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Achieve more with the RoSPA mark of excellence

The annual RoSPA Awards recognise high performers in health and safety management and offer an ideal way of demonstrating commitment to high standards of health and safety management.

Previous entrants / already registered?
The 2008 entry form and guidance notes have now been published and are currently being mailed to previous award winners and new enquirers. Please allow a few days for delivery.

New enquirer - not yet registered? - Receive an entry pack.

• Achievement Awards: (merit up to Gold) recognises individual performance of organisations or multiple sites/branches, for which supporting documentation must include local as well as corporate information.
  
• Industry Sector Award: whole organisations are encouraged to enter at this level, which also involves comparison with the other entries in the same sector to find the ‘best in class’. The entry fee includes provision of feedback, which can give valuable pointers for further improvement.
• Specialist Awards: recognises high performers in environmental management, managing occupational road risk, health and safety training provision and occupational health management. Entry is free of charge but a separate submission is required, in addition to either an achievement or industry sector award entry.
  

Early entry discount - Save £50 on the standard entry fee!
All entries received at RoSPA by 28th January 2008 will qualify for an early entry discount.

See your 2008 RoSPA Awards entry pack for details and visit www.rospa.com/awards regularly to check for updates.

Grab safety with both hands this Christmas . . . order RoSPA’s special glove puppets as gifts!

Tufty the Squirrel and Willie the Weasel, the children’s favourite safety characters, have been specially commissioned by RoSPA from one of Britain’s finest soft toy manufacturers.

Both characters are available at a special price for the festive season, so enjoy these fun and cuddly puppets, widely regarded as true collectors’ items!

Christmas package offer:

Tufty the Squirrel and Willie the Weasel: £25.00 for both, with free postage and packing including next day delivery

Offer until 19th December 2007

Call the sales hotline on 0121 248 2233

This new 1 – day course reflects the Fire Regulations and is designed for managers, supervisors, safety representatives and others with the responsibility for fire safety.

What will delegates learn?

Course dates: Birmingham 08 Jan 08 Hertfordshire 26 Feb 08 Leeds and Manchester – coming soon!
	Call 0121 248 2233

There are two important reasons why employers cannot ignore or defer the issue of at-work driving risks:

1. The law says all employers must carry out a risk assessment if any of their employees drive on business, either in company vehicles or in their own vehicles. Directors and managers of firms that don't do this run a real risk to themselves - of prosecution and the subsequent likelihood of heavy fines or even being sent to jail.

2. Accidents and incidents cost businesses a huge amount of money in repair bills, higher insurance premiums and lost working time. Dealing with the road risk issue will save your organisation time and money and increase its profits.

We can now bring you the unique answer to road risk. Hour for hour and pound for pound, this is the most cost-effective and complete solution you can choose - and it's easy to use. RoSPA's MORR Complete Compliance Review is the most compliant solution for your legal requirements. It provides you with risk profiles of all employees who drive on business and gives you a tailored plan of essential actions and recommended steps, and much, much more Our solution simply and effectively delivers a total road risk solution for any size company. Visit our website to learn more.

Join Tesco in benefiting from a full review of your fleet's road risks.

Alternatively call 0121 248 2084 or email morrccsales@rospa.com

RoSPA currently offers help with managing your strategic health and safety responsibilities with a range of Specialist Directors' Consultancy services including:

Directors' Health and Safety Reporting (HSR)
Quality Safety Audit Scheme
Going Public on Performance
Corporate Social Responsibility and Reducing Absenteeism

Now, in addition to the above, we are launching a Director's Briefing Service; a new and unique, tailored consultancy package, delivered exclusively by Roger Bibbings MBE, RoSPA's National Occupational Safety Adviser.

Roger is a Chartered Fellow of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health and the recipient of both RoSPA's Distinguished Service Award as well as the IOSH President's Distinguished Service Certificate.

No business, however outstanding, can afford to delay reviewing their corporate governance of health and safety. Directors need to be able to show that they have taken all reasonable steps to manage risks, and have effective health and safety management systems in place, including arrangements for involving their workforce.

To help directors and senior managers to assess their leadership in this vital area, RoSPA has developed a service that can be tailored to any business, helping organisations and employers understand this confusing area of health and safety and the law.

For more details on this new service please contact John Lester, General Manager Workplace Safety at jlester@rospa.com

Visit our Directors' Consultancy Services web page now for more details.

Within the transport and logistic sector 3,437 major injuries such as a fracture, amputation, dislocation or loss of sight were reported in 2005/06. Handling caused 15% of major injuries. It is a very dangerous area to work in.

To combat the problem of manual handling injuries, and helping organisations to reduce accidents and keep their staff safe, we offer a four-day training course: Manual Handling for Logistics

This course is suitable for all those working in distribution, retail, warehousing or any part of the logistics process and who are responsible for educating others in manual handling.

Training with RoSPA on this course is a cost-effective way to train a trainer, who can then disseminate the skills around their workplace.

Next start date: Birmingham 10 Dec 07

For the course outline, visit our website

For additional information and/or to book call 0121 248 2233 today.

RoSPA's Quality Safety Audit (QSA) is an effective health and safety auditing service that not only provides the legal framework for compliance, but also lays the foundations for continuous safety improvement to make your business more competitive.

We can implement the audits for you, with one of RoSPA's highly experienced consultants, or we can train your staff to undertake the QSA audits themselves.

QSA will help you get a clear return on your investment through a system which:

For more details on our popular auditing system please visit our website

Alternatively speak to a member of our sales team for more information and/or to make a booking.
Call 0121 248 2233.

Are you... a professional in a position to perform an audit of your organisation's safety management systems? Do you have some knowledge and/or experience of health and safety?

The RoSPA's 5 day Quality Safety Audit Training is for you. Next start date is:

11 Feb 08 - Edinburgh
25 Feb 08 - Birmingham

Call 0121 249 2233 NOW!

We are seeking a self-employed high calibre CMIOSH Associate Consultants to help deliver consultancy and training direct to our clients, complimenting our own high quality staff.

These events will be at either customer premises or at one of our many pre-scheduled events throughout the United Kingdom. Ideally we would like to see people who have had experience in advising clients on health and safety policies/procedures, implementation of policies and procedures, experience of auditing safety management systems and knowledge of auditing to OHSAS 18001 standards.

For more details, please email the HR dept at: shope@rospa.com or call 0121 248 2022

In June 2005 the retail industry employed 2.9 million people. This equates to one in nine, or 11%, of the total UK workforce.

FACT: There were 16 fatal injuries to workers in retail and wholesale trade in 2005/06.

FACT: Dermatitis, upper limb disorders and stress are the predominant causes of work-related illness in this sector.

FACT: Four of the fatal injuries to employees in these sectors were due to being hit by a moving vehicle.

The retail industry needs to combat the predominant causes of work-related illness by practicing better health and safety management.

Utilise RoSPA's 90 years of experience in safety and health with our consultancy services. We work within the retail sector alongside companies such as yours, striving to support corporate goals and strategies with health and safety confidence and compliance.

RoSPA Consultancy service - decades of knowledge, committed to help . . .

RoSPA's consultancy service has been a prolific source of health and safety advice for all sectors and leading companies for decades. We have identified the following consultancy services that can help you manage the risks in the retail industry:

Stress Manual Handling Slips, Trips and Falls Noise and Dust Workplace Transport RoSPA Health and Safety Review.

Call 0121 248 2233 now for the all the details, including prices, availability and information on how RoSPA can make you compliant to the law, safer in your environment and competent in your management practices.

Did You know: RoSPA has a dedicated web page for the retail industry