All Wales Partnership

The partnership  represents eight safety groups across Wales including IOSH branches for
North, South, and West Wales, South and West Wales Safety Group,
IIRSM, Construction Safety Group, Cardiff and South-East Wales
Occupational Health and Safety Group, and Association of Project
Safety Wales.

The partnership came together in September 2021, representing several groups including – IOSH branches from South, West, and North Wales, IIRSM Wales, South Wales Construction Safety Group, Cardiff and South-East Wales Occupational Safety Group, South and West Wales Safety Group and the Association for Project Safety Wales. The journey to formation started with a request to be part of the Welsh Government Health and Safety forum, which itself was supported by input and direction from HSE Wales, along with a steering role from established groups and partnerships in Scotland.

To move forward and commit to our objectives we require some consistent input:

• The support and collaboration with our partner organisations (detailed above)
• Develop the support and collaboration of additional groups and interested parties
• The desire and contribution of health and safety professionals across Wales to become involved in our initiatives
• The support and involvement with agencies and regulators, primarily in Wales.

Progression of the Partnership

Though the initial consideration was that the partnership would work with or through the Welsh Government Health and Safety Forum, this is not now the case now, as this ‘forum’ has ceased to operate. We will however continue to engage where possible with the Welsh Government.

Similarly, the working relationship with HSE will be one we will continue to drive forward inviting them to communicate, engage and collaborate. Supporting HSE’s 1ten year strategy, Protecting People and Places, launched last year, which itself recognises ‘a collaborative HSE’ as one of its ‘strategic themes’. This will hopefully continue to be a desirable outcome, ‘recognizing the importance of working with others to achieve shared or complementary objectives.’

Vision Statement

“To be the Leading Safety Partnership for Wales’s Health and Safety Professionals. To achieve excellence in collaboration, influencing positive changes across Wales through collective approach that inspires engagement to achieve progressive success.”

Objectives

Our objectives are:

1. A commitment to partner with the Welsh Government, HSE, regulators, and agencies to deliver a safe work agenda for Wales, securing health and safety of the workplace and the health, safety, welfare, and well-being of employees.
2. Through the representation of our constituent members, we will adapt our specialisms and expertise that exist to develop safer places of work, offering competent advice and guidance.
3. Create an opportunity for consultation and contribution toward safe and healthy work workplaces and working practices.
4. Facilitate and share good practice as part of consultation with our partners, enhancing the safe work agenda through effective engagement.

Our Strategy & Commitment

Scope 1: It is key to recognise the importance of measurement, continuity, and continual improvement. Identifying and achieving measurable/tangible outputs will be essential.

Scope 2: Continuity needs to be judged partly through the involvement of the right people for the right reasons. We will establish a ‘template’ whereby we will look for the right person/right people to lead and support groups, demonstrating the importance and responsibility of making our objectives appear professional. Volunteers are always important and should never be turned away but volunteering for the right reason will be key as well.

Scope 3: All projects should be seen as part of a strategic objective/vision for a safer Wales and tie in where possible to existing initiatives and plans (HSE, Welsh GOV, Fire/local authorities, and other standing groups – Working Well Together, Healthy Working Wales, South Wales safety Alliance etc. Our projects will endeavour to add value where we can to other groups initiatives and vice versa.

Scope 4: Establish areas/topics for projects/working groups that include for initial discussion:

• Building safety/fire.
• Education/career development/signposting, apprenticeships.
• Lithium batteries/charging safety.
• Health and safety advice and guidance for the self-employed, gig economy, volunteer
• Lone working.

Scope 5: Each project/working group would work to a template which could reflect some or all of the following: –

• Group owner/chair, deputy, members, frequency of Meetings / contributions,
• format, contact details.
• Objective/title
• Overview/objective
• Terms of reference
• Timeframe
• Progress checks/updates – show and demonstrate progress against stated objective(s), be measurable, challenged.
• A link to the All Wales Safety Partnership Strategy  is below 

Link  to All Wales Safety Partnership  Strategy