Affiliated Safety Groups - Scotland
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The events listed here are taken from programmes provided by the Secretaries of the 70 plus independent health and safety groups, affiliated to RoSPA, throughout the country. The groups provide a local forum for communication between employers, educational establishments, local authorities, health and safety inspectorates and trade unions. Each group usually meets once a month and details of their meetings are given here, together with contact names and venues.
Area 10 : Scotland
Scottish Chamber of Safety (SCOS)
Website: www.scos.org.uk/
| Secretary: | Hugh McCrae | |
| Tel: | 01786 823 424 | |
| Email: | hiwconsulting@hotmail.com |
The Scottish Chamber of Safety is made up from various Occupational Safety Groups throughout Scotland. The aim of SCOS is to provide a forum for health and safety in Scotland. It's function is to act as a liaison between various groups and individuals who have an interest in health and safety.
Ayrshire
Website: www.scos.org.uk/aohsg
| Secretary: | Kirsty Moore | |
| Email: | kirstym@bioforce.co.uk |
Borders Construction Industry Forum
Website: www.bcif.org.uk
| Contact: | Mark Walton | |
| Tel: | 01750 724877 |
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| Email: | enquiries@bcif.org.uk |
Central Scotland Safety Forum
| Secretary: | Hugh McCrea | |
| Tel: | 01786 823424 | |
| Email: | hiwconsulting@hotmail.com |
| Meetings start at 14.00 |
| Venue: Conference Suite, Middlefield Building, Forth Valley College, Falkirk (unless otherwise stated) |
| Please remember you may bring along guests to every meeting. |
Edinburgh and the Lothians
| Secretary: | Cynthia Guthrie | |
| Tel: | 08700 540494 | |
| Email: | cynthia@guthriegroup.co.uk |
Fife
Website: www.fifesafe.com/
| Secretary: | Mark Russell | |
| Tel: | 01383 844444 | |
| Email: | mark.russell@dunfermline.com |
| Dates for your Diary 2010: | |
| 11 JAN 2010 | Green Transport and Travel Plans |
| Speaker: Stephen Rennie, Energy Saving Trust | |
| 08 FEB 2010 | Healthy Working Lives |
| Speaker: Robert Atkinson, OHS Development Manager, Scottish Centre for Healthy Working Lives | |
| 08 MAR 2010 | Occupational Health |
| Speaker: Dr Linda Bell, Business Medical Ltd | |
| 13 APR 2010 | TBC |
| 11 MAY 2010 | AGM |
Venue:
Dunfermline Building Society, Caledonia House, Carnegie Avenue, Dunfermline, KY11 8PJ.
Grampian
Website: www.goshgroup.org.uk/
| Contact: | Jackie Spence | |
| Tel: | 01224 664526 | |
| Email: | jackie.spence@aberdeenshire.gov.uk |
| Dates for your Diary 2009 / 2010: | |
| 20 JAN 2010 | Posturite - Live Life Comfortably |
| Speaker: Scott Andrews, Posturite (UK) Ltd | |
| 17 FEB 2010 | Healthy Working Lives & Mentally Healthy Workplace |
| Speaker: Gillian Pockington, NHS Grampian | |
| 17 MAR 2010 | A Safety Advisor's Career in the Construction Industry |
| Speaker: George Wood | |
| 21 APR 2010 | TBC |
| 19 MAY 2010 | The Role of the Public Analysts |
| Speaker: Gary Walker, Grampian City Council | |
Venue: |
Beach Ballroom, Aberdeen |
| Meetings start at 2.30 pm | |
Highlands & Islands Group
| Chairman: | Mark Sutton | |
| Tel: | 01343 552650 | |
| Email: | safety@northernasbestos.co.uk |
Inverclyde & Renfrew
| Secretary: | Douglas Blair | |
| Tel: | 01475 504 708 | |
| Email: | douglasblair@nhs.net |
SAFETY INFORMATION SERVICE:
Ravenswood Services, 31A Johnston St, Greenock, Inverclyde PA16 8NL.
Tel: 01475 792423. Fax: 01475 723417; Email: ravenswood@ntlworld.com
Safety Health & Environmental Forum (Scotland)
Website: www.shefs.org.uk
| Secretary: | Alan Gunn | |
| Tel: | 01355 272 444 | |
| Email: | secretary@shefs.org.uk |
| Dates for your diary 2009 /2010: | |
| 18 NOV 2009 | Joint Meeting with the IIRSM |
| Safety Leadership | |
| Speaker: Keith Scott, Royal Mail | |
| 16 DEC 2009 | Elf & Safety 2 - The Return |
| Speaker: TBC | |
| 20 JAN 2010 | Legal Update |
| Speaker: Aisha Anwar - DLA Piper | |
| 17 FEB 2010 | Managing Occupational Road Risk |
| Speaker: TBC | |
| 17 MAR 2010 | Annual General Meeting |
| 21 APR 2010 | Enforcement - A Changing Landscape - 1 year on |
| Speaker: Peter Gray QC - Compass Chambers | |
| 19 MAY 2010 | Members Day |
| 16 JUN 2010 | Site Visit |
Venue: |
Strathclyde Fire & Rescue HQ, Bothwell Road, Hamilton, ML3 0EA (unless otherwise stated) |
| Directions available at: www.shefs.org.uk/where-we-meet | |
| Meetings start at 2.00 pm | |
Tayside
| Secretary: | Sean Hughes | |
| Tel: | 0131 455 6371 | |
| Email: | s.hughes@napier.ac.uk |
| Dates for your diary 2009/10: | |
| 11 NOV 2009 | Legal Update |
| Speaker: Harry Boyle, Simpson and Marwick | |
| 09 DEC 2009 | Fire Regulations Update and Progress |
| Speaker: Ross Nicol, Tayside Fire and Rescue | |
| 20 JAN 2010 | Emergency Planning |
| Speaker: John Handling, Dundee City Council | |
| 10 FEB 2010 | Asbestos Update |
| Speaker: Liz Sneddon, OHSAS | |
| 10 MAR 2010 | Site Visit - Drumderg Windfarm, Alyth |
| n.b commences 1.00 pm | (maximum 20 people) |
| 21 APR 2010 | Update on Health and Safety |
| n.b. starts at 2.00 pm | Speaker: David Cassells, HSE Inspector of Health and Safety |
| Followed by the AGM and end of season buffet | |
Venue: |
Baxter Room, Dundee College, Overgate Learning Centre, Overgate Shopping Centre, City House DD1 1UG |
| Meetings start at 2.45 pm | |