Health and Safety Executive

Further Education Safety and Health Forum (FESH)

The Further Education Safety and Health Forum (FESH) is a stakeholder forum established to deal at a strategic level with health and safety issues within the further education sector.

Membership is drawn from the Association of Colleges (AoC), trade unions, HSE and education representatives from Scotland and Wales.

Current membership (August 2011) is:

Mrs Christina Doherty
Skills Funding Agency
Mr Dave McGinty
The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS)
Mr David Green
The Association of Managers in Education (AMiE), the leadership section of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL)
Mr Ian Rowe
Colleges Wales/Colegau Crymu
Mr John Bamford
Universities and Colleges Union (UCU)
Ms Kathy Bow
Scotland's Colleges Health and Safety Communities of Practice
Ms Penny Neish
Association of Scotland's Colleges
Ms Ruth Sleigh
Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
Mr Stephen Green
Association of Colleges (AoC)
Mr Stephen Jones
Department for Children, Education Lifelong Learning and Skills (DCELLS)
Mr Stephen Cooper 
UNISON
Vacancy
National Union of Students (NUS)

The terms of reference for the Forum are:

"To act as a forum for the Further Education Sector, developing partnership between employers and employee representatives and providing strategic oversight and direction on matters of occupational health and safety.

It is expected that the establishment of this forum will lead to the evolution of practical solutions to occupational health and safety issues. The regulators will be invited to attend and others may be co-opted."

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Updated 13.10.11