The valuable role played by volunteers who promote health and safety to businesses and organisations in their area has recently been celebrated at a national awards ceremony, the Alan Butler Memorial Awards for Excellence. The groups provide a local forum for communicating health and safety information nationwide and offer help to employers, particularly small businesses.  They also seek to influence the country’s health and safety system.

RoSPA supports Safety Groups UK, provides its secretariat and hosts its website. Local contacts can be found on the website.

The end of the financial year is fast approaching and to reward our customers RoSPA is offering an additional 10% discount on all Road Safety, Home Safety, Safety Education and Water and Leisure Safety resources until the 31st March.  Make sure you make a last minute budget saving with RoSPA, to find out more visit www.rospa.com/resources/sale.htm 

It is now compulsory for companies to conduct a Fire Risk Assessment.

This is a major change in legislation. As an employer, or as someone who has control of a workplace, you must put in place ‘suitable and sufficient’ fire risk assessments. RoSPA’s new two-day Fire Risk Assessment course has been designed with the advice of a senior fire professional specifically to help you comply with these new laws.

To find out more click here to request a free course outline or call 0121 248 2233.

RoSPA’s specialist range of journals target key health and safety professionals. By advertising in a RoSPA journal you are ensuring that your product or service gets seen by the right people.

For information, or to book an advert just call 0136 782 0367 or email oshadvertising@rospa.com quoting your RoSPA Membership number

Winter sunlight can present drivers with an unexpected hazard. The angle of the sun in the sky will frequently be too low for your visor to be able to help. If you are blinded by glare, reduce your speed.

Reduce the effect of glare by keeping both the inside and outside of your windscreen clean and grease free.

Dark glasses (or prescription glasses if you are short-sighted) are suitable for combating glare, but should be removed whenever the sun goes in. They should not be worn in duller weather or at night as they seriously reduce the ability to see.

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Don’t forget the RoSPA Awards entry deadline is less than 1 week away. All entries must be received by the 19th February to ensure your award is presented at the prestigious Awards ceremony in May at the Hilton Metropole Hotel. Don’t miss out on the many business benefits of winning a RoSPA Award - the ultimate testimonial to health and safety excellence.

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Getting Senior Management on Board

To be effective, management of workplace safety has to start from the top, but getting busy senior management on board is a major struggle for many health and safety managers. In-company Senior Management training can provide a solution:

'Having chosen RoSPA as my in-company training provider for the last three years I can honestly say that they deserve their reputation as market leaders as they deliver the best training available. In particular, RoSPA's Senior Management training was a great success as all those who attended really bought into the importance of health and safety.'

Jeff Bouquet. Health and Safety Manager. Royal Academy of Arts

Welcome to the fourth feature from the RoSPA InfoCentre, which this month gives you the low-down on manual handling, a key topic.

The RoSPA Infocentre is a free resource for RoSPA Members and answers around 400 health and safety related enquiries a month. This feature provides an opportunity for staff to share their expertise by publicly answering some of their more frequently asked questions

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.