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Better Backs with EssentialSkillz!
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Are you interested in bringing the Health and Safety Executive's Better Backs Campaign to your organisation?

According to the HSE, 'Back disorders are the most common form of ill health at work.' The HSE is running a Better Backs Campaign this Autumn with financial assistance and promotional materials provided free of charge.

EssentialSkillz are working with clients to develop an effective and easy to implement Better Backs Awareness Campaign, central to which is raising awareness and highlighting attitudes which expose employees to injury risk. If your organisation is interested in reducing the number of working days lost due to back pain, join with EssentialSkillz in supporting the national campaign.

The Campaign comprises of:

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1. Promotion:
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Announce your organisation's involvement in the Better Backs Awareness Campaign by hanging the free to order HSE posters in key areas and on notice boards around the workplace.

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2. Online Training:
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Raise awareness, educate, and share best practices of manual handling with employees, contractors and business partners. EssentialSkillz newly released Manual Handling (v2) training course takes on average only 40 minutes.

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3. Maintaining Awareness:
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Keep the Better Backs message subtly in front of workers long after your campaign with a themed screensaver, branded with your corporate identity, on every workstation.

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4. Campaign Wrap-up:
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(2 options)

Option A:
- Invite one of the HSE's keynote speaker candidates to give a presentation.
- Demonstrate better backs techniques in a fun way using:
In-house Trainer
Local Fire Service Team
Local Gym Instructor

Option B:
- Wrap up your awareness campaign for maximum impact and popularity with a win an iPod competition for those completing the online training.


To get started, call us at 08700 621162 or complete this online form!