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In light of the recent Government decision to invest £18million in home safety measures designed to protect children in vulnerable families, we are proud to present details of a collaborative conference organised by the London Home & Water Safety Council in association with RoSPA.

When: Thursday 6 March 2008
Where: The London Fire Brigade Training Centre and Museum

Accidents in the home send around 2.7 million people to hospital across the UK each year, and in England and Wales alone, nearly 4,000 people die each year from injuries they sustained at home.

However, home accidents, and their life-changing consequences, frequently go unreported publicly because they happen ‘behind closed doors’, and raising awareness of Home Safety can therefore be a challenge.

The event will be of interest to all those involved in Home Safety including managers, policy makers, development officers and practitioners within primary care trusts, local authorities and the voluntary sector.

Keynote Speakers Include:

RoSPA Workplace Safety Catalogue 2008
Request your copy today – free

No matter how large or small your organisation may be, in whatever sector, RoSPA’s unique mix of resources and services can be invaluable.

The new Workplace Safety Catalogue 2008 is due to be released in January, and Safety Connections is offering the opportunity to pre-book your copy now allowing it to arrive hot off the press.

By providing information, advice, resources and training, RoSPA promotes safety and is actively involved in preventing accidents in all areas of life - at work, in the home, and on the roads, in schools, at leisure and on (or near) water.

This new catalogue is the ultimate resource to help your organisation achieve heath and safety assurance and compliance.

The 2008 catalogue includes full dates and prices of:

RoSPA speaks up for safety, and offers the most comprehensive health and safety support available.

The 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. What’s new for 2008?

The prestigious new RoSPA Workforce Involvement in Safety and Health Trophy, sponsored by
Springfields Fuels Ltd, has been introduced to recognise the industry sector award entrant
demonstrating the best performance in this key area.

So, if your organisation is proud of the contribution of the workforce towards your excellent health and safety performance, visit our website for details of this new award.

Save £50 on your entry fee!
ALL awards entries received at RoSPA by 28th January 2008 will qualify for an early entry discount of £50 off the standard entry fee.

New entrants’ guidance
We have produced some additional guidance, showing what an entry assessed at Silver Award level might look like, together with pointers on improvements required to achieve the Gold Award standard. For details click here

Previous entrants / already registered?

2008 Awards entry forms have been mailed to previous winners and to new enquirers already registered at www.rospa.com/awards. If you have not received your copy please email awards@rospa.com.

5 day Audit Training

QSA (Quality Safety Audit) is a unique system developed by RoSPA to provide a complete health and safety management audit system, based on the principles of HSG65, BS8800 and including all parts of the guidance document OHSAS 18001.

The QSA system can be implemented by one of RoSPA’s highly experienced Consultants (visit our website for more information), but this 5 day QSA Training Course would enable one of your employees to become a RoSPA Approved Auditor.

The course also trains delegates on the use of ORBIT, RoSPA’s new audit software, which is designed to facilitate quick and efficient auditing and reporting upon return to the workplace.

This course is suitable for professionals in a position to perform an audit of their organisation’s safety management systems. Some knowledge and/or experience of health and safety is required.

Visit our website for:

Directors’ Health and Safety Responsibilities Conference
De Vere Daresbury Park, 28 January 2008

Barrister Gerard Forlin, ranked number one in the heath and safety legal 500 directory (September 2007) will be just one of the top class speakers at the RoSPA Directors’ Health and Safety Responsibilities Conference.

Senior representatives from the Health and Safety Executive, Institute of Directors and RoSPA will join Gerard in outlining recent developments and key dimensions of this challenging subject.

The programme includes practical guidance and ‘real life’ examples given by experienced professionals from ISG Interior Exterior PLC, Reliance Security Services Limited and Marks and Spencers.

Over 500 directors and senior personnel have already benefited from the Directors’ Health and Safety Conferences in Birmingham and London and this is what they had to say:

Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from the best! No organisation, however outstanding, can afford not to review 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.

RoSPA Driver and Fleet Solutions Department is now an approved centre to train passenger transport and road haulage managers needing a Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC).

Under current EU law, bus, coach and large goods vehicle operators seeking an “O” licence have to show that they are professionally competent or employ someone as a transport manager who meets that requirement.

Training and examinations can now be undertaken at RoSPA’s Birmingham headquarters as a result of approval by the Oxford, Cambridge and Royal Society of Arts Examination Board (OCR).

Simon Protano, RoSPA Head of Driver and Fleet Solutions, said: “CPCs have an important role to play in ensuring businesses are well managed.

“RoSPA’s training covers everything operators need to know to gain a CPC, including the law, safety requirements and vehicle maintenance. This is a first step towards RoSPA offering a wide range of new products and courses in preparation for the introduction of driver CPCs later next year.”

The eight-day CPC National Road Haulage and CPC National Passenger Transport courses will be held in Birmingham with the next start date on 25th February 2008.

For more information and details on the course and schedules, please call: 0121 248 2084 or email: fleetsolutions@rospa.com

CMPi, the communications division of United Business Media, has generously donated monies in lieu of Christmas cards to RoSPA’s charitable mission work. Operating internationally, it produces trade journals and exhibitions, including the prestigious Safety & Health Expo in May. Many thanks from all at RoSPA.