HEALTH AND SAFETY AT 1 IN 4 REVOLUTIONARIES

1 in 4 Revolutionaries accept their legal responsibilities for securing the health, safety and welfare of all board members and volunteers working on their behalf under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. These responsibilities also extend to others affected by their activities such as the wider public.

1 in 4 Revolutionaries will provide and maintain safe and healthy working conditions including:

Ensuring that all board members and volunteers are competent to carry out their tasks and are given adequate information, instruction, training, and supervision.

Encouraging all board members and volunteers to be actively involved in maintaining safe working practices.

ORGANISATION AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Overall responsibility for health and safety rests with a nominated person from 1 in 4 Revolutionaries who will:

- Provide a safe working environment at any event location and ensure health and safety responsibilities are agreed when working with external suppliers (e.g venues).

- Ensure that the health and safety policy is effectively implemented throughout 1 in 4 Revolutionaries.

- Provide appropriate training, information, supervision and instruction to board members and volunteers.

- Ensure activities are planned to take into account health and safety issues.

- Provide adequate welfare facilities for board members and volunteers in accordance with the Workplace, Health, Safety and Welfare Regulations 1992.

- All board members and volunteers shall at all times take reasonable care of themselves and have due regard for the health and safety of others who may be affected by their activities.

ARRANGEMENTS

Health and safety is considered in all aspects of the activities of 1 in 4 Revolutionaries The following, outlines the principal ways in which we implement health and safety:

Training needs will be identified, and board members and volunteers will be given training appropriate to their responsibilities.

COMMUNICATION.

The contents of this policy are brought to the attention of all board members, volunteers, and participants.

RISK ASSESSMENTS.

We will make suitable and sufficient assessment of the risks to the health and safety of our volunteers and participants working at any event location, and to others affected by our activities.

The objective is to examine all work areas and procedures to assess or determine if a risk or potential risks exist, categorise the severity of the risk with a view to elimination, substitution, reduction, or control of the risk to help create a safe working environment.

EMERGENCIES.

Board members and volunteers always familiarise themselves with local procedures and fire exits when first attending any event location and inform participants of fire exits and procedures.

EQUIPMENT.

All equipment is subject to routine maintenance, taking into account various factors, including: type of equipment, amount of use, consequences of failure.

MANUAL HANDLING

We will so far as reasonably practicable, reduce the need for our volunteers to undertake any manual handling operations which involve a risk to their being injured at any event location. The manual activity setting up of stands and taking them down, will be the responsibility of board members who have had relevant manual handling training.

FIRST AID AND ACCIDENT REPORTING

A basic first aid kit containing recommended minimum materials is available at every event location.

An appointed person is selected to maintain the contents of the first aid kit and to phone for assistance if required. All accidents should be recorded in an accident book and those defined in the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR) are reported to the appropriate enforcing authority via the HSE’s website: http://www.hse.gov.uk/riddor/report.htm.

This Policy Was adopted by 1 in 4 Revolutionaries on 01.02.2024. The policy is due to be revised every two years.