We care about your safety while you are abroad. In the event of an emergency or crisis situation in your host city or country eg a natural disaster, severe weather or other major incident, please follow these procedures;

• Get safe and stay safe
• Assess the situation
• Follow any guidance given to you by local authorities
• Follow any guidance given to you by your host institution
• Follow Foreign Commonwealth Office (FCO) guidance
• Call or email home
• Keep family and Go Abroad staff updated

In an emergency we will:

• Check FCO guidance
• Make contact with you if you are in an affected city or immediate area to check that you are safe
• Email you if you are in an affected country to check that you are safe
• Monitor our emails accounts in case you are trying to contact us
• Monitor newsfeeds
• Provide assistance as required
• Courtesy call parents/next of kin if you give us your permission

You must complete and return your risk assessment form before you go abroad.