is a resource centre for Londoners fighting health and safety hazards in their workplace and community. This site is for union and community organisers anywhere who need health and safety information.

Our latest News

Monday, 04 August 2008

London Hazards Centre Management Council
gives notice to members of an

EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

on Wednesday 17th September 2008
at 6.30pm at Friends Meeting House
Euston Road (opposite Euston Station)

London Hazards Centre has received confirmation from London Councils that we have been commissioned, with funding of £110,000 a year, from September 2008 until 2012 to:
“Improve health and safety in the workplace and communities through information, advice and training, focusing on women, BME communities and trade unions(service 13).”
This Extraordinary General Meeting has been called to decide the future of the Centre and elect a new Management Council to direct this work.
To check if your organisation is eligible to send a delegate to vote at this meeting and nominate someone to the Management Council
e-mail: admin@lhc.org.uk

Our latest Newsletters

The Daily Hazard No 96 April 2008

Lead Story:
Action call on asbestos in schools

Daily Hazard No. 96
Click the above link for the whole newsletter as pdf ( what's pdf?)

The Daily Hazard No 95 December 2007

Lead Story:
Lobbying the Minister

Daily Hazard No. 95
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The Daily Hazard No 94 September 2007

Lead Story:
Crane collapse strengthens calls for action

Daily Hazard No. 94
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Index of previous newletters

Our latest factsheets

Inspections
April 2008
The Factsheet as pdf (what's pdf?)

Sick pay and sickness absence policies
December 2007
The Factsheet as pdf (what's pdf?)

Photocopier and laser printer hazards
September 2007
The Factsheet as pdf (what's pdf?)

Index of previous factsheets

BADasbestos News

The group obtained a grant from Barking and Dagenham Primary Care Trust to help develop the work at local level and appointed a new worker, John Towersey.

John can be contacted on the following free helpline:

0800 587 1272.

which is staffed from 8am to 8pm Mondays to Fridays.  Alternatively he can be e-mailed at: johntowersey@btinternet.com. Monthly drop in sessions continue to be held at Barking Town Hall, usually on the third Wednesday (please check a session is on).

BADasbestos is now based at:

Starting Point,
16 Pickering Road,
Barking,
IG11 8PG.

ASBESTOS MONUMENT

The council agreed to pay for a permanent memorial to all those killed by exposure to asbestos in Barking and Dagenham. It will be a granite fountain with engraving around the foot, in the award winning redevelopment outside Barking Town Hall. It will be close to the arboretum, and will provide a place for relatives to reflect on their loved ones.

A possible date for unveiling is national Mesothelioma Day 27th February 2009.

Migrant and Refugee Worker Support

London Hazard Centre offers advice and support to refugee and migrant workers

Abuse of worker's employment rights (including health & safety rights) by employers is rife for refugees and migrant workers. They often have rates of pay less than the minimum wage and endure long and illegal working hours. Accidents and injuries have always been high amongst this group of workers as the Morecambe Bay and other tragedies have highlighted. The London Hazards Centre makes this sector of our community a priority for our services.

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