Derbyshire NUT is active in the following areas:

•  Supporting school H&S Representatives by answering telephone queries, visiting schools with problems and helping them with their first inspection.

• Local training of H&S Reps: a one-day event is organised every year which Reps are entitled to attend.

• Our Roving H&S Representative, Tim Wherly, acts as representative for schools without their own representative.  He has a programme of school inspections for these schools, visiting them once a year.

• The LEA Health & Safety Committee is our means of raising concerns and discussing procedures with the LEA.  The Committee meets once per term.  The NUT has an active role on this committee, providing the secretariat for the union side. Topics for discussion included: restraint; voice care; asbestos; appropriate chairs for use by infant  teachers; and lone working. 

• Bringing issues to the attention of members by reporting to the Division Council meetings, by articles in DATA and by circulars to schools.

• David Furness is on the Union’s National Working Party for H&S.

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