Safety, Health & Environmental Forum (Scotland)

SHEF (Scotland) is the oldest safety group in Scotland; we have been promoting safety for over 70 years.

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We normally meet on the third Wednesday of every month from September to June at Reid Kerr College, Paisley, click here for more information.

Meetings are open to everyone and membership is available from £40 for new members. If you would like to join click here for the application form or get in touch if you want to know more.

This years site visit is to the Hydro on the 23rd May at 2pm.  The Hydro is an arena in Glasgow currently under construction next to the SECC. It is planned for completion in 2013 at an estimated cost of £125 million. The building will be used for concerts and other entertainment events and will seat 12,000. It will be the largest purpose built indoor arena in Scotland and one of the largest in the UK, it is planned to be used for the Netball and Gymnastics events during the 2014 Commonwealth Games. If you would like to come on the site visit please complete this form to receive attendance details.

It’s March and time for the AGM, this year along with the usual reviews we will be discussing expanding SHEF(S) to include an IIRSM Branch. Please support the group by attending and give your input to the running of the group. Any nominations for the committe or items for the agenda must be submitted before the 14th March

SHEF(S) are pleased to welcome Quentin Emery from Ryder Marsh. Quentin has worked as a Consultant with Ryder Marsh for the past 3 years. His background is in Leadership and Management Development, where he has over 11 years experience. Quentin has an MBA from Glasgow Caledonian University and has also worked as a trainer trainer as well as facilitating large conferences.

In his work with Ryder Marsh he has delivered numerous events on Behavioral Safety for customers such as BAE Systems, Tarmac and Enterprise. He also undertakes assessments to help companies determine their Safety Culture and works with them to improve it.

Ryder Marsh is a a multi-disciplinary team of psychologists, leadership,safety and human factor consultants, specialising in the development of safety culture and injury free organisations. Formed in 1993, Ryder Marsh is considered today, to be leaders in the field of organisational safety performance.

• 25% of all accidents at work are drug and alcohol related
• 17 million working days per annum are lost through drug or alcohol related problems
• 60% of all fatalities at work are drug or alcohol related

Workplace substance misuse policies (drug and alcohol policy) are recognised as having a major impact in dealing with the problems associated with inappropriate use of drugs and alcohol in the workplace. They reduce accidents, long-term sickness and compensation claims, whilst providing complete guidelines for company employees.

SHEF(S) is pleased to welcome Ian Tew from Synergy Health Laboratory Services Ltd. Synergy are experts in reducing Drug and Alcohol misuse in the workplace and they are the only dedicated company in the UK to provide every aspect for implementing a successful drug and alcohol policy.

If you have to implement a substance misuse policy or your policy is out of date and ineffective come along to Reid Kerr College, Paisley on the 18^th January at 2pm to get some guidance on what to do.

Thanks to those who came for the Christmas lunch at The Italian Kitchen (http://www.italian-kitchen.co.uk/) on the 14th December.  It was a great opportunity to relax, chat and enjoy some great food!

SHEF(S) at the Italian Kitchen.