Past Meetings
| 2010 | Thursday 3rd June | 2010 Annual General Meeting of Safety Groups UK |
| 2010 | Monday 25th January | Annual London Meeting and Alan Butler Award Luncheon, hosted by Safety Groups UK President Lord Brougham and Vaux, at the House of Lords, London |
| 2009 | Monday 12th October | Hosted by the Birmingham Health Safety & Environment Association at the Birmingham Medical Institute, Birmingham |
| Tuesday 21st July | 2009 Annual General meeting of Safety Groups UK | |
| Hosted by the Merseyside Occupational Health and Safety Group at Goodison Park, Liverpool | ||
| Thursday 22nd January | Annual London Meeting and Alan Butler Award Luncheon |
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| 2008 | Tuesday 14th October | Hosted by the East Lancashire Occupational Health and Safety Group at Training 2000, Nelson, Lancashire |
| Tuesday 17th June | 2008 Annual General meeting of Safety Groups UK | |
| Hosted by the Swansea & West Wales Occupational Safety Group at Village Hotel, Swansea. | ||
| Wednesday 12th March | Safety Groups UK Conference: 'Making Progress on Priorities' |
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| Thursday 24th January | Annual London Meeting and
Alan Butler Award Ceremony |
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| 2007 | Wednesday 26th September | Hosted by the Manchester Occupational Health & Safety Group and held at Trafford College Manchester. |
| Friday 8th June | 2007 Annual General Meeting of Safety Groups UK | |
| Hosted by the Lancashire Occupational Health and Safety Group at BAE, Warton | ||
| Thursday 25th January | Annual London meeting of 'Safey Groups UK' at One Queen Anne's Gate, London and the Presentation of the at the House of Lords. | |
| 2006 | Tuesday 22nd August | Held at RoSPA Birmigham, concentrated on the proposed "regionalisation" of Safety Groups UK |
| Thursday 6th April | The 2006 AGM of Safety Group UK | |
| The AGM was hosted by the Scottish Chamber of Safety at Stilring Castle. | ||
| Thursday 26th January | The Launch of 'Safey Groups UK' at Water UK, London and the Presentation of the Alan Butler Awards at the House of Lords. | |
| 2005 | Wednesday 12th October | The EGM of NH&SGC convened to vote on whether to accept the proposed constitution for 'Safety Groups UK' |
| Wednesday 15th June | The NH&SGC AGM 2005, | |
| hosted by North Lincs Group at the Wortley House Hotel, Scunthorpe | ||
| Thursday 27th January | The Annual London Meeting held at Water UK, London | |
Thursday 3rd June 2010
2010 Annual General Meeting of Safety Groups UK
The AGM was followed by a presentation from Dr Andrew Cottam, Manger, H&S Project Team, HSE on
'Successful Health and Safety Management'
Hosted by RoSPA
Report for the 2010 AGM (
pdf document)
Includes:
- Chairmans report
- Treasurer's report and Statement of Accounts
Minutes from the meeting ( pdf document)
Management Committee 2010-2011
Monday 25th January 2010
Annual London Meeting and Alan Butler Awards Luncheon
Hosted by Lord Brougham & Vaux
Alan Butler Award Winners 2009
Monday 12th October 2009
Hosted by the Birmingham Health Safety & Environment Association at the Birmingham Medical Institute, Birmingham
219th meeting of the organisation
Included a presentation from Roger Bibbings, RoSPA Occupational Safety Adviser and Secretary, Safety Groups UK on 'Learning from Health and Safety Failure'.
Minutes of the Meeting (pdf document)
Presentation: 'Learning from Health and Safety Failure' (pdf document)
Tuesday 21st July 2009
2009 Annual General Meeting of Safety Groups UK
Hosted by The Merseyside Occupational Health and Safety Group.
The AGM was followed by a presentation by Roger Monaghan, HSE on the HSE strategy.
Minutes of the AGM 21/07/09 ( pdf document)
Thursday 22nd January 2009
Annual London Meeting and Alan Butler Awards Luncheon
Safety Groups UK held their annual London meeting of Safety Groups UK in the Palace of Westminster.
The meeting was held in the Moses Room, House of Lords, Chaired by Safety Groups UK Vice President David Eves.
There was also a very interesting presentation by Michael Clapham MP.
The meeting was followed by an awards luncheon, hosted by Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen on behalf of Safety Groups UK President Lord Brougham & Vaux, in the Cholmondeley Room.
The Alan Butler Awards 2008, sponsored by BT, were presented by RoSPA President Lord Jordan of Bournville.
The Awards recognise excellence by groups in four categories: best programme; best support for HSE priority topics; best seminar; and best communications. Award Winners 2008
A Distinguished Service award was presented to Eddie Adrian in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the cause of health and safety at work. Eddie from the Kent Health & Safety Group was present at the inaugural meeting of the Group which celebrated its 50th Anniversary last year.
Safety Groups UK are very grateful, of course, for all the work Lord Brougham did in arranging room bookings and to Baroness Gibson for kindly hosting the event on his behalf.
Tuesday 14th October 2008
Hosted by the East Lancashire Occupational Health and Safety Group at Training 2000, Nelson, Lancashire.
The 216th meeting of the organisation
Included a presentation from Bob Rajan, Safety Groups UK Management Committee Member and Senior HSE Inspector on 'Making Health Work for Corporate £££s'
Minutes of the Meeting ( pdf document)
Tuesday 17th June 2008
2008 Annual General Meeting of Safety Groups UK
Hosted by the Swansea & West Wales Occuapational Safety Group at Village Hotel, Swansea
The meeting included a presentation from Paddy Roche, Partner, Morgan Cole Solicitors on " The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Manslaughter Act 2007".
Minutes of the AGM 17/06/08 ( pdf document)
Wednesday 12th March 2008
Safety Groups UK Conference: 'Making Progress on Priorities'
The first Safety Groups UK conference ‘ Making Progress on Priorities’ took place on 12th March at Coton House Rugby, sponsored by NEBOSH.
Safety Groups UK Vice –Chairman, David Eves chaired the event.
The morning presentations - ‘Addressing Critical Issues’ were given by:
- Tom Mullarkey, Chief Executive of RoSPA
- Rob Miguel, Health and Safety Officer, Unite
Presentation: Importance of Worker Involvement (
- Dr Luise Vassie, Head of Research and Technical Services, The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health
Presentation: Securing access to competent advice (
- Gary Booton, Director of Health, Safety and Environment, EEF, the manufacturers' organisation
Presentation: Reaching out to Small Firms ( pdf document)
- Roger Bibbings, Occupational Safety Adviser, RoSPA
Presentation :How to get health and safety onto boardroom agendas ( pdf document)
In the afternoon experts from the HSE and Learning and Skill Council led topic tables on:
• Slips and trips,
• Falls from height
• Workplace transport safety,
• Musculo-skeletal disorders,
• Chemicals and work-related illness,
• Protecting trainees,
Safety Groups UK thanks NEBOSH for their support in sponsoring the conference and thanks all speakers and table leaders for their contributions to making the day a success.
Thursday 24th January 2008
Annual London Meeting and Alan Butler Awards Ceremony
Safety Groups UK held their annual London meeting of Safety Groups UK in the Palace of Westminster.
Following a tour of the House of Lords for groups’ members, the meeting was held in Committee Room 4 to review the progress of Safety Groups UK. There was also a very interesting talk by Hannah Baldwin, the H&S Adviser at the Palace of Westminster, about the challenges of managing H&S in the mother of parliaments!
After the lunch break, which included a luncheon in the Attlee Room hosted by Lord Brougham, Safety Group UK’s President, for Safety Groups UK management committee members and guests (including the Minister Lord McKenzie and Judith Hackitt, the new HSC chair), delegates reconvened in Committee Room 4 (which was packed, standing room only) for presentation by Judith Hackitt of the Alan Butler Awards sponsored by BT.
The Awards recognise excellence by groups in four categories: best programme; best support for HSE priority topics; best seminar/event; and best communications. Award Winners 2007
Certificates were also presented to mark the 70th and 50th anniversaries respectively of the Safety, Health and Environment Forum (Scotland) and Kent H&S Group.
Judith then gave a thoughtful and challenging address on some of the main challenges facing us on the workplace Health and Safety scene and answered questions.
Safety Groups UK are very grateful, of course, for all the work Lord Brougham did in arranging room bookings and getting permission for photography etc and for support from others such as David Eves, Safety Group UK’s Vice President.
Wednesday 26th September 2007
Hosted by the Manchester Occupational Health & Safety Group and held at Trafford College Manchester.
The 213th meeting of the organisaton included a presentation from Safety Groups UK Chairman Kerry Ross on the funding appeal.
Minutes of the meeting ( pdf document)
Friday 8th June 2007
2007 Annual General Meeting of Safety Groups UK
Hosted by the Lancashire Occupational Health and Safety Group at BAE, Warton.
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| Safety Groups UK Chairman, Kerry Ross, Frank Miller from the Lancashire Occupational Health and Safety Group and Danny Martland, BAE |
The meeting included presentations from Danny Martland, Head of Safety Health and Environment, Military Air Solutions, BAE and Professor Frank Wright, Warwick Law School (University of Warwick).
- Minutes of the AGM 08/06/07 ( PDF Document 6.04 MB) *
- Presentation from Danny Martland, BAE ( PDF Document 1.28MB) *
Thursday 25th January 2007
Annual London meeting of 'Safety Groups UK' at One Queen Anne's Gate, London and the Presentation of the Alan Butler Awards at the House of Lords.
- Minutes of the Meeting 25/01/07 ( PDF Document 229kb)
Tuesday 22nd August 2006
Held at RoSPA, Birmingham
The 210th meeting of the organisation concentrated on the proposed "regionalisation" of Safety Groups UK
Minutes of the Meeting 22/08/06 ( PDF format 294 kb)
Thursday 6th April 2006
The 2006 AGM of Safety Group UK
The AGM was hosted by the Scottish Chamber of Safety at Stilring Castle.
Minutes of the AGM 2006 ( PDF format 162kb)
Attachment 3 : Health and Safety Networks in Scotland ( PDF format 25kb)
Attachment 4 : Treasurer's Report to the AGM April 2006 ( PDF format 23kb)
The Accounts were audited on 19th April 2006 after the AGM, please find below the audited statement of Accounts and Pre balance sheet.
Statement of Accounts Jan 2005 - Mar 2006 ( PDFformat 25kb)
Pre balance sheet 2005-6 ( PDF format 29kb)
Thursday 26th January 2006
The Launch of 'Safety Groups UK' at Water UK, London and the Presentation of the Alan Butler Awards at the House of Lords.
- Minutes of the Meeting 26/01/06 ( PDF format)
- Presentation on the HSE / Safety Groups UK Partnership by Roger Monaghan ( PDF Format 28kb)- Attachment 1
- Presentation on the Business Plan by Kerry Ross ( PDF format 76kb)- Attachment 2
Wednesday 12th October 2005
The EGM of NH&SGC convened to vote on whether to accept the proposed constitution for 'Safety Groups UK'
Hosted by RoSPA, Birmingham
The results were FOR accepting the proposed constitution for 'Safety Groups UK'
- Minutes of the EGM ( PDF format 54kb)
Wednesday 15th June 2005
The NH&SGC AGM 2005, hosted by North Lincs Group at the Wortley House Hotel, Scunthorpe
- Minutes of AGM ( PDF format 89kb)
- Attachment 1- Treasurers report
- Treasurers report 1 ( PDF format 180kb)
- Treasurers report 2 ( PDF format 54kb)
Thursday 27th January 2005
The 205th Meeting of Council held at Water UK, London
- Minutes 27Jan 05 ( PDF format 75kb)
- Address by David Eves, Vice President ( PDF format 38kb)
- Presentation by Kerry Ross, Chairman ( PDF format 115kb)
- PRESS RELEASE – 75th Anniversary Awards ( PDF format 65kb)
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