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The British Safety Council (BSC) is one of the world’s leading health and safety organisations. Our mission is to keep people healthy and safe at work. Our range of charitable initiatives, such as free health and safety qualifications for school children, is supported by a broad mix of commercial activities centred on membership, training, auditing and qualifications.

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  • Is health and safety law confusion bringing companies into conflict with disabled customers?

    Wednesday, 25 August 2010 Yet another ‘elf ’n’ safety’ story hits the headlines with budget airline easyJet placing impossibly tough restrictions on the carriage of disabled passenger’s motorised wheelchairs weighing over 60kg for health and safety reasons. A report by the charity Muscular Dystrophy Campaign found that thousands of disabled people were prevented from flying on their planes because of this weight restriction, which the company attributed to health and safety.
  • OFFSHORE OIL & GAS INDUSTRY SAFETY STATISTICS 2009/10

    Tuesday, 24 August 2010 The British Safety Council has noted HSE’s disappointment that the combined fatal and major injury rate for the offshore oil & gas industry almost doubled in 2009/10 compared to 2008/09.
  • BRITISH SAFETY COUNCIL LAUNCHES GLOBE OF HONOUR – TO RECOGNISE ELITE PERFORMANCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

    Thursday, 05 August 2010 Launched in August 2010, the Globe of Honour will celebrate the top performers, those organisations that go way beyond compliance with the law, and strive for best practice in all areas of environmental management.
  • Notice to British Safety Council Members

    Thursday, 22 July 2010 Dear member, It has come to our attention that a magazine entitled Building, Design and Construction – BDC (or BDC UK) is contacting British Safety Council award winners and offering them free editorial using our name. BDC is also asking winners for the contact details of key contractors and suppliers who can be contacted for advertising opportunities.

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FREE health and safety qualifications

Charitable aims from the BSCAs part of its charitable mission the British Safety Council is offering FREE health and safety qualifications to member organisations, 14-19 year olds in education and to those not in education, employment or training (NEET).

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