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Insurance - Non Schools

Planet Ark Public Liability Insurance:

  • Planet Ark Environmental Foundation has Public Liability Insurance (PLI).
  • In relation to National Tree Day, PLI is there to protect the public from injury caused by the actions of volunteer tree planters. For example, the jogger who sustains personal injury after tripping over a shovel left on the ground/pathway by a volunteer participating at a planting site.
  • Volunteers are no longer (generally) covered by Public Liability Insurance, prompting a need for some sort of volunteer insurance coverage.

Planet Ark Volunteer Insurance Information for Participants in National Tree Day

  • National Tree Day (NTD) is a volunteer event, which each year sees up to 350,000 volunteers planting at approximately 4000 locations around Australia.
  • Whilst Planet Ark are under no legal obligation to provide volunteer insurance, ‘Voluntary Workers Personal Accident Cover’ has been organised for Tree Day participants as follows:

The essentials:

  • Planet Ark has arranged public liability and volunteer insurance cover for all National Tree Day and Schools Tree Day participants in 2010. This includes activities taking place on any date, so long as the activity is a registered Tree Day event and participants are registered as attending the event.
  • This insurance policy includes cover for death and disability and personal injury.
  • For this cover to be effective each participant (including the site coordinator themselves) must sign in on the petition-style ‘Volunteer Registration Form’. These forms should be supplied at each Tree Day site by the Site Coordinator. ‘Volunteer Registration Forms’ for children under 18 years of age must be signed by their parent or guardian. This form can be downloaded from our web site.

Additional Planting Dates

Planet Ark has secured Volunteer Insurance to cover Tree Day events for any date in 2010 in addition to the primary planting dates of National Tree Day, Sunday, 1 August 2010, and Schools Tree Day, Friday, 30 July 2010.

Safety and Accidents

  • The site coordinator should ensure that the planting site is as safe as possible to minimise the risk of any injury occurring
  • Where possible the site coordinator should hold a first aid certificate or have a nominated qualified first aider on site and must have at least a basic first aid kit available to treat any injuries that may occur.
  • Any injuries that do occur must be documented on an ‘Accident/ Incident Report Form’ and reported to Planet Ark as soon as possible. ‘Accident/ Incident Report Forms’ are available from the website, or by calling the National Tree Day Hotline on 1300 88 5000
  • Never admit liability – an incident is an accident until proven otherwise.

If you have any other questions about National Tree Day and Volunteer Insurance, please call the National Tree Day Hotline on 1300 88 5000.

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