Club / School Partnerships

Opportunities may arise as you develop links with local schools. For more formal arrangements, it is often necessary to enter into a partnership agreement with the school. These general agreements devote much of their wording to setting out how clubs more 'portable' than a gliding club visiting a school will conduct themselves. It may make sense for an instructor to visit schools to do some ground school work, so don’t dismiss the possibility of visiting the school concerned.
You will need to negotiate an arrangement that suits both parties and, if you work with more than one school, you may find that you have to set up different agreements with each school.

We have developed a draft agreement document (gliding generic) which has been designed to be adapted to suit local needs.
Insurance: many Local Authorities require £5m Public Liability Insurance. This is higher than that generally required by law and BGA regulations for gliders. Mitigating this mis-match can be achieved two ways:

- You probably have £5m cover on aggregate of more than one policy (Airfield operator & aircraft), so it is worth discussing if this will suffice. Many Local Authorities are content with this.

-  If not, you can arrange £5m PLI cover for the days concerned on the aircraft required; make it clear this additional cost will need to be paid regardless of whether flying takes place.