Women in Health and Safety is a thriving network of people who support gender equality and want to see women flourish in our profession. We connect in-person and online. Our get-togethers are free to attend and open to all, and we actively encourage both men and women to join us.
3000+ people have attended one of our events
2015 was when the first event took place
Events take place all over the country
Mace, HSE Recruitment, HSW Consultants, Shirley Parsons, Acre, Hays, Safety & Health Expo, Redcat, the HSE and NEBOSH have all hosted events
Events have taken place all over the country, in cities including Norwich, London, Birmingham, Leicester, Liverpool, Leeds, Edinburgh and Glasgow. Take a look at highlights videos and photos of some of our events below.
For more past events highlights see the posts below:
Changing young minds to construction, hosted by St George and The Berkley Group plc – 2019
SHP works with a committee to determine the best direction for Women in Health and Safety. We meet quarterly to assess feedback from past events. We also discuss plans for future events and come up with ideas to keep the network running effectively.
Another role of the the committee is to raise awareness of the network. For instance taking part in relevant SHP interviews, offering site visits at their workplaces and speaking at Women in Health and Safety events.
A Chairperson heads up the committee and a new Chairperson is selected each June. At the present time Judith Grant, Associate Director of Health & Wellbeing at Mace is Chair. See below the current committee members.
Handover from the old to the new committee at Safety Health Expo 2018. Introducing Judith Grant as the new Chair.
Aoife Devaney, Health and Safety Assistant, St George Developments
Angelina Sooren, Group HSEQ Director, Churchill
Anne Gardner-Aston, Group Health, Safety & Wellbeing Director, Places for People
Barbara Marino, Director, ORSA projects
Carly Gilbert, Safety Manager, Media Safety Management
Charlotte Geoghegan, Head of Content, SHP and Safety & Health Expo
Charlotte Taylor, Senior Health & Safety Advisory, Morgan Sindall
There are two different types of event you can run: mini-meets and forums. Both are a great way to promote your personal or corporate brand whilst supporting women in the profession.
Mini-meets are small, informal get-togethers. They don’t require much planning or organisation at all. Simply get a group together and talk about your experiences with issues affecting women in health and safety.
Ideas for your mini-meet:
Go out for dinner
Meet up in a pub
Have a breakfast meeting
Get together at a conference
Mini-meets don’t have a ‘host’, as such, and attendees should cover the cost of their own refreshments, if they’re having them.
If you’d like SHP to encourage others to join your mini-meet just tell us when & where you’re meeting two weeks beforehand. You could also write a post in the Women in Health & Safety LinkedIn group if you want more people to know about it.
After your mini-meet send SHP:
A photo of your get-together
A list of people who attended
A summary of what you did and discussed
Then we’ll publish an article about your Women in Health & Safety mini-meet on SHP. It’s as easy as that!
Forums are generally larger events, although there is no minimum number of delegates required. Forums must be open for all professionals within our community to attend. The benefit of hosting a forum is that SHP will help you fill it from their database of people – however that does mean some preparation time is required.
If you would like to host a forum you’ll need to complete the short application form, which you’ll find below, and send it to [email protected]
If your application is successful, as host, you are required to:
Inform SHP of your full plans for the event, as per the timeline below.
Provide (and cover the costs of) a suitable venue. Alternatively you can request to use our venue at 240 Blackfriars. You can use the space free of charge, but will need to cover the cost of refreshments.
Provide (and cover the costs of) drinks and nibbles for everyone attending.
Write a press release/promotional copy announcing the event which SHP can use in marketing.
Promote the event. This could be through an email to your database or posts on social media.
Direct all delegates to register through the Women in Health & Safety registration portal, which is managed by SHP
Write up a summary of the event within one week of it taking place. Send this to SHP along with photos so they can publish it.
Allow colleagues from anywhere in the community to attend – this might include your competitors if you are a business!
As host you can:
Provide one or two educational speakers. We tend to find this works best when they presenting for 30-90 mins in total. Please let SHP know if you’d like a copy of the The Speaker Handbook which is filled with useful tips.
Do a mentoring/mentee speed dating event
Provide an element of fun (e.g. a chocolate making demonstration or wine tasting).
When you host a forum, SHP is required to:
Provide you with all necessary logos and branding material.
Create and manage the registration portal where visitors sign-up.
Let you know how many people have registered to attend 2 weeks before, 1 week before and 1 day before the forum takes place.
Provide you with the full delegate list of names 1 day before the forum takes place (N.B. Due to GDPR, SHP can only provide you with the details of those who have opted in.)
Promote the event on the SHP website, newsletter and on social media, both before and after the forum takes place.
Terms & conditions
SHP owns the Women in Health & Safety brand and logo.
SHP reserves the right not to email their database at certain times of the year.
Timeline and checklist for host
Time
What happens
8 weeks out
Let SHP know that you’re interested in hosting an event by completing the application form below.
6 weeks out
Deadline for confirming your date and venue. This information must be sent to SHP so they can plan in promotion activity.
4 weeks out
Deadline for confirming your networking activity and schedule (including speakers, if you’re having them). This information must be sent to SHP.
4 weeks out
Deadline for providing SHP with your press release/promotional copy for the SHP website and newsletter. NB SHP’s editor will ensure all copy meets house style before it’s published.
2-4 weeks out
Promote your event.
2-4 weeks out
SHP will promote the event in at least one email newsletter.
2 weeks out
SHP will let you know how many people have registered
1-2 weeks out
SHP will promote the event in at least one email newsletter.
1 week out
SHP will let you know how many people have registered.
1 day before
SHP will let you know who is attending (subject to GDPR conditions).
1 week after
Provide SHP with a write-up of the event, including photos. This will be sent to an editor who will ensure the copy meets house style.
1-2 weeks after
SHP will publish your write-up on the website.
For more information about running an event contact [email protected]
Ready to apply to host a Women in Health and Safety event?
Simply send the following information to Charlotte Geogehegan, Head of Content for SHP on [email protected] You will receive a response within a week.
Your name, job title and organisation
Your contact details
When would you like to host an event? If you don’t have a specific date in mind, that’s fine
Where would you like to host an event? Please tell us the city and venue, if you know. If you don’t know yet, that’s fine
If you’re planning on having speakers, who do you have in mind? Don’t worry if you can’t confirm individuals yet, we just want to know the sort of people you could put forward.
Are you planning on including any additional activities? For example speed-networking, mentoring match-ups or wine-tasting?
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Director’s briefing: Creating a business case for wellbeing at work
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Safety & Health Expo eBook – trends and highlights from the 2018 seminars
