Newton News received a phone call from a mother of a 16 year old young man who was refused access to the new ROF 59 Trampoline area unless he had an adult of 18 year old supervising.
The mother thought this would put a lot of people off using the facility. We contacted Managing Director Julie Finley who has sent the following response:
Dear Sir,
The number of trampoline parks are limited and earlier this year one trampoline park in Scotland was closed down by HSE due to the number of RIDDOR’s. This had an impact on the number of underwriters in the UK willing to write cover on trampoline parks. I have battled for 6 months to obtain insurance and the underwriter has given very specific guidelines which must be adhered to.
The guidelines state that a waiver must be signed by every person wishing to bounce and you must be aged 18+ to sign a waiver. Those under 18 must have the waiver signed by a parent or guardian aged 18+ and that they accept responsibility for those person/s. I am currently pulling together a proposal to reduce the age to 16+ to sign the waiver, however those under 16 will still require a parent or guardian of 18+ to sign the waiver and remain on site.
I am aware of the young men who were asked for ID and subsequently turned away, however this is outside of my control and is purely for safety reasons.
This is a highly dangerous activity and we need to ensure that all participants are fully aware of the dangers and are kept safe.
Julie Finley
