Charities face up to storm damage after Ciara and Dennis
Storms Ciara and Dennis have left a trail of damage to charity properties across the UK.
Hospital chiefs warn of climate impacts on ageing buildings
Storm Ciara caused an estimated £20,000 worth of damage to the University Hospital of North Tees in Stockton and the University Hospital of Hartlepool when it hit the UK on February 10, 2020.
Coronavirus: initial guidance for charity facilities managers
Medical staff at Wuhan railway station in January 2020. (Photo: China News Service CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia)
The World Health Organisation has declared the outbreak of coronavirus a global health emergency. This page sets out guidance for charity facilities managers what you can do to minimise risks in the workplace.
Business Continuity Management for charities
A large-scale outbreak of a highly infectious illness could happen at any time. (Photo: CDC Global CC BY 2.0)
Business Continuity Management is about identifying risks to your charity and then taking steps to minimise those risks.
Fire Safety
Meeting
The Charities FM Group and the Charities Safety Group organised this joint meeting on fire safety.
Combustable material to be banned from the outside of buildings
Communities Secretary James Brokenshire has announced that the government will ban flammable materials on the outside of new buildings.
Unite union calls for criminal investigation into Carillion collapse
The UK’s largest union, Unite, has called for an immediate criminal investigation into the individuals involved in the collapse of facilities management and construction services company Carillion.
New international coalition aims to set fire safety standards
More than 30 professional bodies from around the world have come together to form a coalition to develop international standards on fire safety in buildings.
Grenfell: learning from catastrophe
Meeting
This Charities FM Group meeting will consider the lessons to be learned in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire.
HSE releases annual workplace fatality figures
New Health and Safety Executive (HSE) figures on work-related deaths show that 144 workers were fatally injured between April 2017 and March 2018. This is nine more fatalities than the previous year.