Risk management

Risk management is the process of thinking systematically about all the 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 also about making a realistic evaluation of the true level of risk.

Apart from protecting your own members, friends, family and competitors/clients from injury or death, there are quite valid reasons why we should all look at developing strong risk management processes.

Below are some help sheets and articles that will help with you with your organisation's risk management.

Help sheets

• Putting in place a risk management strategy
• Risk management: 10 steps to a safer organisation
• Sample risk management register (Download - PDF)

Articles

(Member-only content)

• At risk, from risk: Report finds boards struggle to understand risk