Swansea and West Wales Safety Group

The group supports the health and safety function in this area and over the past few years they have won a number of awards for excellence in this field. They have just won another - The Alan Butler Award run by RoSPA. The Alan Butler Awards, which have now been running for over ten years, play an important role in recognising, celebrating and communicating the work of health and safety groups.
The objectives of the awards are:
§ to recognise the high standards of work achieved by groups
§ to encourage all groups to set and achieve high standards
§ to use the winning entries as an example of good standards
§ to increase awareness of the Safety Groups
The award is presented in the House of Lords in January.


Gwenda Thomas stated: “For over sixty years the Swansea and West Wales Occupational Safety Group have been committed to improving occupational health and safety in the Swansea and West Wales region. Over one hundred local organizations varying from heavy industry, manufacturing and the service sector to local government are members. They have done a superb job in ensuring the safety of workers in the work place, over the past few years they have won numerous awards and this latest award, The Alan Butler Award is well deserved and is a just recognition of all the good work they have done in the field of Occupational Safety”.