As plant life springs back to life, you’ll need to find someone to do the yard work, gardening, mowing and tree-trimming this summer. Like many, your nonprofit might be weighing the pros and cons of hiring professionals for landscaping versus using volunteers. With volunteers, you could save on budget while engaging the local community. But landscaping and horticultural labor does carry the
Heat exhaustion is one of three heat-related syndromes, with heat cramps being the mildest and heatstroke being the most severe. While heat exhaustion is in the middle, this syndrome must be taken seriously.
According to the Mayo Clinic, your body needs to maintain a normal core temperature near 98.6 F. In hot weather, your body cools itself by sweating. However, when
While most of volunteers or members won’t be doing extremely physical labor for your organization, there are occasions where it can be helpful to think about overexertion prevention.
Overexertion can be caused by a variety of incidents—not just heavy lifting or manual labor. Overexertion can cause disorders of the soft tissue, specifically of the muscles, and may
At Lockton Affinity, we custom tailor, implement and manage insurance solutions for a wide variety of industries. Along with customized insurance programs, we provide risk management resources, too.
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Like for-profit companies, a non-profit company has many unique challenges. More often than not, you will need multiple non-profit insurance policies to stay fully protected.
Whether your company is a global non-profit helping others around the world or a local affiliate making a difference in a small community, insuring against day-to-day risks just makes sense.
The needs of non-profit businesses vary, but these
Whether you are a national non-profit or a local affiliate maintaining a community center, hosting a fund-raising event, or having volunteers working in the field, following these tips for non-profit risk management just makes sense. Protect your non-profit members and affiliates from everyday risks with these best practices:
Slips, trips and falls make up the majority of all general