32 BALI Briefing
BALI BRIEFING
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ational Chairman Paul Cowell and the association’s new Chief Operations Officer Wayne Grills welcomed just short of 50 members, most of whom
were meeting Wayne for the first time in his position as BALI COO, which he has held now for five months. It was a buoyant and positive meeting, with a review of the past year, including the very successful BALI Show, a comprehensive progress report on the Strategic Plan, information on new initiatives, and the voting in of three new BALI Board Directors – Louisa Bell MBALI MSGD of City and Country Landscapes, Stuart Simpson of Ashlea Limited, and Tom O’Connell of Evergreen Complete Garden Services.
BALI MEMBERS Chris Carr of Q Lawns, already a BALI Director, was voted in as Vice Chair and will take over Chairmanship of the association from Paul at the next AGM in September 2012. John O’Conner, Chairman of John O’Conner (Grounds Mainten- ance) Limited, stepped down as a Board Director after many years of service to the association. Paul Cowell, on behalf of the Board and BALI members, thanked John for his wise counsel and unstinting support for BALI over the years, sentiments endorsed with loud applause by everyone at the AGM. Demand for the LISS/CSCS skills card, launched
at the BALI Show in June, is gathering pace, thanks to the increasing number of developers and main agent contractors who
are now actively demanding that anyone working in a landbased capacity on their sites must hold one.
| October 2011 | Volume1 | Issue2 Already mandatory for employees of National
Highways Sector Scheme 18 accredited companies working on the highways, the LISS/CSCS skills card is a ‘Smart’ card with app, containing details of the holders industry qualifications and competencies, proof of industry-specific health and safety training (the newly updated ROLO Health and Safety Awareness Course) and of successful completion of the CSCS ‘Touch Screen’ Health and Safety Test, required by anyone trying to gain access to work on a construction site. An ‘Industry Accreditation’ route (or ‘Grandfather Rights’) is available for those working in landscaping and landscape maintenance until May 2012 so, for those who want a card but don’t fancy having to achieve the minimum NVQ Level 2 qualification with all the associated costs, apply now! BALI is the scheme administrator for NHSS 18, LISS
(Landbased Industry Skills Scheme) and the ROLO (Register of Landbased Operatives) Health and Safety Awareness Course, which is the first step towards gaining a LISS/CSCS card. For further information visit
www.bali.org.uk.
BALI EVENTS BALI events for October 2011 include the BALI Affiliates Forum on Wednesday 19th October at Landscape House, Stoneleigh Park, Near Kenilworth, Warwickshire CV8 2LG. This is an opportunity for BALI service and product supplier members to get together and discuss a range of topics of interest and importance to them. On the agenda will be social networking, Ecobuild and the
BALI’s 2011 National AGM took place last month at IOG SALTEX.
BALI Show 2012, and plans for celebrating BALI’s 40th anniversary next year. Regional events include a visit to Melcourt
Industries in Tetbury, Gloucestershire for South West members and guests (including SGD, LI and APL members) and a Designer Panel of BALI Award winners at the Noke Hotel, St Albans, Hertfordshire for North and South Thames members and guests. Both events take place on Tuesday 11th October and can be booked online at
www.bali.org.uk/news_events/.
BALIAWARDS – JUDGES GIVE THEIR VERDICT Judging of the 2011 BALI National Landscape Awards is over for another year and the award winners have now been announced. Many congratulations to the following contractors and individuals who now know they will receive a BALI Award but won’t know until the Awards ceremony at the Grosvenor House, Park Lane, London, on Friday 2nd December if they’ve won a Principal Award in their category. There are still places available for the Awards reception and luncheon – visit
www.baliawards.co.uk for information.
“It was a buoyant and positive meeting, with a review of the past year, including the very successful BALI Show.”
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