Voluntary Group specialising in health and safety for its members. Providing training, guidance, meetings and information on a regular basis.

Main geographical area Staffordshire and Cheshire. Small annual subscription secures membership.

Every week approximately 8 joiners, 6 electricians and 4 plumbers die from asbestos-related diseases. Asbestos is a hidden killer and, contrary to popular belief, could be found in any building built or refurbished before the year 2000. The HSE Asbestos the Hidden Killer campaign aims to raise awareness of the risks of asbestos and reduce future exposure by informing all people of appropriate precautions, common locations and the correct way to handle asbestos containing materials - most of all to stop and check before commencing any works where asbestos may be situation.

Visit the dedicated campaign website for further information and support materials.

"We believe this strategy represents a clear statement of core principles and a sensible approach to health and safety in Great Britain. Whilst the economic climate is difficult and the temptation for some may be to cut corners, HSE, its partners and businesses must resolve to continue to strive to improve health and safety performance. Good health and safety is good business." Judith Hackitt CBE, HSE Chair

Visit the strategy website to read the current HSE strategy and find out more about how you can pledge to uphold the goals set out in this new strategy, discuss its' main objectives and access further support.

HSE provides practical steps to protect people from the risks in the workplace that cause real harm and suffering. This dedicated Risk website provides a wide range of tools, sample risk assessments and further practical guidance for use in the workplace.

Agriculture has been identified as a priority industry because it has one of the worst fatal accident records of any industry. This link takes you straight to the Agriculture Section of the HSE's Website.

Greenstreet Research Report (Reviewing the Targeted Initiatives - RR620)

A number of manufacturing sectors have been operating voluntary ‘targeted initiatives’ whereby a trade association, often with trade union involvement, sets health and safety targets and supports their achievement against a background of HSE prompting and involvement. This review of eleven initiatives found mixed outcomes, with five successful initiatives associated with significant reductions in injury rates and positive subjective feedback.

Four other initiatives were either too young or too small scale to provide clear results and the remaining two did not appear to have made progress. A HSE ‘policy model’ is provided to inform future engagement and support of targeted initiatives, along with suggestions on further development of good practice in respect of targeted initiatives.

This report and the work it describes were funded by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Its contents, including any opinions and/or conclusions expressed, are those of the authors alone and do not necessarily reflect HSE policy