Health & Safety Responsibilities in a Church Setting
WorkNest is delighted to support the Assemblies of God Great Britain with their Health & Safety compliance as their trusted partner.
Health and safety legislation applies to places of worship, as it does to any other public building, whether you own or lease a venue, or just rent a room, and leaders of religious organisations are responsible for ensuring compliance.
If you are struggling to give health and safety the time it deserves and worried your church might be falling short of requirements, register now for WorkNest’s exclusive webinar for Assemblies of God churches and learn more about your responsibilities and how we can support you.
12 December - 7:00pm
Overview
Places of worship are also workplaces. As such, they are bound by health and safety regulations.
It is often the case that faith-based organisations do not have access to in-house support in this integral area, which can lead to outdated practices, accidents and other costly mistakes.
At WorkNest, we understand that managing your legal responsibilities can feel overwhelming. Our job is to help you stay on top of your duties and maintain a safe environment for staff and worshippers through personalised, professional support.
We are not here to find fault; our goal is to work with you to ensure you are providing a safe environment, meeting your responsibilities and fulfilling your duty of care.
What's on the agenda?
During this highly-anticipated live webinar, WorkNest’s Senior Health & Safety Manager, Andrew Hall, will provide a helpful overview of health and safety management within a church setting, answer common questions, and offer actionable advice on:
- Reasons for managing health and safety: moral, legal and financial
- Accidents in the workplace: what the statistics show
- Key legislation: understanding the Health and Safety at Work Act
- Legal duties: responsibilities of church leaders and trustees
- Common hazards and risks within a church environment
- The 5 steps to risk assessment
- The core components of a robust health and safety policy
- Leadership checklist: using the ‘Plan, Do, Check, Act’ approach
- Who are WorkNest and how can we help?
Have a question?
We’ll aim to answer as many of your questions as possible in a live Q&A at the end of the session. If you have a specific question in mind, please submit it in advance via the registration form so that our host can review your query ahead of time.
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Specialist Health & Safety support for churches
WorkNest is delighted to support the Assemblies of God Great Britain with their Health & Safety compliance.
For the past 15 years, WorkNest has assisted all manner of religious organisations with people management and health and safety compliance. Our tailored, people-focused approach provides much-needed support to faith-based organisations across the UK.
We understand the need to find practical solutions to health and safety risks and the need for cultural sensitivity when dealing with employment matters.
With our unique combination of sector knowledge and specialist expertise, we are perfectly placed to help you simplify your responsibilities in these areas, so that you can improve your claims defensibility, safeguard your reputation, and focus on serving your community.
Webinar review
“Having attended a few WorkNest webinars, I am always impressed with the no-nonsense, well-balanced guidance they provide. Their advice gives me confidence to deal with situations that may arise in an appropriate way and the fact that they follow up with answers to all the questions posed during the webinar is an added bonus.”
Mary Greig, Scaled Solutions
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