RoSPA and L’Oréal have partnered to successfully launch their Leading Safely for Women programme
As part of their Safe@Work-Safe@Home partnership, the purpose of the training is to develop the abilities of women in health and safety with an entrepreneurial spirit; enhancing their visibility in the sector is at the heart of the collaboration between the two organisations.
This series of one-day courses aim to identify women from across the globe and inspire them to realise their full potential. The inspiring content will help delegates understand where they are now, where they aspire to be and how to develop a health and safety strategy that aligns with business values, along with how to reach and indeed exceed personal and business objectives.
Following the course, attendees will be supported by a mentor, and encouraged to be visible to help all women thrive and feel confident in choosing health and safety as a career. The courses are fully funded by the Safe@Work-Safe@Home partnership; attendees commit to a day of training, joining the mentoring program and writing about their journey.
Louise Hosking, director of Hosking Associates, will be hosting the training. She said, “I could not be more excited to be involved and part of this wonderful initiative with such prestigious partners, for a cause which is very close to my heart. It’s an honour to be involved. Countless women in health and safety positions around the world have the potential to shine bright in leadership positions and this is our purpose.”
Lauren Crawley, a health, safety and biosafety advisor, said, “I felt that the course would give me more visibility and confidence to show what I could do, so that I might be able to progress. It more than exceeded my expectations and there was so much to take away it was hard to get it down to just three things to go back and implement. I think a lot of my commitments were about trying to get more visibility, and to promote the good work that we (as a profession/team) and I (as an individual) do.”
Dr Karen McDonnell, RoSPA’s occupational safety and health policy adviser, said, “Partnership working is at the very heart of what we do at RoSPA. By bringing our delegates and their mentors together we want to increase the ripple effect that this excellent programme will bring - each conversation and each exchange of ideas will promote life-enhancing skills and knowledge that will ultimately reduce serious accidental injuries across the world.”
Malcolm Staves, L’Oréal’s global vice-president of health and safety, confirmed that the partnership with RoSPA has been a gamechanger both for its Safe@Work-Safe@Home initiative and the recent launch of this Leading Safely for Women programme. Malcolm said, “The first training was a great success and the attendees have now entered into an exciting coaching/mentoring phase. Diversity and inclusion are part of our DNA in L’Oréal and we are convinced that better diversity will result in better decision making which, in the health and safety profession, will mean we could save more lives and reduce injuries. It just makes sense.”
