Health and Safety Policy
Part 1: Statement of intent
This is the health and safety policy statement of Hastings International Piano
Our health and safety policy is to:
prevent accidents and cases of work-related ill health
manage health and safety risks in our workplace
provide clear instructions and information, and adequate training, to ensure employees are competent to do their work
consult with our volunteers and partners on matters affecting their health and safety
maintain safe and healthy working conditions
implement emergency procedures, including evacuation in case of fire or other significant incident
review and revise this policy regularly
Part 2: Responsibilities for health and safety
Overall and final responsibility for health and safety: Ian Roberts- Managing Director
Day-to-day responsibility for ensuring this policy is put into practice: Hannah Deeble- General Manager
To ensure health and safety standards are maintained/improved, the following people have responsibility in the following areas:
Hannah Deeble- risk assessments, accident and ill-health investigation, emergency procedures, fire and evacuation, consulting volunteers and partners, instruction and supervision, training, first aid.
Ian Roberts -maintaining office equipment.
All employees should:
co-operate with supervisors and managers on health and safety matters;
take reasonable care of their own health and safety; and
report all health and safety concerns to an appropriate person (as detailed above).
Part 3: Arrangements for health and safety
Risk assessment: We will complete relevant risk assessments and take action. We will review risk assessments when working habits or conditions change.
Training: We will ensure staff are first aid trained.
When working at other sites ie. Theatres/venues, we will ensure an adequate number of partners or volunteers have first aid training and first aiders are identified. We will ensure partners working with equipment have adequate specialist training.
Consultation: We will consult staff routinely on health and safety matters as they arise and formally when we review health and safety.
Evacuation: We will make sure escape routes are well signed and kept clear at all times in the office environment. When working at other sites ie. Theatre/venues, we will ensure evacuation details have been shared and escape routes are well signed. Evacuation plans are tested from time to time and updated if necessary.
We are committed to reviewing our policy and good practice annually.
This policy was last reviewed on: ………1st July 2024……………(date)
By: ………Ian Brignall – General Manager
Hastings International Piano is a registered charity
(Registered Charity Number 1192703)
Our registered address is
The Festival Office, White Rock Theatre, Hastings, TN34 1JX.