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🌟 Speaker Spotlight: Matt Dawes CoCA, TechIOSH 🌟 In the lead up to our Tenant and Resident Safety Annual Conference, each Friday we'll be telling you about one of the fantastic speakers we've got lined up. This week's speaker is asbestos specialist and Network co-founder, Matt Dawes. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭’𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 (𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠) 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬. 𝐇𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐫 (𝐚𝐬𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐬) 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐎𝐇𝐒 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐬𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐂𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐬𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐬 (𝐂𝐨𝐂 𝐀𝐬𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐬). 𝐇𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫; 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐀𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐&𝐀 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐜, 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. For more information on the conference and our speakers, visit the website: https://lnkd.in/eq_mViUa

In case you missed it... we've now announced the full programme and details for this year's The Social Housing Safety Network Scotland Tenant & Resident Safety Annual Conference 2024! We are excited to let you know that this year's two-day conference will take place over 20th & 21st November 2024 at Hampden Park Stadium in Glasgow. As there are less than two months to go, here’s a quick reminder of why you should book your place (before it’s too late!)… 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐤𝐞𝐲𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 are the Scottish Housing Regulator (day one) and Scottish Government (day two). Their ‘not to be missed’ sessions will cover: 🔹 Tenant & resident safety KPI’s and gaining assurance of compliance 🔹 Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill - What will this mean for social housing providers?  🔹 Fire risk assessor competency - the importance of life safety 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬: as well as our unmissable keynotes, we’ve lined up stand-out sessions from hand-picked experts in asbestos, damp & mould, legionella and lift safety as well as a legal specialist. These sessions will raise your knowledge and awareness and give you the opportunity to have your questions answered by subject specialists. 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫: not only have we organised sessions from sector specialists, you can also learn from others working in tenant and resident safety. There are case studies and knowledge sharing sessions lined up, which will give you the chance to see what others doing, what’s worked well for them, and what you may be able to implement in your own organisation. 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 with other network members, network co-founders and other speakers from the days. There will be plenty of networking time, as well as panel Q&A sessions and a free ‘consultancy clinic’ at the end of each day. 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 – Hampden Park Stadium! We have even arranged a stadium tour at the end of each day (tickets are limited and first-come first-served – these can be booked free of charge when you book your conference place).  To book your place or find out more, please visit the website: https://lnkd.in/eq_mViUa #socialhousing #scottishhousing #tenantandresidentsafety #healthandsafety

We'd like to share the current Housing H&S Compliance UK Ltd & HHSC Learning training brochure, which showcases all public training courses from now up until the end of January 2025. Members of The Social Housing Safety Network Scotland can book any of these courses at a discounted rate. You can also visit the HHSC Learning Hub for further information (including the training banners on the homepage, training calendar, plus a copy of the brochure): https://lnkd.in/d254i-fB #hhsctraining #socialhousing #training #healthandsafety #socialhousingtraining #compliance

𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐰𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 - 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐬: 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 A quick reminder that it's only a couple of weeks until our first legionella 'back to basics' webinar. Packed full of useful information, this webinar is free for Network members! This short, knowledge building ‘Back to Basics’ session has been designed to provide a basic understanding of the requirements of water hygiene legislation and determining the rationale for the different properties, categorisation, etc. The session also takes a look what is contained in a legionella/water risk assessment and a brief overview of the meaning and rationale behind some of the common control measures mean and what organisations should be doing in response to the risks identified in the assessment. For full details and to book your place, visit the website: https://lnkd.in/ejEhaPTf

🌟 Speaker Spotlight: Amanda Blewitt 🌟 In the lead up to our Tenant and Resident Safety Annual Conference, each Friday we'll be telling you about one of the fantastic speakers we've got lined up. This week's speaker is Amanda Blewitt, Health & Safety Officer at Govanhill Housing Association. 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟓 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 & 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐛𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐊, 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐇&𝐒 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐫, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐱 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬. 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐂𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 (𝐂𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐈𝐎𝐒𝐇). 𝐈𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞, 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 & 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 & 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲, 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 '𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝟕' 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐍𝐄𝐁𝐎𝐒𝐇 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞, 𝐈𝐎𝐒𝐇 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐲 & 𝐍𝐕𝐐𝟕 𝐃𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐚 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲, 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 & 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐇&𝐒 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲'𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬. For more information on the conference and our speakers, visit the website: https://lnkd.in/eq_mViUa

𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐓𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫: 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 & 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 - 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭 - 𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 We’re delighted that Grant Clayton, Director of West Whitlawburn Housing Co-operative, will share a fascinating insight into the ‘start to finish’ journey the organisation has taken and will share: ▪ A background on WWHC as a housing co-operative and how they approach landlord H&S compliance ▪The journey of the district heating project; from feasibility to completion and the challenges along the way ▪How the district heating project was funded and how WWHC set the tariffs ▪H&S compliance tasks specific to the energy centre building and how this is managed. We will finish off the session with a tour of the biomass energy centre building Places on this are very limited so if you’d like to attend please book your place as soon as possible. For full details see the flyer and to book, email events@scotlandsafetynetwork.scot

One of our members, Cairn Housing Association, are currently recruiting for a property investment assistant (compliance) to join their team. To find out more about the role and how to apply please visit their website: https://lnkd.in/gftuGTFW

𝐖𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝? We’re inviting colleagues from Network member organisations to join our brand new Advisory Panel - The Scotland Safety Network Advisory Panel (SSNAP). SSNAP has been established to help plan, focus and develop the Network by utilising the experiences of tenant and resident/health and safety colleagues from within member organisations operating in the social housing sector. The role is voluntary; however, your organisation will receive complimentary membership of The Network for as long as you are a member of the Advisory Panel. The Advisory Panel will meet on a quarterly basis, either virtually via Zoom or face to face at different venues. If you’d like to join the panel, please email network@scotlandsafetynetwork.scot for more information. Applications close at 5pm on Friday 18th October 2024.

𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫: 𝐀 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫   On 16th September 2024, the Scottish Housing Regulator issued a consultation document with the proposed specific indicators on tenant and resident safety and for the appropriate monitoring of the effectiveness of landlords’ approach to managing reports and instances of damp and mould. SHR also invited views on the continuing appropriateness of existing ARC indicators. A summary of the changes that the Regulator is proposing to make to the ARC, along with a full list of the indicators and the changes being proposed, is available on their website; also provided is a version of the Technical Guidance with the SHR proposals shown in tracked changes.  There are proposals to collect NEW indicators for: ⚡ 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲: How many times in the reporting year did you not meet the requirement to complete an electrical safety inspection (EICR) within five years of the last EICR? 🔥  𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲: Number of homes that do not have ‘satisfactory equipment for detecting fire and giving warning in the event of fire or suspected fire’ installed at the year end. 𝐃𝐚𝐦𝐩 & 𝐌𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝: three new indicators on damp and mould: 🔹 Average length of time taken to resolve cases of damp and/or mould; 🔹 Percentage of resolved cases of damp and/or mould that were reopened; and 🔹 Number of open cases of damp and/or mould at the year end. SHR aim to confirm the revised ARC indicators by January 2025 with the new ARC being in place for collection year 2025/26. The Scottish Housing Regulator would welcome general feedback on their proposals as well as answers to the specific questions that they have raised. You can read the consultation paper online or download the full consultation package including the annexes by clicking the following link: https://lnkd.in/ejTMK2aM We have also uploaded relevant information to the News section of The Social Housing Safety Network Scotland website: https://lnkd.in/eJUFVhqv

🌟 Speaker Spotlight: James Clark 🌟 In the lead up to our Tenant and Resident Safety Annual Conference, each Friday we'll be telling you about one of the fantastic speakers we've got lined up. To round off Fire Door Safety Week, we are introducing our keynote speaker for day two, James Clark, Senior Policy Advisor (Fire & Rescue Unit), Scottish Government. 𝐀 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 (𝐒𝐅𝐑𝐒). 𝐀𝐬 𝐚 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭, 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲, 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲, 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝. 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐤𝐞𝐲𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 '𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 (𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧) (𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝) 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥 - 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬?' 𝐚𝐧𝐝 '𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 - 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲' For more information on the conference and our speakers, visit the website: https://lnkd.in/eq_mViUa