IRSO conference – places still available

The Institute of Road Safety Officers’ (IRSO) annual conference will take place at the University of Lincoln, 2-5 July – and there are still a few places available.

Entitled ‘Small Investments, Huge Returns - Nurturing the Road Safety Culture’, the conference will be of interest to those involved in developing and sustaining safety policies within their organisations - especially policies with regard to work related road safety.

The conference will look beyond the basic principles of managing occupational road risk. "Having recognised this as an issue we need to create a wider safety culture within an organisation - how can we rise to this challenge?" says Philippa Young, highway safety manager, Derbyshire County Council.

"For the small investment of attending the conference we know that delegates will reap huge returns in piecing together the elements of developing and sustaining an effective road safety culture, both internally and in outside organisations."

Delegates will have the opportunity to identify the links that occupational road risk has to many other professionals with related expertise, and syndicate groups will develop practical toolkits that they can take away to help them develop and sustain policies.

The conference aims to bring together companies and organisations that have already instigated policies together witht RSOs, Travelwise officers, business and school travel plan co-ordinators, traffic engineers, local and health authority senior managers - who can all work together to help sustain initiatives and policies.

Further details about the conference can be obtained from Kevin Senior, East Midlands Group 01629 580000 ext. 7060/7075,
email: kevin.senior@derbyshire.gov.uk or visit www.irso.org.uk