Child Protection
Southbourne Canoe Club (SCC) is currently developing a child protection policy.  This can be found in the navigation menu on the left under the title 'Child Protection'.

Car Park (and cars)
The car park (and roads leading to the club) becomes an extremely busy place at certain times of the year when both the rowing club and SCC meet.  Please take care when crossing the car park and do not allow children to roam unsupervised.  Likewise please take care not to damage any vehicles parked in the car park when moving large (and unwieldy) kayaks, canoes and equipment.

Swimming
Under normal circumstances swimming is not permitted as the waters around the club house are dangerous. Powered craft are passing along the river Stour at all times of the day. Swimming is only permitted under the supervision of club coaching staff (usually in conjunction with the teaching of kayak rescue and rolling techniques). Any persons blatantly abusing this rule may be asked not to attend the club in future and their membership may be suspended.

Paddling
It is normal club policy for all beginners (up to BCU 2 star paddlers) to be under the supervision of club coaching staff when on the water. Exceptions to this rule may be made by the senior coach in attendance and will be advised on the day.  All members and non-members must not access the water without first gaining permission of the senior coach in attendance. Any persons blatantly abusing this rule may be asked not to attend the club in future and their membership may be suspended.

Access
As most paddlers are aware access to rivers in the United Kingdom is not a god given right (unfortunately).  As such we need to be aware of the laws and rules governing access to the places on which we paddle and to be sensitive to the needs of other river users (e.g. fishermen).  Please refer to the separate page regarding access which can be found in the 'navigation menu' under the title 'Access'.