Safety and Health for the Voluntary Sector
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What We Have Achieved

CSG has been involved in several projects since its inception. Our main achievements to date are listed below:

  • Sector specific guidance Charity and voluntary workers – a guide to health and safety at work [HS(G)192] (second edition)
    To obtain a free copy of HSG 192 please send an A4 sized SAE with a £1.76 stamp to: Charities Safety Group, Old Brompton Road, Box 564, London SW7 3SS.
  • Quarterly members meetings with guest speakers
  • Specialist sector recognition by IOSH and RoSPA
  • Two successful annual conferences

What We Are Doing Now

  • Continuing to lobby HSE for an amendment to the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 to change the term ‘employee’ to ‘worker’ which would automatically bring volunteers the same level of recognition and protection as employees

  • Working with HSE to introduce a standard paragraph in all their key guidance documents to emphasise the protection of volunteer workers

  • Continuing to publish relevant information sheets, including one specifically on ‘Volunteer Workers’

  • Continuing to develop the CSG website