Target CSF Leaks recognises the requirements of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 and will implement a Safety Management System in accordance with the Health & Safety Executive’s model HS (65) “Successful Health & Safety Management”, which will include this Statement of Intent, the Organisation and Arrangements responsible for implementing the Health & Safety standards and expectation, together with a Monitoring, Audit and Review process.
Statement of Intent
Target CSF Leaks is committed to conducting itself in a safe and healthy manner. Target CSF Leaks is a voluntary organisation with membership by subscription and as such Target CSF Leaks recognises and is committed to its duty of care to its members, and others, including the public.
Being a voluntary organisation with membership by subscription, Target CSF Leaks cannot impose any statutory duties made under the Health & Safety at Work Regulations Act 1999 on its members, but will apply the requirements of the Act, and the regulations enabled by the Act as appropriate so as to enable Target CSF Leaks to fulfil its duties of care, and also to help the membership to fulfil their duties of care to the public.
Our Health & Safety policy is to:
● Prevent accidents and cases of volunteer related ill-health.
● Manage health and safety risks in the workplace.
● Provide clear instructions and information to ensure volunteers are competent to do their work.
● Act on volunteers’ concerns on matters concerning their health and safety.
● Review and revise this policy annually.
Day-to-day responsibility for ensuring this policy is put into practice lies within individual volunteers themselves.
All volunteers should:
• cooperate with supervisors and managers on health and safety matters;
• take reasonable care of their own health and safety
• report all health and safety concerns to targetcsfleaks@gmail.com
Volunteers will be given a health and safety induction. We advise volunteers to identify a secure evacuation route from their chosen place of work.
Target CSF Leaks will, through its various ‘management centres’, consult on health and safety matters with its membership. Target CSF Leaks membership has a duty of care to avoid acts or omissions that they could reasonable foresee would injure themselves and others.
Target CSF Leaks will develop a Health & Safety Culture through:
- Competence: Seeking to improve the knowledge, skills and ability of the membership.
- Communication: Maintaining and improving two-way communication between Target CSF Leaks and the membership.
- Cooperation: Maintaining and improving cooperation between groups and individuals.
- Control: By allocating responsibilities, securing commitment, instruction and supervision.
Organisation
The Chairman of the Board of Trustees shall assume overall responsibility for Health and Safety within Target CSF Leaks and will be responsible for the annual review of the Policy, and shall assume overall responsibility for implementing health and safety standards and expectations within Target CSF Leaks.
The membership shall be responsible for complying with the health and safety standards and expectations.
This policy will be reviewed annually.
Last Reviewed: 3rd May 2025
Next Review Due: 3rd May 2026