This yr the start of Robert Burns and the Lunar New 12 months fell on the an identical date, 25th January. A time for Scots and Asian heritage to be celebrated, a time for reflection and forward planning.
My favorite Robert Burns poem is ‘To a Mouse’, written in 1785 it tells the story of Burns disturbing a mouse nest whereas ploughing a space, a panic stricken mouse, its ruined nest and with winter merely throughout the nook, its world in disarray .
There is a line throughout the poem, ‘The simplest laid plans o’mice an’ males gang aft agley’ that resonates inside OSH world. That no matter our reflection on ‘what works’ and our forward planning, points don’t on a regular basis go our technique… and we would like assist to ship the easiest out in ourselves and our organisations.
Yearly since 1956, RoSPA has provided the possibility for people and organizations to ‘inform their story’ and share their successes by means of the internationally acknowledged RoSPA Nicely being & Safety Awards. This group extends to 40 worldwide places all around the world and coping with the parents involved in bringing submissions collectively is the easiest part of my perform! At present, we now have 25 RoSPA Awards Ambassadors, with three energetic overseas; Stephen Storey in Chennai, Mathew Jackson throughout the United Arab Emirates, and Ben Legg based in Madrid. All of our Ambassadors act as mentors, and Stephen is delivering an event in Chennai later in March.
However, with almost 2000 entrants and even with the extra day on the market in 2020, bringing the easiest out on this world group wished additional pairs of fingers. Of us with an understanding of the RoSPA Awards course of and the ability to assemble an environment friendly submission reflecting native context and custom. Bringing to life the work of OSH professionals and practitioners and evidencing the value they add not solely to their organizations nevertheless to society as a complete.
The perform of the RoSPA Awards Ambassador was created to help ‘us’ be additional accessible, current mentoring alternate options and encourage organizations to tell their OSH story. Our Ambassadors are distinctive individuals who give their time to help others progress, they’re catalysts for change of their very personal organisations, who acknowledge the importance of connecting spherical current and rising OSH factors. They know what works and what to do when points ‘gang agley’, led by Graham Parker MSc CFIOSH FIIRSM CIWFM, RoSPA Trustee and Earlier President IOSH.
In case you’re already part of the RoSPA Awards and want to revenue from mentoring please get involved with [email protected].
In case you’re finding out this and want to be part of this elite Awards group drop the awards crew at [email protected] or myself [email protected] a message and we’ll probably be blissful to help.
And have in mind each 10,000 mile journey begins with one step…