ACT Director Ian Coombes was honoured with the Special Projects Award at the 2024 SGUK Awards Ceremony last month. The award was a surprise addition to the ceremony, and recognises Ian’s hard work and dedication to SGUK over the previous twelve months – in particular his leadership role in overseeing the awards ceremony.
Reflecting on the award, Ian said:
“I was very surprised to receive recognition in the form of an Award – my role in the SGUK Awards is to ensure others get the Awards they deserve. I am proud to have had the privilege of managing the SGUK Awards this year, in particular the introduction of the Health & Safety Hero awards, which gave me the opportunity of celebrating the work of amazing individuals.”
This year’s ceremony took place at the IOSH head office in Leicester on 19th September, and celebrated the achievements of over 20 different individuals and organisations who have worked to innovate and improve health and safety in the work place over the last year. Awards included the Lord Cullen Trophy for Innovation, the Development Through Education Awards, the Outstanding Service Award, and the brand new SGUK Health and Safety Hero Awards, which recognises exceptional individual achievements in the field of health and safety. See a summary of the winners in the list below, for the full list of 2024 winners please visit SGUK’s website.
2024 SGUK Award Winners
Innovation Awards
Overall winner and winner of the Lord Cullen Trophy
Building Mental Health Alliance for their entry: “Mental Health in Construction Signposting Service”.
Winner of the Alan Porter Rose Bowl (Awarded to the Winning Company’s Safety Group)
Northern Ireland Safety Group.
2nd Place and winner of the Stevenson Shield
Harris Brick Safety Systems for their entry: “Brick Bud”.
Development Through Education Awards
Overall winner and winner of the Scottish Chamber of Safety Silver Punch Bowl
Aspire Community Benefit Service for their entry: “Customer Safety Champions.”
Development Through Education Awards
Overall winner, The Alan Butler Award
Northern Ireland Safety Group
Gold Award Winners
- Birmingham Health, Safety and Environment Association
- North West Construction Safety Group
Silver Award Winners
- Herefordshire Health and Safety Group
- Humberside Occupational Health & Safety Groups
- Kent Health and Safety Group
- South and West Wales Safety Group
- South Cumbria Occupational Health and Safety Group
SGUK Outstanding Service Award
Colin Smith of the Humberside Occupational Health and Safety Group
SGUK Health & Safety Hero Awards
President’s Trophy
Colm O’Neill
Vice President’s Trophy
Matthew McMahon
The awards take place annually, and are open to anyone based or operating in the UK, and are free to enter. Nominations open around February each year, with the awards ceremony taking place in September. Safety Groups UK operates over 70 groups (affiliated with the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents) across the UK, and meet regularly to allow those with an interest in health and safety across any industry to network, share knowledge, and promote awareness and interest in accident and ill-health prevention. SGUK Members are also entitled to a 15% discount on ACT products and services, contact our Sales Team on actsales@actassociates.co.uk to find out more.
To find out more about Safety Groups UK and the awards, and see the full list of winners from this year’s ceremony, follow the links below.
