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No one should be injured or made ill through their work

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No one should be injured or made ill through their work

Membership
Membership

Whatever you do, good health and safety is good for your business. Workplace illness and injuries carry significant costs, both financial and reputational. Our membership is designed to help you manage legislation and compliance while systematically improving your health, safety and environmental standards.
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Training and learning
Training and learning

We offer a comprehensive suite of training and qualifications in health, safety and environmental management. We educate people all over the world to help them improve their knowledge and skills in health, safety and environmental management.
Training and learning
Audit and consultancy
Audit and consultancy

Our audit and consultancy services are internationally recognised and are the most effective way to ensure your safety, health and environmental management systems reflect relevant legislative requirements, meet recognised international standards, work toward best practice technique and are being effectively implemented.
Audit and consultancy
Campaigns and policy
Campaigns and policy

Ensuring that no-one is injured or made through their work is a joint effort. We continually engage and work with members and others to protect people and enable businesses to thrive, whether promoting awareness raising campaigns; advocating policy positions and research or acting as a platform to share insights and inform consultations.
Campaigns and policy
Awards and events
Awards and events

Through our awards, we set health and safety standards and celebrate best practice. We also hold a range of professional events, including conferences and workshops, designed to keep the community of health, safety and environmental practitioners up to speed on the latest industry best practices.
Awards and events
Publications
Publications

Our publications are led by the monthly Safety Management magazine and we also publish monthly best practice guides and posters. These publications are available in both print and digital formats. You can subscribe to them or buy specific copies. Two e-newsletters (free of charge) are delivered monthly as well: one contains news of occupational health, safety and environment and updates on the British Safety Council activities and one highlights some of the news and features in Safety Management.
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About us
About us

The British Safety Council is dedicated to making sure no-one is injured or made ill through their work. This section covers who we are and what we stand for, how we work internationally, our people, success stories from organisations we’ve worked with, access to our digital archive and our media centre.
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Informational Resources

Health and Safety Legislation: What You Need to Know

The Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 is the primary piece of legislation governing workplace health and safety in Great Britain.
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What is COSHH?

If you've been left wondering exactly what COSHH stands for or what these regulations mean for you and your business, read on for all the information you need.
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Risk Assessment

Risk assessment is a primary management tool in ensuring the health and safety of workers (and others). What many people perhaps are not aware of, however, is that they are actually a legal requirement for employers and certain self-employed people.
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Manual Handling Regulations

Manual handling regulations have been well-established for many years, yet many workplaces are still failing to effectively implement the correct manual handling techniques.
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Health and Safety Legislation: What You Need to Know

What is COSHH?

Risk Assessment

Manual Handling Regulations