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A warm welcome to the Canterbury Safety Charter Hubbers Floorings and Furnishings! General Manager, Catherine Thomson Bush invited Libi Carr and Jo Duffy to meet their Health and Safety Committee. It was great to see that Hubbers have a Health and Safety Committee with representation from across the business – including showroom, sewing workshop and […]

As you know, the Charter is now an Incorporated Society under a new name: The Canterbury Safety Charter. Our educational materials and promotional tools have been updated to reflect our new name. As part of your public commitment to the Charter, we ask all signatories to add the Charter logo “We’ve signed up” and link […]

Many thanks to those who attended our “Beyond the Rebuild” event on 7 November. We had around 100 members join us to celebrate the official launch of the Charter as an Incorporated Society. We also heard from WorkSafe on their evaluation of the Canterbury Rebuild Programme – a copy of that report can be found […]

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] The Charter Board are very pleased to announce the appointment of four people into key Charter roles. Julie Forde takes up the role of General Manager. Julie is a health and safety professional with experience in a […]

The National Association for Women in Construction (NAWIC) recently announced their 2017 Hays NAWIC Excellence Award winners. Winners from Canterbury and Charter signatories are: Laura Clifford, Hawkins Construction, won the Helen Tippett Award for actively promoting the participation of women in construction. She is described as a quiet, yet powerful contributor and a strong advocate […]

Kate Cunningham, who with husband Blair, own and run Blair Cunningham Construction, identified a need for men to talk more openly about mental wellbeing and ways they can support themselves and their workmates to good mental health. Kate contacted the Canterbury Men’s Centre – a Charter endorsee that works incredibly hard to support men in […]

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.85″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] We continue to see the positive effects that the Women in Construction events held in March this year are having. The Safety Charter Commitments have now been amended to be more inclusive and reflect greater diversity in the […]

We are pleased to let you know that today the Steering Group agreed to four new Charter actions to better support diversity in the construction workforce. These changes were recommended following two very successful “Women in Construction” events held earlier this year, which over 250 women attended. We know there are significant benefits to having […]

We are very pleased to let you know that today the Charter has become an Incorporated Society and takes on a new name – The Canterbury Safety Charter. The name better reflects our continued work beyond the rebuild. Over the next month, we will be refreshing our website and collateral to reflect the name change. […]

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.50″ custom_padding=”0px|||”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_image _builder_version=”3.0.50″ src=”https://saferycharter-old.weaveclient.site/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/The-Charter-wins-the-Supreme-Award-at-the-NZ-Workplace-Health-and-Safety-Awards.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” sticky=”off” align=”left” always_center_on_mobile=”on” border_style=”solid” force_fullwidth=”off” animation_style=”slide” animation_duration=”500ms” animation_intensity_slide=”10%” animation_direction=”left” show_bottom_space=”on” /][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.101″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid”] The Canterbury Safety Charter has taken overall honours at this year’s New Zealand Workplace Health and Safety Awards this week. The Charter was announced the […]

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section” transparent_background=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” custom_padding=”0px|||” padding_mobile=”off” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” make_equal=”off” use_custom_gutter=”off”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] For around 150 Safety Charter members who attended the quarterly event on 30 November, many came away ‘wowed’ and ‘emotional’ following the keynote presentation from Wiremu Edmonds. Mr Edmonds told his compelling story […]

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section” transparent_background=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” custom_padding=”0px||0px|” padding_mobile=”off” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” make_equal=”off” use_custom_gutter=”off”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] From tomorrow WorkSafe and the Canterbury Rebuild Safety Charter will be visiting construction sites across Canterbury to raise awareness about the dangers of fatigue, drinking alcohol and taking drugs. Keeping physically and mentally […]

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section” transparent_background=”off” background_color=”#ffffff” allow_player_pause=”off” inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” custom_padding=”0px||0px|” padding_mobile=”off” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” make_equal=”off” use_custom_gutter=”off”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” use_custom_gutter=”off” custom_padding=”0px||0px|” padding_mobile=”off” custom_margin=”0px||0px|” allow_player_pause=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” make_equal=”off” parallax_1=”off” parallax_method_1=”off” parallax_2=”off” parallax_method_2=”off” column_padding_mobile=”on”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] The Canterbury Rebuild Safety Charter leadership has acknowledged the passing of a true health and safety […]

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” use_custom_gutter=”off” custom_padding=”0px|||” padding_mobile=”off” custom_margin=”0px|||” allow_player_pause=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” make_equal=”off” parallax_1=”off” parallax_method_1=”off” column_padding_mobile=”on”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Watch presenters Marianne Archer from earthmoving firm Goodmans and Dean and Shaun from Men at Work discuss effective worker engagement ideas at our August 2016 event. Marianne talks about how their […]

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” use_custom_gutter=”off” custom_padding=”0px|||” padding_mobile=”off” custom_margin=”0px|||” allow_player_pause=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” make_equal=”off” parallax_1=”off” parallax_method_1=”off” column_padding_mobile=”on”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] We’ve updated the Charter. Chair Graham Darlow launched the revised Canterbury Rebuild Safety Charter at our June 2016 event. We also heard from Professor Ann Roche, from Flinders University in Adelaide […]