Health and Safety
Executive / Commission
Organisations
(Formerly National Back Pain Association)
16 Elmtree Road, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 8ST
Status: Voluntary non-profit-making organisation
Principal functions and activities: BackCare helps people manage and prevent back pain by providing advice, promoting self help, encouraging debate and funding scientific research into better back care.
c/o Greater Manchester Hazards Centre, 23 New Mount Street, Manchester M4 4DE
Status: Unincorporated voluntary organisation
Principal functions and activities: Provide advice and support for family and friends of people who have died because of work activities; help to understand how to use formal proceedings such as Coroners inquests to highlight employers' and managers' responsibilities.
721 Hagley Road West, Quinton, Birmingham B32 1DJ
Status: Registered charity, supported by membership.
Principal functions and activities: The Birmingham Health, Safety and Environment Association aims to help to improve standards of health and safety at work through a monthly meeting, a manned Safety Advisory Centre and telephone helpline, a range of safety training videos available on loan to members and seminars on topical subjects.
13 Scott Street, Keighley, West Yorkshire BD21 2JH, UK
Status: Voluntary organisation
Principal functions and activities: The Forum is a partnership of public, private, voluntary and trade union organisations.
PO Box 548, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire HD1 2XZ
Status: Charity
Principal function: To stop deaths and injuries on the roads and to care for people traumatised by crashes, achieved through education of the public and professionals with an interest in advancing road safety.
Garston, Watford WD25 9XX
Status: BRE is owned by the BRE Trust, a registered charity.
Principal functions and activities: BRE is the main organisation in the UK carrying out research into building and construction, prevention and control of fire, risk and environmental sciences and also provides consultancy, training and information services.
Toad Hall, Hinton Road, Hurst, Berkshire RG10 0BS UK
Status: Trade association
Principal functions and activities: The promotion of best practice in the manufacture and use of abrasive products in close co-operation with HSE/BSI/CEN/ISO and FEPA.
The Hollies, Oak Bank Lane, Hoole Village, CHESTER CH2 4ER, UK
Status: Trade association.
Principal functions and activities: Formed in 1986 for the benefit of both members and customers. Includes the monitoring of safety standards and quality within the activity sector throughout the British Isles.
Kings Buildings, Smith Square, London SW1P 3JJ
Status: Trade association
Principal functions and activities: To promote and protect the interests of the aerosol industry.
4th Floor, Neville House, 55 Eden Street, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey KT1 1BW
Status: Certification organisation in active fire protection equipment and services
Principal functions and activities: Formed in 1984, BAFE is a non-profit making organisation whose primary objective is to raise and maintain high standards of quality in active fire protection equipment and services.
23 Presley Way, Crownhill, Milton Keynes, MK8 0ES, UK
Status: Certification body
Principal functions and activities: Certification and testing of electrical cables and related products.
Richmond House, Broad Street, Ely, CB7 4AH, UK
Status: Trade association
Principal functions and activities: The association promotes the effective use of water-based automatic fire suppression systems and represents the interests of more than 95% of the UK sprinkler industry including manufacturers, suppliers, contractors, insurers, consultants and the fire and rescue services
Market Towers, 1 Nine Elms Lane, London SW8 5NQ
Status: Trade association for the brewing industry and owners of licensed premises.
Principal functions and activities: To represent member companies' interests, nationally and internationally, and to supply information and advice to them. Health and safety matters are the concern of the Brewing Health and Safety Panel and the Retail Human Resources Panel.
Riverside House, 4 Meadows Business Park, Station Approach, Blackwater, Camberley, Surrey, GU17 9AB, UK
Status: Trade and research association
Principal functions and activities: Trade association representing the four principal United Kingdom cement producers.
(formerly British Ceramic Manufacturers' Federation)
Federation House, Station Road, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 2SA
Status: Trade and employers' association
Principal functions and activities: To promote and protect the common interests of the ceramics industry in all spheres and activity which affect members' operations.
1 Regent Street, London SW1Y 4NR
Status: Trade association representing the principal companies in the UK providing engineering design and construction services to a wide range of process industries.
Principal functions and activities: The purpose of BCECA is to improve public understanding of members' activities and to provide a focal point for representation of its members' interests in discussion with customers, UK government, EC institutions and other interested parties.
Status: A trade association representing the UK industrial gases industry.
Principal functions and activities: To represent the interests of companies engaged in the manufacture, application and distribution of industrial gases, the manufacture of gas receptacles, pressure vessels and tank containers and equipment associated with the application and use of them, in the industrial food, electronics and medical fields.
4 Whitehall Court, Westminster, London SW1A 2ES
Status: Trade association
Principal functions and activities: The principal objectives of the The British Constructional Steelwork Association Ltd are to promote the use of structural steelwork, to assist specifiers and clients; to ensure that the capabilities and activities of the industry are widely understood and to provide members with professional services in technical, commercial, contractual, quality assurance and health and safety matters.
64 Wimpole Street, London W1G 8YS
Status: Professional body supported by membership, learned and scientific society and trade union.
Principal functions and activities: The British Dental Association is the largest professional body for dentists in the UK with approximately 19,500 members and acts as both a trade union and professional association and exists to help, advise and represent its members.
33A Canal Street, Oxford OX2 6BQ
Status: BERSA is a registered Certification Mark. It is a self regulatory, self funding, non-profit making organisation.
Principal functions and activities: Safety governing body of elastic rope sports in the UK and Europe, including bungee jumping.Offers independent certification for bungee jumping providers, and licensing, through assessment and examination, for operatives.
Westminster Tower, 3 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SL
Status: Group of 14 electrotechnical trade associations.
Principal functions and activities: Represents the interests of the UK electrotechnical industry.
Neville House, 55 Eden Street, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey KT1 1BW
Principal functions and activities: The Association represents manufacturers, installers and maintainers of fire alarm and specialist fixed extinguishing systems and areas of involvement include development of standards and regulations, EU representation and accreditation of companies
5-7 High Street, Sunninghill, Ascot, SL5 9NQ
Status: Trade association
Principal functions and activities: BITA is a trade association which represents all the major interests in the industrial truck industry in the United Kingdom.
BMA House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9JP
Status: A voluntary trade union and professional association of doctors. Contains divisions and departments dealing with all branches of medicine and professional activity
Principal functions and activities: An independent trade union, a scientific and educational body and a publishing house.
6 St Andrew's Place, London NW1 4LB
Status: Registered charity
Principal functions and activities: Assessment of occupational health research priorities; granting awards towards such research commissioning, monitoring, supervising and publishing the useful results of such research; publication of practical guidelines based on sound science; raising general and specific funds to pay for research.
Status: Learned society
Principal functions and activities: To promote occupational and environmental hygiene through conferences, symposia and workshops, local meetings and special interest groups and examinations in aspects of occupational hygiene, either as stand-alone modules or leading to professional membership of the Society's Faculty of Occupational Hygiene.
1 Ground Floor, Gleneagles House, Vernon Gate, Derby, DE1 1UP
Status: Trade association.
Principal functions and activities: Services companies or others engaged in the control of certain food, hygiene or nuisance pests, or having a close interest with industrial pest control.
6 Bath Place, Rivington Street, London EC2A 3JE
Status: Company limited by guarantee.
Principal functions and activities: Trade federation for plastics and allied products. Under the umbrella of the BPF, there are three committees dealing with health and safety: Fire Safety Committee; Industrial Health and Safety Committee and Product Safety Committee.
60 Charles Street, Leicester LE1 1FB
Status: Trade association
Principal functions and activities: The British Precast Concrete Federation, together with its many specialist product groups, works to promote the benefits of using this material in the built environment.
Carthusian Court, 12 Carthusian Street, London EC1M 6EZ
Status: Trade association primarily concerned with technical and regulatory developments relating to the design, construction, equipment and operation of mobile offshore units.
Principal functions and activities: To promote and protect the interests of British owners and managers of mobile offshore units used in connection with offshore exploration and exploitation; to represent the views of the industry to government departments and other organisations, both national and international.
6 Bath Place, Rivington Street, London EC2A 3JE
Status: Trade association
Principal functions and activities: The BRPPA represents the interests of British rubber & polyurethane product manufacturers and suppliers of raw materials, services and equipment for the industry. Services include health and safety seminars and training, and provision of advice on specific health and safety issues relevant to the industry.
70 Chancellor's Road, London W6 9RS
Status: Registered charity
Principal functions and activities: The British Safety Council is one of the world's leading advocates of workplace health and safety. It works hand-in-hand with its member organisations to improve their health, safety and environmental performance. It offers audits, advisory services, e-learning, face-to-face training and a suite of nationally-recognised qualifications. The surplus from its revenue generating activities is used for public benefit initiatives such as the provision of free health and safety qualifications for school pupils and targeted campaigns and engagement to raise awareness and improve health, safety and environmental outcomes.
The British Safety Industry Federation,
93 Bowen Court,
St Asaph Business Park,
St Asaph
Denbighshire,
LL17 0JE, Wales, UK
Status: Trade body
Principal functions and activities: Membership services and lead association for PPE Directive. Public source of information on the supply and use of PPE and safety equipment.
PO Box 126, Neston, England, CH33 9BD, UK
Principal functions and activities: The BSDGB was established in 1992 to govern the standards of the teaching of personal safety and self defence in the United Kingdom and has produced a range of nationally-accredited qualifications available through distance learning and formal training, covering non-physical and physical elements of personal safety.
5 Orton Enterprise Centre, Bakewell Road, Orton Southgate, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire PE2 6XU
Status: Trade association.
Principal functions and activities: The association is the UK's premier trade association for the signage industry which protects, promotes and develops the interest of member companies who are involved in the design, production, manufacture, erection and installation of illuminated and non-illuminated advertising signs.
20-22 Stukeley Street, London WC2B 5LR
Status: Independent trade association
Principal functions and activities: BSDA represents the UK's producers of soft drinks, including carbonated drinks, still and dilutable drinks, fruit juices and bottled waters.
389 Chiswick High Road, London W4 4AL
Status: British Standards Institution is incorporated by Royal Charter
Principal functions and activities: BSI Group is a leading independent professional services business. The Group now operates globally three business units: BSI British Standards, BSI Management Systems and BSI Product Services
BSI, 389 Chiswick High Road, London W4 4AL
Status Part of the British Standards Institution which is an independent body incorporated by royal charter. The society is supported and administered by BSI.
Principal functions and activities: The Society is an association of individuals concerned with the application of standards, who join on a personal basis. Its main aims are to help standards users in their understanding and use of standards, to encourage contact between standards users and to provide BSI with feedback on the practical application of standards.
PO Box 249, Macclesfield SK11 6FT, Cheshire.
Status: Company limited by guarantee.
Principal functions and activities: To further the science of toxicology by arranging meetings, promoting education, encouraging research and facilitating communication.
55 Tufton Street, London SW1P 3QL UK
Status: Trade federation.
Principal functions and activities: Providing an advisory service to manufacturers of joinery and timber components.
Success Unlimited, Dept HE, P.O. Box 67, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 9YS
Status: Voluntary
Principal functions and activities: Free confidential advice and information on all aspects of workplace bullying. Also school bullying, stress, psychiatric injury, PTSD and bullying-related suicide.
22 Greencoat Place, London SW1P 1PR, UK
Status: Professional body supported by membership, a registered charity
Principal functions and activities: The provision of membership services including technical guides, conferences and seminars
11b St Mary's Square, Swansea SA1 3LP
Status: Section of Economic Development, City and County of Swansea
Principal functions and activities: Business information and support services including business counselling, diagnostic counselling, business development, start up advice, business training.
18 Windsor Road, Newport, Gwent NP19 8NS
Status: Road safety organisation
Principal functions and activities: BUSK co-ordinates School Transport Safety Week and; works to raise awareness of how to travel safely among school children and the general public. Consultancy work for local authority and others in the coach and bus industry.