Charity and voluntary workers

A guide to health and safety at work

This book provides basic health and safety advice and information to charity and voluntary organisations. Many of them do not have access to professional health and safety advice and don’t know what is required of them. This book aims to help them find out and gives practical suggestions on how to work safely. It will also help health and safety practitioners working in this sector. The book covers the main aspects of health and safety that most charity and voluntary organisations will need to be aware of in order to meet their legal duties.

Each chapter looks at a specific health and safety subject and gives a general introduction followed by a series of practical case studies taken from actual events. It explains legal duties, how to manage health and safety and how to assess risks. Among other things, the book deals with work in charity shops, driving and transport, fire safety, fundraising, lone working, moving and handling, violence at work, supervision and training.

This book is the result of a joint project between the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), the Charities Safety Group (CSG), and the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH).

Charity and voluntary workers - A guide to health and safety at work

Published: May 2006

• Available from HSE Books