• Awards 2010 - SGUK Alan Butler & Maurice Adamson Awards
• Free Seminar - Safe Maintenance
• Speaker offers - Deb, SSES, Total Lockout
• Exhibitions 2011 - SGUK stand at H&S Exhibitions
• RIDDOR - Paperwork or prevention?
• 'How to' - Recruit and retain membership

Date of Next Meeting - 2011 AGM

Contacts:
SGUK Management Committee
SGUK Secretary

If you have any Group news you would like including in the Safety Groups UK E-Bulletin please send information to: Charlotte Henderson

The Safety Groups UK Alan Butler & Maurice Adamson Awards 2010 were presented at the annual London meeting and luncheon hosted by Safety Groups UK President Lord Brougham & Vaux in the House of Lords on 24th January 2011.

And the winners are:

The Alan Butler Awards
Winners of Category 1: Best Membership Recruitment & Retention Approach
	Nottinghamshire Occupational Safety & Health Association Awarded for their excellent example of best practice in membership growth and existing membership retention.
Winners of Category 2: Best Programme
	Sheffield Occupational Health & Safety Association Awarded for their high quality calendar of events for 2010 which included a comprehensive range of topics and a broad spectrum of speakers.
North West Wales Health & Safety Group received a Highly Commended award.
Winners of Category 3: Best Seminar / Workshop,
	Suffolk & N Essex Occupational Safety Group Awarded for their Successful Annual Seminar ‘Avoiding Physical Pain in the Workplace’. The seminar promoted the HSE’s strategy – Be part of the solution, focusing on work-related Health
Sheffield Occupational Health & Safety Association and Swansea & West Wales Occupational Safety Group were both commended.
Winners of Category 4: Best Communication,
	Sheffield Occupational Health & Safety Association Awarded for their range of communication promoting health and safety and raising awareness of issues to members and the wider community, including the excellent regularly updated content-rich website.
London Health & Safety Group were commended.
All the winning entries are available on the SGUK Website along with photographs from the day.
The Maurice Adamson Award To recognise the 'Outstanding contribution from an individual to the Safety Groups Movement'
	The winner is Ann Jones from the Swansea & West Wales Occupational Safety Group. Ann Jones has been at the heart of the ‘Swansea Committee’ for 30 years and its secretary of 23 of those years. Working behind the scenes putting together winning programmes, seminars and other events Ann has been a driving force leading the Group and strengthening it with her presence and direction.
Lord Brougham & Vaux with Ann Jones receiving the Maurice Adamson Award from his son Ian Adamson

Safety Groups UK are hosting a

Free Safe Maintenance Seminar

On: 16th June 2011
9.00am – 12.30
With the backing of the

At: Middlesborough F.C.

Invitations and details of how to book will be available from the beginning of May.

Through local Deb contacts Deb are offering local Safety Groups:

• Advice on any skincare issues they may have
• A presentation at their local meetings, entitled "Skin Care & Hand Hygiene in the Workplace".
  The presentation will last approximately 30 minutes and will be followed by practical demonstrations.
  

Please contact chenderson@rospa.com for contact details of your local Deb contact

SESS - Storage Equipment and Safety Service Limited (www.sess.co.uk)

SESS are an independent racking inspection company with inspectors throughout the UK.

They have presented to a number of Safety Group meetings and would welcome the opportunity of presenting to other interested groups around the UK.

The presentation would be around the Health and Safety legal requirements related to racking and mezzanine flooring.

Please contact: Michael Collier, SESS, e-mail michael.collier@sess.co.uk, Tel 01670 736444

Total Lockout (Safety) Ltd (www.totallockout.com)


Total Lockout (Safety) Ltd provides products, advice and expertise on all matters relating to lockout / tagout.

They are offering to present talks on Permits To Work and Lockout Systems to local Safety Groups

Please contact: Tim Hughes, e-mail th@totallockout.com

SGUK Are exhibiting at the following events:

		Register for Free
	7th June 2011 Venue: Hilton Blackpool Delegate attendance is £95 plus VAT (£114) If you mention SGUK on booking a discount could possibly be negotiated.
		Register for Free
		Register for Free

Can you help? If you are going to any of these exhibitions could you spare some time to help out on the Safety Groups UK stand, please contact chenderson@rospa.com

‘CD233 - Proposed amendment to the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR)’

The HSE consultative document sets out proposals for an amendment to regulation 3(2) of the RIDDOR.

This change was proposed by Lord Young in his report "Common Sense, Common Safety". If adopted, the period of incapacitation after which an injury to a person at work must be reported to the enforcing authority, will change from over three to over seven days. Employers would still be required to keep internal records of over-three-day accidents.

Roger Bibbings has written two articles on the subject entitled, ‘Re-jigging RIDDOR’ and ‘Paperwork or Prevention’, which were published in the RoSPA ‘OS&H’ Journal.

The CD seeks views on the proposal itself and on the impacts that it would have if it became law.
If you are commenting on the document please could you copy in Roger Bibbings, rbibbings@rospa.com. The closing date for receipt of comments by HSE is 9th May 2011.

Further information RoSPA Safety Connections 63

Following the SGUK Survey sent out in Oct 2010 the Management Committee had taken the recommendations from your responses to ‘What can SGUK do for you’ on board

The first to be addressed is:

1. Guidance and Best Practice on recruitment and retention of members

Please see the ‘How to’ Recruit and Retain Members Guide
on the SGUK website

The next meeting of SGUK will be the

2011 AGM

on: 16th June 2011, 2.00 pm
at: Middlesborough F.C.

The AGM will be held in the afternoon following the Free Safe Maintenance Event being supported by EU-OSHA.

If you are attending the Seminar you might like to stay for the AGM and receive an update on SGUK and its work 2010/2011.