Following advice from Belmont 16s Sailing Club (the parent club) that we would be unable to use the club premises for our print nights and tutorial nights the committee has been making enquiries about another venue and as you know we settled on Valentine Bowling Club as an excellent alternative. This then led to consideration about whether the parent clubs Public Liability (PL) Insurance would cover us whilst we were not meeting on the Belmont 16s premises. What has become clear from these discussions with club management is that it does NOT provide cover for any activities that do not occur on their premises. However, VBC’s PL Insurance would cover our members either as social members of VBC (if you choose to join) or as visitors.
Members should be aware that at present there is no PL Insurance cover in place for any other club activities. Bus outings and ferry trips undertaken in the past may have provided some level of cover via the businesses used to undertake those trips.
Your committee is continuing to investigate the viability of taking out our own Belmont 16s Photography Club insurance but in the meantime members need to be aware that there is no insurance cover unless the gathering is on a club premises. Social picnics , photo shoots and other outings are not official Belmont 16s Photography Club activities at this time. We are not stopping members from doing anything PRIVATELY but at this stage we are not organising any official club activities that are not on premises where we are covered by PL insurance.
