14th April 2009, 02:41 PM
Surely 'fit and healthy' is a relative condition and needs to be taken in context. In this instance volunteers are asked to be fit and healthy enough to take part in the fieldwork, which will presumably involve quite hard physical work: this does not seem unreasonable to me, in fact it might be irresponsible not to include such conditions.
However, without being aware of the full details in this case, I would assume that there are arrangements that can be made for those who do not feel they can take part in the full range of physical activities, for whatever reason, to particpate in other activities appropriate to their abilities: this is quite normal on volunteer and 'training' digs. To make such arrangements it is of course necessary to know the circumstances of the individual.
However, without being aware of the full details in this case, I would assume that there are arrangements that can be made for those who do not feel they can take part in the full range of physical activities, for whatever reason, to particpate in other activities appropriate to their abilities: this is quite normal on volunteer and 'training' digs. To make such arrangements it is of course necessary to know the circumstances of the individual.