about the draw
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Health and Safety for Beginners (HSfB) is a free information website for helping those entering or progressing a career in health, safety and the environment, by providing downloads, revision aids, toolbox talks, friendly online discussion forums and much more.
The free to enter prize draw is a 'leg up' from HSfB to anyone in the UK and Northern Ireland wishing either to enter, or further their career in the field of health and safety.
My personal motives and the motives of HSfB as a whole are quite simply a passion to keep workers free from accident, injury or ill-health whilst at work.
One of the greatest challenges for me starting out in health and safety was finding funding for the courses I wanted to go on. HSfB and all the fantastic prize contributions from organisations and other kind individuals has now put me in the fortunate position to help others get started, or to move onwards and upwards.
The first free draw, launched on 5 November 2006, was a 'one off' draw where all entrants were placed 'in the hat' and winners were drawn by an impartial member of a renowned health, safety and environmental establishment (NEBOSH). The total value of the prizes given away for that prize draw was a fantastic £7,260!
The draw of 2006/2007 led to a certain amount of recognition for innovation and subsequently won two awards - HSfB Awards.
The second prize draw, launched on 3 November 2008, was the start of a long-term prize draw where each month at least one winner would benefit from the great prizes we had on offer. The aim is to keep the prize draw running for years to come and to help people progress their health, safety and environmental careers, in turn keeping people safe and healthy at work whilst protecting the environment.
here's some quick statistics for the draws to date
2006/2007
Number of potential winners - 17
Number of hours of study given away - 350 (not including the NVQ4)
Total value of all prizes - £7,260
2008/2009
Number of potential winners - 40
Number of hours of study given away - 860
Total value of all prizes - £9,900
Fantastic!
There really is nothing much more to it than that!
Good luck!
John