Midland Heart awarded five star grading by British Safety Council
Housing Association Midland Heart has successfully completed a best practice Five Star Occupational Health and Safety Audit conducted by the British Safety Council, demonstrating its commitment to the safety of colleagues and tenants.
4th Dec 2024 - Corporate news
Midland Heart, which owns and manages over 35,000 safe and affordable homes across the Midlands, and delivers landlord services to over 70,000 tenants, underwent its first ever comprehensive evaluation of its occupational health and safety policies, processes and practices.
The audit measured performance against key health and safety management best practice indicators, and saw a detailed review of almost sixty component elements. Following the audit, Midland Heart was awarded a best practice five star grading, with an overall score of 93.6%.
Mike Robinson, CEO British Safety Council, said:
“The award of a five-star grading following our occupational best practice Health and Safety Audit is an outstanding achievement and is reflective of a proactive organisation which is committed to continual improvement in its health and safety arrangements and managing risks to workers’ health, safety and wellbeing. Midland Heart should be very proud of this achievement.”
This is a great achievement, not only for our Health and Safety team, but for all colleagues at Midland Heart as we all have a role to play. We’re a proactive organisation and the audit result further highlights our industry-leading processes which are in place to keep our colleagues safe whilst undertaking their work. We are delighted with the five star rating and will continue to build on our efforts to ensure our tenants are receiving the best possible service from us.
Michael Bevan Wood, Head of Safety and Facilities at Midland Heart
Midland Heart will shortly launch its corporate plan to 2030, which will focus on refining processes to deliver pre-emptive and proactive services to tenants.
