It should go without saying, but if you have symptoms DO NOT ATTEND ANY CLUB EVENT, self-isolate, and get yourself a test. Ditto if you have returned from a country or area where you are required to quarantine.
COVID-19 Officer
Mountaineering Scotland has strongly suggested that clubs appoint a 'COVID-19 Officer'. The club feels that this is a good idea, and will, in the event of any outbreak or positive result provide both the club and NHS Test and Protect with a single point of contact. The COVID Officer may be contacted here Currently, the 'officer' is Karen.
Club Day Meets (organised group exercise)
Club day meets have restarted, and can now have with up to 30 people in total. This 'Organised Group Exercise' may occur in any other Level 0 area (currently the whole of Scotland). The usual risk assessment and Test+Protect requirement exists for these 30-people meets.
No car sharing is allowed.
Keep an eye on the meets list for day meets.
In line with Government Requirements, the club must collect the details of everyone attending club day meets, this will be done using an online form. The data will be kept for 21 days after the meet has taken place and then deleted. It will be provided to NHS Scotland 'Test and Protect' if required.
As a reminder: ANY club member can organise a day meet. Doing this through the club enables more than 15 people to meet (with social distancing) as we have a risk assessment and test+protect in place. The only stipulation here is that your meet should be open to all members - eg it should be published via official club sources: Website,Facebook,WhatsApp etc. This is to prevent an ad-hoc free4all and allow everyone to benefit. The rules and process for this are documented here: https://www.ochils.com/events/covid19-meets-risk-assessment
This text is based on the latest info from mountaineering Scotland as agreed with Scot Gov. https://www.mountaineering.scot/coronavirus
Ad Hoc activities between club members (Non organised exercise)
The provision remains for ad-hoc activities with a total of 15 people from 15 households (Level 0). No risk assessment or Test and Protect is required.
Club Cottage
As we have returned to (modified) Level three restrictions, the club cottage can re-open. It is intended to re-open the cottage for bookings from Wednesday 5th May.
Current restrictions for the use of our cottage are:
Club Weekend Meets
Weekend Meets are now planned again. These will be camping meets. They are likely to resume in June. See the calendar or speak to our meets convenor, Chris Hall.
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