RoSPA in the 21st Century
2000 RoSPA gained Binder Hamlyn Arthur Andersen 1999 Best Practice Awards for Charities in "Exceeding Customer Expectations" and "Strategic Leadership" categories. The work related road safety task group was set up by the Government to tackle management of occupational road risk. RoSPA joins the group. RoSPA also joined the Accidental Injury Task Force at the invitation of the Government. RoSPA called for one ministry to be made responsible for water safety. A water safety audit was carried at the wildlife pond at No 10 Downing Street. Around 6,000 playground inspections were carried by the RoSPA playground services team. Norwich Union and RoSPA launched a new website for young workers at www.youngworker.co.uk
2001 The Department of Trade and Industry enabled RoSPA to expand home safety work with a large Modernisation Grant. A further £600,000 was made available to local home safety projects through a scheme administered by RoSPA for the DTI. A national water safety conference, the first for many years, was oversubscribed. The Safety Education department provided most of the lessons for a new Government website promoting road safety education among primary school teachers. The guides on safety on beaches and safety at inland water sites were relented so they could become voluntary national standards. In Europe RoSPA lobbied for a directive of pedestrian friendly fronts for new cars. Extensive comment was provided on the Revitalising health and Safety consultation from the Health and Safety Commission. Enlightened companies began to ban their company vehicle drivers from using mobile phones while driving.
2002 RoSPA supported further attempts to legislate against the use of mobile phones while driving. RoSPA's revamped website came on line and included a members' site and a staff intranet. RoSPA invited high performing companies to become Partners in Progress and support the development of RoSPA's occupational safety and health work for three years. The Occupational Road Safety Alliance was established.
2003 The ban on the use of hand held mobile phones while driving was finally achieved. The child car seats website, www.childcarseats.org.uk, was launched and was an immediate success. The RoSPA Driver Risk Assessment system was launched. The first award for Managing Occupational Road Risk was made. Increased Government funding provided a member of staff to promote RoSPA's key issue: The need to improve safety in the built environment. It seeks to persuade housing providers to include 10 basic safety features in the design of new homes which it is believed could have a major effect on accident figures.
The post of RoSPA home safety liaison officer for Wales has been made permanent thanks to joint funding from the Welsh Assembly's Housing and Health departments.
The Society worked with the European Child Safety Alliance on a Europe-wide project and a website - www.childsafetyeurope.org/watersafety - has been set up as part of a drowning prevention campaign.
2004 RoSPA was awarded the DTI contract to provide a public information service using the HASS/LASS database. The Government proposed regulations to control tap water temperatures. This was one of the 10 basic safety features which RoSPA said was needed to improve the safety of the built environment.
Deaths on Britain’s roads reduced by eight percent to the lowest number since records began in 1926.
The National Home and Leisure Safety Committee called for a ban on the use of baby walkers following a long history of accidents involving the product.
For the first time, police officers attending the scene of a road accident had to record if the journey was for work purposes.
The National Water Safety Forum was founded.
2005 The RoSPA Advanced Drivers’ Association celebrated its 50th anniversary with events at the House of Lords and around the UK.
Driver Profiler, a RoSPA online risk assessment tool, allowing bosses to measure the strengths and weaknesses of their employees’ driving without leaving the workplace, won a British Safety Industry Federation Product Innovation Award.
For the first time RoSPA’s premier occupational health and safety award, the Sir George Earle Trophy, went overseas to Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company of Bahrain.
The House of Commons Work and Pensions Select Committee backed RoSPA’s call for work-related road safety to be given a higher priority. It also supported the Society’s case for work-related road accidents to be reportable to the health and safety enforcing authorities.
RoSPA secured funding from the Department of Health to develop an accreditation scheme for both permanent and temporary LASER Schemes.
The Society collaborated with the European safety organisation ANEC to draft recommendations for safety standards for hotel and other tourist-related swimming facilities.
RoSPA worked with DriveTech (UK) Limited to develop ROADTest - the first advanced driving test designed purely for business drivers.
2006 RoSPA was heavily involved in the launch of Safety Groups UK. This was formed out of the National Health and Safety Groups Council, a body representing around 80 community-based groups, which give advice to small and medium-sized businesses in their area.
The RoSPA Advanced Drivers Association was renamed RoSPA Advanced Drivers and Riders to recognise the increasing motorcyclist membership.
The work goes on, check out the rest of the RoSPA website for the very latest news.
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