Bracknell

Bracknell Forest Borough Council is a fine example of quality health and safety management according to inspectors who awarded it a prestigious RoSPA Occupational Health & Safety Award earlier this month.

The Gold Medal award is only given to organisations which have achieved a minimum of 5 consecutive Gold Awards for good health and safety practice.

It was presented to Safety Advisers from Bracknell Council at a special ceremony at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel, during the RoSPA Occupational Health & Safety Awards 2007 - which ran alongside Safety & Health Expo 2007, the UK's premier health and safety at work exhibition.

David Rawlins, RoSPA Awards Manager, said "Bracknell Forest Borough Council have demonstrated how seriously they take health and safety management and are a fine example to many other companies. We would like to see more organisations following their lead."

RoSPA has been organising the national award scheme since 1956, to recognise excellence on health and safety performance. The awards are designed to reduce the number of accidents and cases of ill health at work and to ensure organisations have good health and safety management systems in place.

Vincent Paliczka, Director of Bracknell Council's Environment & Leisure Department, said "We are absolutely delighted to have won this award. The RoSPA awards help us ensure we have good health and safety management systems in place which in turn helps reduce the number of accidents and cases of ill health at work.

"Entering the awards scheme reinforces the Council's commitment to the achievement of high levels of performance in this crucial area, and winning the Gold Medal reflects a consistency in our approach ."

Cllr Iain McCracken,Executive Member for Leisure, Corporate Services and Public Protection, added: "This award reflects the Council's on-going commitment to provide a safe place for all our employees to work. I'd like to thank everyone who has worked hard to ensure that the Council remains a safe and as hazard-free place to work as possible."

Bracknell Forest Borough Council