The British Safety Council is marking the World Day for Safety and Health at Work with a pledge to support workers’ safety through the coronavirus outbreak and beyond. It is also honouring the memory of all workers who have died during the COVID-19 outbreak on Workers’ Memorial Day – a day traditionally given to the memory of workers who have been killed or injured at work, now including many healthcare workers.

The British Safety Council has called on employers to safeguard their workforce’s mental health and to invest in workplace wellbeing. On the eve of World Mental Health Day, held on 10 October, the British Safety Council is calling on the government and businesses to invest in prevention to tackle mental ill-health at work. 

For over 60 years, the British Safety Council, whose vision is that no-one should be injured or made ill at work, has been working and campaigning to make workplaces safer and healthier. The organisation's charismatic, and sometimes controversial, founder, James Tye used a wide range of promotional and marketing techniques, including specially commissioned posters, to bring to the public’s attention the issues that stood in the way of healt...

The public debate on the future of work has centred so far on the likely shape of the workplace and its implications for both employers and employees. There has been far less focus on what this might mean for workers’ health, safety and wellbeing. When wellbeing has been considered, the discussion has centred on the present, rather than preparing us for the challenges of the future.

At the 2017 International Safety Awards Gala Dinner, held at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel on 5th May 2017, Lynda Armstrong OBE, Chair of Trustees, and Mike Robinson, Chief Executive of the British Safety Council, announced the names of the organisations which have been judged best in sector. The names of the individual winners of the Health and Safety Champion and Young Health and Safety Champion were also revealed.

“You can legislate for compliance but you have to inspire people to achieve excellence. In practice, inspiration requires engagement and this is driven by high quality leadership,” explains Mike Robinson, Chief Executive of the British Safety Council. The British Safety Council’s conference Leadership and culture change, to be held on 20 March 2017 in the Crowne Plaza hotel in Dubai, will provide a platform to share best pr...

  The 8th International Forum on Work and Safety, which will take place in Beijing, China, on the 27-29 September 2016, will bring together health and safety professionals, business leaders and government officials to share their achievements, as well as the latest trends and developments in health and safety worldwide.