Steelworkers donate health & safety award to local charities
15 Jan 2007
Workers at the Corus Service Centre in Blaydon-on-Tyne have donated the £500 awarded to them for their outstanding health and safety performance to three local charities – Cancer Research UK, the Motor Neurone Disease Association and the North of England Children’s Cancer Research Fund (NECCR).The £500 award was given to the Service Centre by Corus’ management team in recognition of the business going 1000 days without a lost time accident – an accident that requires someone to have time off work. Staff were praised for their commitment to maximising health and safety across all parts of the business. The site, based on Chainbridge Road Industrial Estate, has subsequently gone three years without a lost time accident.
Rob Ridge, General Manager of the Corus Service Centre, said: “To go three years without a lost time accident is a tremendous achievement. The Award recognises the commitment that everyone at Blaydon has to maintaining the very highest health and safety standards. It also shows the benefits of having a culture in which employees at all levels take daily responsibility for health and safety and feel able to highlight any issue of concern.
“We’re also delighted to be able to provide additional support to our three ‘home’ charities.”
The ‘home’ charities were selected by Corus workers and customers because they deal with conditions that have directly affected the workforce and their families.
Cancer Research UK is the UK’s leading charity dedicated to research to find ways to prevent, diagnose and treat the disease. It also provides information about the disease sufferers and their families, and works with politicians and policy makers to ensure cancer has a prominent position on the UK’s health agenda.
The Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association is the only national organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland dedicated to the support of people with MND and those who care for them. It helps people with MND secure the care and support they need, while promoting research into causes, treatments and a cure.
NECCR was formed in 1979 by a small group of parents whose lives had been changed by childhood cancer. Some parents had lost children, while others were grateful that their children had overcome the disease. NECCR aims to raise money to fund research into childhood cancer. It has a number of local branches and holds regular meetings throughout the north of England.
