HS Accelerator

At Charity Business we are proud to call ourselves experts in the field of charity finance. We know everything about accounting, reporting, management and investing. We are even pretty canny when it comes to things like credit card and e-payment facilities.

We are, however, smart enough to realise that there are many aspects of running a charity we are not experts in. This is why we seek out like-minded groups and companies, each expert in their own specific field, who we can fill these gaps.

One such facility is HS Accelerator. This free online diagnostic survey can tell you if you are compliant with current Health and Safety legislation, because although your aims as a charity are different to those of commercial organisations, the legislation to protect staff, volunteers and the public are the same.

Now every company should have health & safety policies and procedures in place. These will keep them abreast of the latest developments and mean that staff knows what to do when they have or see a problem. However, these longer-term on-going projects often get shuffled to the back of the "things to do" by apparently more urgent day-to-day operational tasks.

Yet the responsibility still lies with the employer to ensure compliance with and ignorance is no defence. Fines can cost organisations £1000s, and increase insurance costs for years after, so it is best not 'hope for the best'. Take this online survey to test your organisation’s compliance. It should only take 15 minutes to complete and was designed by a panel of current practicing experts to cover all current UK Health and Safety law. It is clever in its responses and only shows the questions that matter to you, changing to reflect your responses.

When you have completed the survey, a personal report is emailed directly to you.

Even if you think you have good health and safety procedures in place, the questions asked by HS Accelerator provide food thought.

Click here to access HS Accelerator