About this campaign
October 2024 marked 50 years of the Health and Safety at Work Act, and Usdaw are honouring the anniversary with the first year of our dedicated health and safety campaign.
Independent research shows that workplaces with trade union Health and Safety Reps are twice as safe as those where there is no employee consultation on safety.
Each year, we'll be running a campaign day to highlight the positive impact our Health and Safety Reps can have in workplaces and, by campaigning on manual handling, to deliver improved H&S standards in the workplace.
How to support this campaign
- Get involved – Read the briefing
- Order your campaign materials
- Fill in our feedback form
- Share your story - If you're a Health and Safety Rep, help us raise further our campaign by sharing your story. Contact the magazine team at network@usdaw.org.uk
- Display our ‘Health and Safety Matters’ poster on your workplace noticeboard
Health and Safety Matters
This year marks the first Health and Safety Matters campaign and, while an event day took place on 26 February, Health and Safety Reps can run the campaign throughout the year.
In 2025, we're using the campaign to:
- Raise awareness and highlight to the workforce the importance of the Health and Safety Rep role.
- Engage the membership by running a Body Mapping exercise to find out where members are suffering with aches and pains, and show how they can deliver for the membership.
- Improve the workplace safety culture.
- Answer members’ questions about health and safety.
- Discuss your role and the value of being a member with non-members, and have membership forms available to sign them up.
Watch our webinar, to learn more about the contents of the Health & Safety Matters Campaign Pack or download the slides here.
Complete our Health & Safety Matters Campaign Course, this has been designed to help your understanding of the campaign.