Heath And Safety Policy  

THE SLEEP BETTER COMMUNITY CIC 

Health & Safety Policy Statement

FEBUARY 2025

REVIEW DATE FEB 2026

 

1.1 The Sleep Better Community CIC, (TSBC) is committed to providing services to help people improve their sleep and its safe practice through experience, education, study and training. We wish to promote excellence in Health and Safety for our employees and participants in the same way that we do in our work.

 

1.2 We recognise our duties under current Health and Safety law and will endeavour to meet the

requirements of this legislation and maintain safe and healthy working practices for employees

and volunteers (collectively referred to in this document as “employees”).

 

1.3 Staff and volunteers are informed of their responsibilities to ensure they take all reasonable

precautions, to ensure the safety, health, and welfare of themselves and those likely to be

affected by our undertaking.

 

1.4 We recognise our duty to make regular assessment of the hazards and risks created in the course of our business.

 

We also recognise our duty, so far as is reasonably practicable:

• to meet our legal obligations to maintain safe and healthy working conditions

• to provide adequate control of the health and safety risks so identified

• to consult with our employees on matters affecting their health and safety

• to provide and maintain safe equipment

• to ensure the safe handling and use of substances, if applicable

• to ensure that all employees are competent to do their work, and to give them

appropriate training

• to provide information, instruction, training where necessary for our workforce, in

an appropriate format for their needs

• to prevent accidents and cases of work-related ill health

• to actively manage and supervise health and safety at work

• to have access to competent advice

1• to seek continuous improvement in our health and safety performance and

management through regular (at least annual) review and revision of this policy

• to provide the resources required to make this policy and our Health and Safety

arrangements effective.

 

1.5 We also recognise our duty to co-operate and work with other employers when we work at

premises under their control to ensure the continued health and safety of all those at work.

 

1.6 To help achieve our objectives and ensure our employees recognise their duties under health

and safety legislation whilst at work, we will also inform them of their duty to take reasonable

care for themselves and for others who might be affected by their activities. We achieve this by

explaining their duty and setting out our health and safety rules in an induction and by

conducting refresher training.

  

1.7 In support of this policy, responsibilities and more detailed arrangements will be prepared.

 

Approved by the Board of Trustees: Feb 2025

 

Signature: CEO Date:  

 

Date of next review: Feb 2026