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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 is:

David Green (Chair)
Association College Management
John Bamford
Universities and Colleges Union
Denise Bertuchi
Unison
Stephen Cooper
Unison
Donald Blue
CHASTE (Scotland)
Stephen Green
Association of Colleges (Secretary)
Chrissy Falck
Learning and Skills Council
Debbie Thiara
HSE
Vince Doyle
Welsh Assembly
Ian Rowe
Ffowrm
Penny Neish
Association of Scotland’s Colleges
Ellie Russell
National Union of Students
Louise Wilson
Educational Institute of Scotland

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."

Minute notes of the FESH forum meetings