Health & Safety
Theatre & Arts
Who do we work with?
Art studios
Arts studios and spaces of all kind we are experienced in ensuring your compliance and safe working practice allowing you to be as creatively free as you need to be.
Theatre venues and tours
Working with venues and companies of all sizes producing and receiving ensuring you are compliant and working safely.
Galleries and museums
We work with you to ensure your spaces ar safe compliant and healthy so that your collections are protected and your guests and visitors can focus on the art.
Music Venues
Music venues of all sizes, including bars and clubs we can help you navigate crowds, electrics and noise at work. Safe environments for your artists, staff and guests.
How do we work?
Expert in Theatre and Arts Health and Safety we understand the fast paced, environments and the hazardous practices on and off the stage. Safetying works as an adviser and business partner - we deliver solutions not problems and we understand the need for practicable solutions in this industry.
Safetying can help you with:
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Noise at work compliance
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Work at Height compliance
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PUWER & LOLAR - Work equipment compliance
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Health and Safety Act and Management of Health and Safety at Work compliance
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Building Safety, Contractor, Asbestos management
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Stress hazard ID and management
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Navigate the requirements of the HSE
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Improvement of Safety culture
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Reduction of staff sickness and absence
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Accident investigation & RIDDOR​
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Industry tailored training
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Check out our Services page for more details or feel free to contact us directly to talk about what we can do for your venue.
Theatre and Arts Health and Safety
Who is responsible for Health and Safety in Theatre and Arts venues?
The employer - The Health and Safety At Work act states that Health and Safety of employees is the responsibility of the employer. Whilst some employers may choose to delegate certain duties in health and safety the ultimate legal duty will remain with the employer - this will be the CEO of the company you work for. Where any theatre or arts space enlists the help of volunteers for any duties these persons are classed as employees under health and safety law.
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What do Theatres and Arts venues have to do under Health and Safety Law?
In the same way as any other place of work all Hazards must be risk assessed and the level of harm controlled to as low a level as reasonably practicable. There are a number of key pieces of Health and Safety law which apply as well as codes of practice some of which have legal status. As well as health and Safety at work law Theatres and Arts venues who invite members of the public onto their premises must ensure they ensure the safety of people who are unfamiliar with the many hazards in your venue.
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Prior to working in Health and Safety, and creating Safetying, Kate gained a degree level qualification and many year's experience working in the theatre industry, having worked as tech and designer in both producing and receiving houses, the challenges, hazards and suitable controls of these environments are well understood. If you want to know more about Safetying please see our About page.
If you want expert Health and Safety support that is bespoke to theatre and the arts then get in touch.
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Finance vs Safety
The price of compliance may have you running for the exit or burying your head in the sand but the universal truth is that prevention is cheaper than the cure.
Knowing you need to ensure safe environments should not be a gamble on how long you can hold out. Safetying was created to help make sure Health and Safety is accessible not an expensive imposition. Everything we do for you is priced in advance and we always work to make the solution fit the budget - even where there is no budget!
For more information on how we can make Health and Safety affordable for you please see our prices page or let's have a brew and see how we can help.
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