With the winter weather setting in, it’s time for site managers and operators to consider the safety implications of freezing temperatures and icy bodies of water. 

RoSPA’s Ice Safety Factsheet offers essential tips on how to minimise the dangers. Don’t leave anything to chance this winter.

This Christmas, buy your loved ones a gift that will really make a difference - enhanced driving/riding skills!

RoSPA is now able to offer a range of Gift Vouchers, to suit the different needs of friends and family members. Choose from:

Gift Voucher 1 - Experienced Driver Assessment
Ideal for all those who would welcome the opportunity to review their driving skills.

Gift Voucher 2 - The Ultimate Driving/Riding Test
A great gift for all those drivers and riders who just want the chance to prove how good they are!

Gift Voucher 3 - Advanced Driver Training
Advanced driving tuition for anyone wishing to enhance their skills or increase their confidence.

Are you already on top of health and safety? 

If so, entering the RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Awards couldn’t be easier, and think of the benefits to be gained including positive media coverage.

Achieving a RoSPA Award is widely recognised as being a benchmark for excellence. There is no better way to demonstrate your commitment to employees, customers, stakeholders and industry peers.

Download an entry form today

The effective management of health and safety within an organisation is dependent on the recruitment of staff with suitable experiences and qualifications. Finding the right candidate is critical, and obviously the more exposure you get for your role, the better your chances of finding the right person…

Why not advertise your vacancy in Safety Connections? Every week this informative e-bulletin goes to 29,000 subscribers in the health and safety community and for just £200 it could carry the news of your job vacancy!

To find out more call Becky Hickman on 0121 248 2119 or email
e-letter@rospa.com

Looking to train an abrasive wheel setter, or even your own in-house abrasive wheel trainer? Book a place on one of the following courses, and get a second place FREE:

Abrasive Wheel Setters’ Course -15 November, now £220/ £240 +VAT for two delegates.

Abrasive Wheel Instructors’ Course - 16-17 November, now £395/£430 +VAT for two delegates.

Call 0121 248 2233 to reserve your places!

Places are still available on the following forthcoming courses, which are running in Edinburgh:

IOSH Managing Safely – 20 Nov 06
NEBOSH National General Certificate – 22 Jan 07
Manual Handling Trainers and Risk Assessors – 11 Dec 06
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health – 27 Nov 06

Call 0131 449 9378 to find out more and to reserve your place.

The 2007 RoSPA Road Safety Congress is the most important event on the road safety calendar.  As always places are selling out fast – so make sure you aren’t disappointed and book your place early on this oversubscribed event. 

Click here for full programme details or to download a booking form.

A Leicester builder’s merchant has recently been fined  £44,000 and ordered to pay £4,000 costs after failure to segregate vehicles and pedestrians resulted in a customer breaking his ankle having been hit by a forklift. This highlights the importance of managing this HSE key issue, which remains the second biggest cause of accidents in the workplace.

RoSPA’s Workplace Transport Consultancy helps organisations by providing an expert to assess the specifics of individual workplaces and formulate an action plan.

RoSPA Members are invited to join Road Safety Minister, Dr Stephen Ladyman in a live web chat about road safety from 4pm on Thursday 9th November.  Dr Ladyman will answer your questions about young drivers, driving for work and other road safety issues. To take part, visit the relevant section of the RoSPA Members’ Zone.

Organisations wishing to share their latest news with the safety community can contact us for details on adding their message to Safety Connections, or sponsoring an issue.

RoSPA is an independent charity and a uniquely comprehensive safety organisation. As a RoSPA Member you will be supporting our mission to save lives through preventing accidents in all walks of life. RoSPA Members also enjoy a range of benefits to help you to achieve your own safety goals, so join RoSPA today and see how we can help you.

You can also support RoSPA by arranging fundraising activities, or through a simple donation. RoSPA also have many sponsorship opportunities.