A new health and safety training initiative

Daily Hazard, n73 p4, Feb 2002

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In September 2001, the London Hazards Centre (LHC) was awarded a grant from the Community Fund to run a free health and safety training project in London for black and minority ethnic voluntary sector organisations (BME-VSO). The need for our current offering developed from LHC's last initiative known as the Voluntary Sector Training Project. Over 550 voluntary organisations from Greater London took part in training which they identified as needing in order to make their workplaces safer. The concluding evaluation of the project revealed that:
    The needs of black and minority ethnic organisations are different in terms of requiring closer support / language and cultural requirements. Stress is the greatest hazard amongst the workforce. Lone working poses a substantial hazard to workers.
Two full-time staff will be working on the new training initiative, Mumtaz Mahmood & Angie Birtill The new workers have started the initial work of identifying 300 black and minority ethnic organisations London-wide who want to develop workplace health and safety training. The project expects to generate a number of post training support facilities. The training and support will be local to all boroughs and cover the development of workplace health and safety systems which will keep workers free from harm at work. Language interpreters and other assistance may be available on request.

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