip to coast · N: 20 · LOCATION: [beach]

Why this prompt works

Draft in minutes; expert review remains a human step.

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Adapt with the guided builder