Health and Safety programme
The Health and Safety programme aims to develop good practice in charity retailing, particularly focusing on: H&S safety management, including risk assessment, accident reporting and investigation, manual handling and vulnerable workers.
- Workshops
- Newsletters
- Workbooks and risk assessments
- Induction guides for shop teams
- Posters
- Health and Safety Interest Group
Health and Safety Workshops 2008
Are you sure your charity shops are complying with Health and Safety
law? Do you know about the new fire safety regulations? If not, then these
workshops are designed to help you! Attendees will be familiarised with
the legal responsibilities of charity retailers, and learn how to identify
causes of harm, as well as how to create and manage safe working environments.
Through case study work, attendees will also gain a greater understanding
of how the law applies to actual situations. These day-long sessions are
suitable for staff at all levels with special Health and Safety responsibilities,
from Shop Managers to Heads of Retail.
This year, Health and Safety workshops are being held on 13 May in York and 13 November in London. More information and booking.
Health and Safety
newsletters
These are published every few months with updates on, fire safety, changes to health and safety law,
member’s own experiences of managing health and safety at work and initiatives by the Association of Charity Shops.
All files are in pdf format. Download a free Adobe Acrobat pdf reader.
Download the latest version of the Health and Safety Newsletter (December 2007)
Archive
- May 2007 Health and Safety newsletter - Smoke-Free Regulations
- August 2006 Health and Safety newsletter - Fire Safety
- September 2005 Health and Safety newsletter
- September 2004 Health and Safety newsletter
- February 2004 Health and Safety newsletter
- October 2003 Health and Safety newsletter
- March 2003 Health and Safety newsletter
Health and safety induction guide for charity shop teams
The Association, with the support of Oxfam, has produced an induction guide
for charity shop teams on health and safety issues. The 20 page A5 booklet
is written in plain English with colour illustrations throughout. It is intended as a valuable resource for all shop floor volunteers
and employees; including new and junior recruits. This is available to members
only. For further information on prices and to order contact the Association
on 020 7255 4470 or see the resources page
of the members area.
Health and safety workbooks and risk assessments
The Association has produced 2 health and safety training resources for
shops, one for operations managers and one for shop
managers. Download these packs below:
- Operations managers health and safety information pack
- Shop managers health and safety self-learning workbook
Also available to download are risk assessments for shops and for stock collectors.
Posters
The following full colour posters are available free to members:
Please contact Isabelle on 020 7255 4477 to order.
Health and Safety Interest Group
The Association launched this new interest group at the end of 2006.
Meetings will take place every 6 months
and all members of the Association are welcome to attend. See further information