NESHEP – Meeting Review (7th

June 2011)

Our June meeting was held at Wilton International at 10.00 O’clock; The Chairman welcomed

everybody and was pleased yet again with client support and their input to the meeting. This was

our first meeting since merging with Teesside Safety Group; the enthusiasm from the members

was tremendous and there was excellent interaction with our guest speaker. The workshop was

extremely positive to the point that we have planned a follow up meeting specifically to discuss

the feedback and set up additional subgroups to facilitate some of the ideas. A detailed summary

of the workshop feedback will follow to stimulate further discussion.

This extra follow-up workshop ‘implementing action’ will be held in the Exhibition Hall (usual

venue) on Tuesday 5th

July at 10:00 and a light buffet will be provided. In addition, there will be an

overview/tutorial on the use of LinkedIn, as we see this being an invaluable

tool for the Partnership in developing our network and sharing valuable

information.

The Chairman brought a number of items to our attention prior to the main presentation:

1. Safety Groups UK are holding a free half day seminar on 16th June supported by EU-OSHA

on Safe Maintenance - http://linkd.in/j7bFUr

2. NETA Training - FREE Critical Bolting Workshop on 22nd

June - http://linkd.in/m2YJIw

3. National Men's Health Week 13-19th June; free Toolkit for 2011 which focuses on how new

technologies can be used to improve men's health - http://slidesha.re/lZnZKa

4. We also have ambitious plans to set up a North East Centre of Excellence where NESHEP

will provide an unrivalled hub of expertise and the EMSS Scheme the resources to maintain

the centre’s sustainability – contact Alan Bassett directly if you would like to get involved.

Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005

Our main speaker Terry Connor, Legislative Fire Safety Officer for Cleveland Fire

Brigade brought us up to date on the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005,

which included: who does it apply to; general fire precautions; the terms Relevant and

Competent persons; plus the role of the fire service in enforcing the order. There were

many aspects of the presentation which stimulated a lot of discussion and numerous questions,

some of which were answered by our members who had relevant experience in that area. Many

thanks to Terry for taking the time out from his busy schedule and here is a link to the

presentation - http://slidesha.re/mGM0r5. Feel free to contact Terry direct if you have any other

questions or need his support.

Workshop Summary

A review of the feedback raised many excellent ideas, a few of which have been listed below to

provide a flavour for those that weren’t able to attend but may still be interested in participating

at our ‘implementing action’ workshop on Tuesday 5th

July:

• Develop a NESHEP Member Directory and encourage company sponsorship

• Identify ‘Champions’ within the partnership who specialise in certain fields

• Produce a NESHEP Safety Alert/Newsletter (input from members paramount)

• Issue quarterly report to Teesside Contractors Group and other partner organisations

• Develop additional active subgroups (eg social, networking, collaboration etc)

• Awards for best practice/innovations/outstanding individuals

• Special slots for legislation changes (6th

April and 1st

October) - http://bit.ly/h9dYSM link to

the HM Governments report - One-in, One-out: Statement of New Regulation

• External Site Visits (eg Boulby Potash Mine, Tata Steel’s R & D Facility etc)

• Develop/expand on HSEs input to the partnership

• Facilitate a ‘Meet the Buyers’ type of event

• Explore the many funding opportunities

• Invite more client input – Clients, tell us what you want/need from your contractor

support/service organisations; helping everybody to me more efficient, competitive & pro-

active, utilising local resources

• Knowledge Exchange – develop a vehicle for members to post questions and canvas

support from the experts (flipchart & post-its available to kick off at the next meeting)

We are looking for volunteers to take these initiatives forward and ‘run with them’ which could

enhance your exposure to various organisations/clients, generating business opportunities and

building your network – get involved and reap the benefits!

Names and Companies who attended our June meeting:

Alan Bassett – Cognition Media

Bill Hardwick – Persimmon Homes

Bob Moodie - RAMS

Bob Robinson - A1 Training & Safety

Colin Ellis – NESHEP

Dave Swalwell - Deborah Services

Ed Levie – NESHEP

Glen Murphy – Koppers

Gloria Grace – Selwood Ltd

J.Waters – Tolent Construction

James Juwitt - RIS

John Appleby – Hertel

John Raftery - ARCO

Jim Benson – Area North

Jimmy Witt - RIS

Kevan Crossley – Cordell Group

Len Wilson – Cognition Network

Linda Newlove – Wolviston Management

Mike Lee - CIS Northern

Neil Agar - CIS Northern

Malcolm Guest – Sabic

Mark Templeman - Interserve

Michael Collier - SESS

Mick Stephenson – DP Consultancy

Neal Granycome – Sulzer Chemtech

Paul Drake - Sapere Software

Peter Vickery – CA Pumps

Roy Taylor – 100% Success

Steve McKie – DP Consultancy

Scott Hearn - Cordell Group

Simon Calvert – ATB Fleet

T.Connor - CFB

Vicky Smith – McNaughton & McGregor

We are currently doing a detailed membership review where we will consolidate both databases

and review attendance; please ensure your subscriptions are up to date or you may miss out on the

extensive and valuable resources that the Partnership has to offer together with any future

marketing materials being developed.

As you know subscription payments are vital to the group’s success and continued operation.

Here is a list of all members’ company logos; if you can’t find yours or need it updating, or indeed

wish to join this growing partnership, please let me know and this will be amended prior to any

forthcoming publications.

If you have been missed from the attendance register or if you have any other suggestions you can

contact me direct via email - tracy.waters@neshep.org or ring me on (01642) 619322.

Our Member Companies