Did you know?

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• IOSH was founded in 1945, and is the only Chartered body for health and safety professionals. With more than 40,000 members in 85 countries, we're the world's biggest health and safety membership organisation.
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• We're a registered charity and the first European safety body to be awarded non-governmental organisation status by the International Labour Organization.
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• We lobby government on issues ranging from tackling the work health problems that affect millions of people in Britain to teenage worker safety.
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• We've put more than £1 million into new research into health and safety issues.
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• We're one of the world's leaders in health and safety training – more than 130,000 people take one of our courses every year.
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• Through our branch and sector group networks, we offer around 500 free or low cost events, seminars and webinars every year.
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• Our magazine, Safety and Health Practitioner, is health and safety's leading monthly. SHP has the biggest recruitment section in the business.
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• In just one year, there were nearly 67 million chances to see or hear about our members and our work in print and broadcast media.
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• We offer a range of free technical advice for business, including a dedicated website for start-ups. Nearly 140,000 free guides are downloaded from our website every year.