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The BICSc David Bellamy Award has been running since 2000 and, for the Institute's anniversary year, it has been decided to revamp the award and focus on the requirements in The National Framework for Sustainable Schools. As a cleaning institute it is important that the working relationship between the cleaning team and the pupils is a focus, in particular that they can work together to minimise their environmental impact. The aim of the award will be to develop an understanding for the school, pupils and cleaning staff of sustainability in the school and its effect on the local environment.
The objectives of the award are mapped against three of the sustainability themes in the National Framework for Sustainable Schools and encompass the Department of Education's belief that schools are guided by a commitment to care - care for oneself, care for each other and care for the environment. At the end of the project, the children and cleaning staff will be able to:
• provide evidence of improvement in minimising their environmental impact during the project.
• provide evidence of the pupils and cleaning staff working together to achieve common goals.
The award is open to all schools with pupils aged between 5 to 16 years and is a joint venture with cleaning staff at the school, the pupils and teachers.
Pupils and cleaning staff will be required to work together to achieve the objectives in the following three sustainability themes:
• energy and water. • purchasing and waste. • travel and traffic.
Workshop to precede Annual Awards Dinner - details announced
The workshop - ‘A trip of a lifetime’ - is designed to cover not just trips, but slips and falls too. There will be a presentation on what damage cleaners can do. There will then be an open dis- cussion on slips, trips and falls and their consequences, togeth- er with a look at the legal side. The Health & Safety Executive Step tool will be presented as well as the Safe Systems of Work available from BICSc, followed by group workshops and feed- back sessions. There will be a quiz at the end. Pete Gowers from Gowers Associates will deliver the workshop. He is a member of the British Safety Council, IOSH and the Royal Society for Public Health. His company is also a corporate member of BICSc.
The cost of the workshop is £40 but will be free to those attending the dinner. Start time is 2pm. Please contact Membership Services on
info@bics.org.uk to book your place.
Welcome to new Corporate Members Company Name
Alpha Cleaning Services Limited Brilliant Cleans Ltd
Excel Cleaning and Maintenance (Scotland) Ltd
Location Liverpool Lingfield
Complete Construction Facilities Ltd Burnley Contain-er Protection Solutions Ednam Property Services
Brighton London
Global Support Services t/a GSS Ltd Forest Gate I G Cleaning UK Limited Lime Supply Limited Luxelacalis Ltd
Coatbridge London
Runcorn Romania
Mid-West Housing Services Limited Abingdon Thomas Chase Services Ltd
London
The following companies have either rejoined or their address details have changed: Aramark Ltd
Dynamiq Cleaning Cabenco Ltd
The External Resource Bureau
Thatcham (Rejoined) Newbury (Rejoined) Higham Gobion Ilford
WCS Group Commercial Cleaning High Wycombe
Frank was followed by Barbara Leake, BICSc membership services manager, who gave the audience an update on membership. She emphasised that by joining they were demonstrating their
The afternoon was
rounded off by Stan Atkins, BICSc CEO, who looked at how the Institute was some two years ago, where it is today and what is planned for the future.
Everyone then converged on the bar for a post race analysis. The next event will be in October with more details to be announced shortly - please watch this space.
An information pack will be available in September providing hints for completion of the project and learning materials. There will be two categories of prizes, one for a primary school and one for a secondary school.
1st prize in each category will be £4000 together with a plaque. Runners up in each category will receive £1000 and a plaque. Two representatives from the winning and runner up schools will be invited to attend the awards dinner in September 2011.
To express an interest in entering, please email
david.bellamyawards@
bics.org.uk.
London event hailed a success
The first event for the relaunched London and Home Counties Region was held at the Brooklands Hotel at the beginning of August. The event was introduced by John Johnson, the region’s chairman. As the hotel is situated next to the famous Brooklands circuit (or what is left of it), the agenda had a motor racing theme. Principal HSE inspector, Frank Sykes, the ‘warm-up lap’, gave a topical
presentation on health and safety for cleaning contractors and the challenges that the industry faces, how they should be tackled, what our
responsibilities are and why we should bother.
commitment to the industry, were seen as professionals and were supporting the BICSc aim to set and improve standards through education and training.
Following a ‘pit stop’ the main event produced a lively and entertaining discussion between ‘Mr Microfibre’ aka Robbie Sutherland from Newell Rubbermaid and ‘Joe Soap’ aka Mike McHardy from Ecolab. The audience got very involved and the two presenters were kept on their toes debating the pros and cons of microfibre versus chemicals.
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THE BICSc David Bellamy Award for Sustainability in Schools 2010/2011
Dates for your Diary
London & Home Counties Region 7 October 2010 Venue TBC. Infection control. 2 December 2010 Venue TBC. Christmas event. For further information please contact:
london@bics.org.uk
North East Region
For further information please contact Ann Townson:
ann.townson@
googlemail.com.
North West Region 14 October 2010 Holiday Inn, Runcorn. Subject TBC. 10 February 2011 Venue TBC. HSC. 14 April 2011 Shaw Hill Golf Club, Chorley. AGM and Green Day. 6 June 2011 Venue and subject TBC.
For further information please contact Terry Brooks:
terence.brooks2@
ntlworld.com.
Midlands Region
All events at: BMC Castle Vale Campus, Birmingham. 12 October 2010 ‘Plan each day, so you can work, rest and play. Are you sufficiently motivated to inspire your staff?’ 10 March 2011 Spring study day - Back to the future - a celebration of 50 years of BICSc. 28 April 2011 AGM and small exhibition. 28 June 2011 Summer study day - Revisiting dermatitis, the use of gloves, hand hygiene etc.
For further information please contact Gill Hallsworth on 0121 352 1326.
Welsh Region For further information please contact the Head Office.
Scottish Region 5 Novemner
Committee Meetings. If a member wishes to raise any points for these meetings please contact Margaret Davidson. 17 September 2010
Isle of Skye Hotel, Perth. Regional meeting. 18 November 2010 Pre-exhibition dinner. 19 November 2010
The Glen Pavillion, Dunfermaline. Exhibition. For further information please contact Margaret Davidson at
margaret.davidson@tayside-contracts.co.uk.
South and Southwest Region 22 September 2010 and 26 January 2011 Details of meeting locations, topics and speakers TBC. For further information please contact Ray Swinburne:
rswinburne323@btinternet.com.
East Anglia Region 6 October 2010
PD Logistics, Parker Avenue, Felixstoe - A workshop on BICSc training.
For further information please contact Bob Freestone:
bob@smith-stoneservices.co.uk or Tommy Taylor:
tommy@bics.org.uk.
Northern Ireland Region
For further information please contact Keith Halliday:
k.halliday@qub.ac.uk.
Other Events 23 September 2010
BICSc Golf Day, Spa Day, AGM and Annual Awards Dinner – Forest of Arden Hotel, Meriden. 21 October 2010
ABCD - Netshop training day. Britannia Stadium, Stoke on Trent.
25 November 2010 ABCD - Manager’s day. Britannia Stadium, Stoke on Trent.
The Colour Coding Guidance Report will appear in the October Insider
September 2010 C&M11
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