Cocktails & Conversation  Health & Safety Policy

1. General Statement of Policy

It is the duty of Cocktails & Conversation (The Club) Directors to ensure, as far as reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare of employees, volunteers, members and their guests whilst they are present at the events run by The Club, in compliance with all relevant Club rules and legal requirements.

Employees, volunteers, members and guests have a duty to take reasonable care of their own safety and that of other persons who may be affected by their actions or omissions whilst they are at the Club or at one of its events.

Each employee and volunteer will be given such information and instruction as is necessary to enable the safe performance of activities.

It is the duty of Cocktails & Conversation to ensure that all processes and systems are designed to take account of health and safety and are properly supervised at all times.

Adequate facilities and arrangements will be maintained to enable employees, members and guests to raise issues of health and safety.

This policy will be regularly monitored at committee meetings to ensure that the objectives are achieved. It will be reviewed and, if necessary, revised in the light of legislative or organisational changes.

2. Organisation and Responsibilities

Cocktails & Conversation are responsible for the following:

• ensuring that members and guests are aware of safety procedures
• ensure any guest who is upsetting/harrassing or causing an immediate threat to other guests during a Cocktails & Conversation event is removed from the event and banned from future events.
• ensuring that all partner venues we work with premises fixtures and fittings are maintained in good repair and safe working order
• establishing that all equipment used are suitable for the task and are kept in good working condition, this includes the regular servicing and maintenance
• taking immediate and appropriate steps to investigate and rectify any risks to health and safety arising
• bringing to the prompt attention of the clubs management any health and safety issue that requires their attention
• ensuring that all accidents and near misses are properly recorded and reported and that an investigation is carried out to determine causal factors

2.3 Employee and Volunteer Responsibility

Cocktails & Conversation employees and volunteers must:

• take reasonable care for their own health and safety
• consider the safety of other persons who may be affected by their acts or omissions
• operate in accordance with information provided this policy.
• refrain from intentionally misusing or recklessly interfering with anything that has been provided for health and safety reasons
• report any hazardous defects in premises and equipment, or shortcomings in the existing safety arrangements, to a committee member without delay
• not undertake any task for which authorisation has not been given

2.4 Member & Guest Responsibilities

All members must:

• take reasonable care for their own health and safety and comply with all safety procedures advertised by the Club
• consider the safety of other persons who may be affected by their acts or omissions
• ensure that any guests or visitors they invite to events are made aware of their responsibilities towards health and safety
• refrain from intentionally misusing or recklessly interfering with anything that has been provided for health and safety reasons
• report any hazards or potential hazards in premises and equipment, or shortcomings in the existing safety arrangements, to a staff members without delay
• treat other members and guest with respect

In the event of an incident regarding health and saftey at a Cocktails & Conversation event we ask guests to

• remove themself from the incident immediately
• report the incident to a member of Cocktails & Conversation staff or venue staff

Cocktails & Conversation will ensure

• The incident is swiftly investigated
• All reasonable steps are taken to resolve and ensure the safety of guests