Health and Safety
Executive / Commission
Organisations
Nutmeg House, 60 Gainsford Street, Butlers Wharf, London SE1 2NY, UK
Status: Trade association
Principal functions and activities: SAFed's primary objective is to establish, maintain and ultimately improve operational standards in industry and commerce.
c/o Dunfermline Building Society, Caledonia House, Carnegie Avenue, Dunfermline KY11 8PJ, UK
Status: Non-profit organisation
Principal functions and activities: A non-profit making organisation paying particular regard to the requirements of small local companies.
c/o RoSPA, Edgbaston Park, 353 Bristol Road, Birmingham B5 7ST, UK
Status: Registered charity and voluntary organisation
Principal functions and activities: To advance education in all aspects of health and safety at work and to promote the provision of safe and healthy working environments for the public benefit.
N Stevenson, (Secretary),
c/o Robertson Construction,
Lomond Court,
Castle Business Park
Stirling,
FK9 4TU Scotland, UK
Status: Occupational health and safety group
Principal functions and activities: To foster and develop an interest , and awareness of workplace safety, health and environmental issues and to provide effective networking of Forum members and other like minded organisations.
Grainger House, Cradley Road, Cradley Heath, West Midlands B64 6AG, UK
Status: Registered charity
Principal functions and activities: Health and safety consultants/trainers and plant instructors.
20 Atholl Crescent, Edinburgh EH3 8HF, UK
Status: Trade association supported by membership.
Principal functions and activities: The SWA exists to promote Scotch whisky and to protect the interests of the Scotch whisky industry.
Princes Gate, 3rd Floor, Castle St, Hamilton ML3 6BU
Status: Part of Health Scotland
Principal functions and activities: Adviceline in Scotland is open every working day, offering information on the full range of workplace safety and health topics. Adviceline can also put callers in touch with their local Healthy Working Lives Advisers, arrange for Award programme registration and for workplace visits.
Cardiff University, 52 Park Place, Cardiff CF1 3AT, UK
Status: International research centre
Principal functions and activities: Produce high quality scientific analysis of the maritime sector relating to all aspects of seafarers' lives; disseminate widely the results of findings to all audiences; bring greater understanding of the seafarer to the wider community; contribute positively to the welfare of seafarers.
3rd Floor, Queen's Building, 55 Queen Street, Sheffield S1 2DX, UK
Status: Registered charity
Principal functions and activities: Occupational health advice in a primary care setting. Outreach projects to raise awareness of occupational health in overlooked sectors.
9 Churchill Way, Chapeltown, Sheffield S35 2PY, UK
Status: Local safety group
Principal functions and activities: Information and advice for local organisations in all industry sectors. Regular meetings and events to raise awareness of occupational health and safety issues. Our mission is to protect people's health and safety by ensuring risks in the changing workplace are properly controlled.
The Building Centre, 26 Store Street, London W1E 7BT, UK
Status: Internationally recognised body representing reputable manufacturers and contractors within the UK single ply roofing industry.
Principal functions and activities: To create a healthy market environment in which sales of single ply membranes can flourish.
38 Holly Walk, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire CV32 4LY, UK
Status: Trade association
Principal functions and activities: Represents contractors and manufacturers who supply to the UK water companies.
6 St Andrew's Place, Regent's Park, London NW1 4LB, UK
Status: Learned Society of doctors interested in the speciality of occupational medicine with some 2000 members, both in the UK and overseas. They are registered medical practitioners interested in the practice of occupational medicine.
Principal functions and activities: The Society organises 3 major national scientific meetings each year and has ten regional groups which arrange local scientific meetings throughout the year.
22 Greencoat Place, London SW1P 1PR, UK
Status: Professional body supported by membership, a registered charity
Principal functions and activities: SOE is a professional membership organisation that represents more that 18,000 individuals and companies in the engineering industry and provides membership services; conferences and seminars; production of technical journals and guides. It is the umbrella organisation for the IRTE, IPlantE and BES.
8 Saint Georges Avenue, Dovercourt, Harwich, Essex, CO12 3RR, UK
Status: Association of solvent manufacturers and traders.
Principal functions and activities: Formed in 1973. Provides information, advice and services within the industry on technical, environmental and legal matters.
c/o 17 Easedale Close, Bolton-le-Sands, Carnforth, Lancashire LA5 8LX, UK
Status: Voluntary safety group associated with IOSH, RoSPA and NHSGC. The Group is also a member of the North West Association of Safety Groups.
Principal functions and activities: The group aims to further the health and safety knowledge of its members and the health and safety of local companies in South Cumbria and beyond.
c/o Enquin Limited, 1 Ringside Business Centre, Heol-y-Rhosog, Wentloog, Cardiff CF3 2EW, UK
Status: Registered charity and voluntary organisation
Principal functions and activities: The group is actively involved with all aspects of health and safety within the construction environment and organises a series of meetings so that members can learn of the latest developments in the field of health and safety legislation.
c/o Honorary Secretary, 10 Garfield Road, Bitterne, Southampton SO19 4BZ, UK
Status: Voluntary organisation
Principal functions and activities: The association was formed in January 1960 to promote health and safety at work for the benefit of all who work in local industry.
Carthusian Court, 12 Carthusian St, London EC1M 6EZ
Status: Trade association
Principal functions and activities: Aims to ensure that members provide reliable access equipment for the safe and efficient cleaning and maintenance of building facades and to encourage safe practices.
Castlecroft Business Centre, Tom Johnston Road, Dundee DD4 8XD, UK
Status: Limited company
Principal functions and activities: NEBOSH training; IOSH training; consultancy.
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Tournai Hall, Evelyn Woods Road, Aldershot, Hampshire GU11 2LL UK
Principal functions and activities: For contractors, manufacturers and others involved in sprayed concrete. Operates, through CITB, a certification scheme for operatives. Publishes a comprehensive directory of members and specification for sprayed concrete.
Court Lodge Farm, Forge Lane, East Farleigh, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 0HQ
Status: Trade confederation
Principal functions and activities: Professional services. Training in all plant and general health and safety.
11 Upper Belgrave Street, London SW1X 8BH, UK
Status: Independent body, supported by the Institution of Civil Engineers, the Institution of Structural Engineers and the Health and Safety Executive.
Principal functions and activities: To assist in preventing disasters involving structural failure by maintaining a continuing review of building and civil engineering matters affecting the safety of structures; provides a route for expressions of informal public concern and proposing strategies designed to reduce the incidence of structural accidents.
Construction House, 56-64 St Leonard Street, London EC2A 4JX, UK
Status: Trade association
Principal functions and activities: Provides a range of information and advice services for its member companies including: technical; training; employment; safety; and contractual issues.
The National Metalforming Centre, 47 Birmingham Road, West Bromwich,B70 6PY, UK
Status: Trade association
Principal functions and activities: Operates SEIRS, the Storage Equipment Installers' Registration Scheme. This is a SEMA initiative to raise the standards of health and safety in the storage industry.
40 York Road, Northampton NN1 5QJ, UK
Status: Counselling and consultancy - non profit-making organisation and charity.
Principal functions and activities: Provides confidential stress counselling for personal or work-related reasons for individuals and organisations.
PO Box 193, Harrow HA1 3ZE, UK
Status: Charity
Principal functions and activities: Helping to combat stress through the latest knowledge, ideas, services and products.
60 Charles Street, Leicester, LE1 1FB, UK
Status: A product association of the British Precast Concrete Federation Ltd
14 East Sheen Avenue, London SW14 8AS, UK
Status: National charity
Principal functions and activities: The Suzy Lamplugh Trust is the leading authority on personal safety, whose mission is to create a safer society and help all people to live safer lives.