Health & Safety

Duties under Health and Safety Law and Fire Safety Law are mandatory, no matter what size the premises or congregation is. It does not matter how old the building is or how many times per week the building is being used.

A sample health and safety document can be downloaded from this page and used as a template to guide church committees in what is required for a health and safety policy and documentation. Our thanks go to Michael Berg of West Midlands District for producing this H&S document.

The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.
A large number of regulations that have been made under this Act covering certain key topics, such as chemical safety and work equipment. Many of the titles of the regulations might not automatically seem to fit in with Churches, but these regulations need to be considered.

The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, Replaced the Fire Precautions Act 1971 in October 2006, it places duties on the “responsible person” for non-domestic premises to ensure that fire precautions and procedures are in place.

A sample health and safety document for use by SNU churches is available to
download below.

in MS word format
in pdf Format