Bollington Festival Players Health and Safety Policy

HEALTH AND SAFETY GENERAL POLICY STATEMENT

We, the Bollington Festival Players, are committed to ensuring the health, safety and welfare of our members, so far as is reasonably practicable. We are fully committed to protecting others who may be affected by our activities.

The Committee of the Society being the elected responsible body for the Society declares that in all matters affecting health and safety, as it affects members and volunteers, it encourages all participants in activities to observe proper procedures in health and safety as detailed in Bollington Arts Centres Health and Safety Policy.

It has appointed the BFP House Manager as its Health and Safety Officer who is Responsible for ensuring that in all matters affecting Health and Safety he will encourage, train and monitor participants’ awareness of their duties and responsibilities

Our members will be given such information, instruction and training as is necessary to enable the safe performance of their activities with us.

It is the duty of the committee to ensure that our facilities and systems of work are designed to take account of health and safety and are properly supervised at all times. The specific responsibilities and duties are detailed in the Bollington Arts Centres Health and Safety Manual.

Arrangements are also set out in the Bollington Arts Centres Health and Safety Manual to ensure that members are able to bring to our attention matters of health and safety that need to be addressed.

Competent persons are appointed to assist us in meeting our statutory duties, including where appropriate external specialists. The details of these persons are included in the Society’s Health and Safety Manual

Every member, visitor and affected member of the public is encouraged to cooperate with us to ensure that our statutory duties are met. All members are reminded of their obligations to take care of their own health and safety, and for the safety of other persons who may be affected by their acts or omissions.

This policy will be audited annually to ensure that our health and safety objectives are achieved and maintained. It will also be reviewed whenever there are changes to health and safety law or organisational changes which affect health and safety.