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: aohsg.scos.org.uk/
| Secretary: | Agnes Haxton | |
| Tel: | 01563 529504 | |
| Email: | haxtona@talk21.com |
Borders Construction Industry Forum
| Contact: | Mark Walton | |
| Email: | enquiries@bcif.org.uk |
Central Scotland Safety Forum
| Secretary: | Hugh McCrea | |
| Tel: | 01786 823424 | |
| Email: | hiwconsulting@hotmail.com |
| Dates for your diary 2008 : | |
| 18 SEP 2008 | Noise |
| Speaker: Stewart McGregor, HSE | |
| 16 OCT 2008 | STUC Speaker |
| 20 NOV 2008 | Legal Update |
| Speaker: Robert Fife | |
| 18 DEC 2008 | Xmas Buffet |
| 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: | Mark Faichney | |
| Tel: | 0131 624 5660 | |
| Email: | mark.faichney@dunedincanmore.org.uk |
Fife
Website: www.fifesafe.com/
| Secretary: | Mark Russell | |
| Tel: | 01383 844444 | |
| Email: | mark.russell@dunfermline.com |
| Dates for your diary 2008 : | |
| Meetings start at 7.30 pm | |
| Venue: Dunfermline Building Society HQ, Dunfermline | |
Grampian
Website: www.goshgroup.org.uk/
| Contact: | Jackie Spence | |
| Tel: | 01224 664874 | |
| Email: | jackie.spence@aberdeenshire.gov.uk |
| Dates for your diary 2008 : | |
Venue: |
Beach Ballroom, Aberdeen |
| Meetings start at 2.30 pm | |
Highlands & Islands Group
| Chairman: | Mark Sutton | |
| Tel: | 01463 716789 | |
| Email: | m.sutton@robertson.co.uk |
Inverclyde & Renfrew
| Secretary: | Douglas Blair | |
| Tel: | 01475 656123 | |
| Email: | douglas.blair@nhshealthquality.org |
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 2008 / 2009: | |
| 17 SEP 2008 | Legal Update |
| Speakers: Maclay, Murray & Spens | |
| 22 OCT 2008 | Constructsion Skills Joint Event |
| Speakers: Reid Kerr College & Construction Skills | |
| Venue: Johnstone High School, Renfrewshire | |
| 19 NOV 2008 | East meets West - IIRSM Joint meeting |
| Speakers: tbc | |
| 17 DEC 2008 | Elf and Safety - How Safe is your Santa? |
| Speaker: Santa Claus | |
| 21 JAN 2009 | Substance Abuse in the Workplace |
| Speaker: tbc | |
| 18 FEB 2009 | Stress |
| Speaker: HSE | |
| 18 MAR 2009 | Annual General Meeting |
| 15 APR 2009 | Enforcement |
| Speaker: HSE | |
| 20 MAY 2009 | Site Visit to Strathclyde Fire and Rescue Training College |
| 17 JUN 2009 | Members Day |
| Speaker: tbc | |
| 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 2008 / 2009: | |
| 10 SEP 2008 | Stress |
| Speaker: David Stephen, HSE | |
| 08 OCT 2008 | Safety Advice - Small to Medium Sized Enterprises |
| Speaker: Steve Blythe. Fife Business Solutions | |
| 12 NOV 2008 | Legal Update |
| Speaker: Harry Boyle, Simpson and Marwick | |
| 10 DEC 2008 | Healthy Working Lives |
| Speaker: Robert Atkinson, Healthy Working Lives | |
| 14 JAN 2009 | Waste Management |
| Speaker: Andy Waterson, RAF Leuchars | |
| 11 FEB 2009 | Electrical Safety |
| Speaker: tbc | |
| 11 MAR 2009 | Site Visitation (n.b. commences 1.00 pm) |
| tbc | |
| 08 APR 2009 | Update on Health and Safety (n.b. commences 2.00 pm) |
| Speaker: David Casells, HSE Inspector of Health and Safety | |
| To be follwed by the AGM | |
Venue: |
Lecture Theatre, Dundee College, Kingsway Campus, Old Glamis Rd, Dundee |
| Meetings start at 2.45 pm | |