CEF has released resources for the month long health and safety initiative, #SafetyReboot2025, taking place throughout January 2025. The aim of the initiative is to encourage construction companies to stop work for about 15 minutes, once a week throughout January, to take time to focus on key areas of health and safety.
Design & Build contractor McAleer & Rushe has supported the health & safety initiative since its inception in 2021 and all of the contractor’s sites across the UK will be taking part again this year, including actively encouraging participation of its sub-contractors.
The resources should be used to start conversation and interaction between the workforce on issues encountered everyday on site. The core resources include a question pack on each topic to encourage discussion and a discussion aid to assist the person facilitating the stoppage. Following feedback received via the survey of CEF members on Safety Reboot in August 2024, posters for each topic have been developed to make the initiative more visible on site throughout January.
Encouraging a focus on mental health, CEF is partnering with Niall Hollywood of Hollywood Fitness who has produced a series of engaging short videos focussing on improving wellbeing. These can be used alongside the other resources on Mental Health and Wellbeing but we would also encourage companies to share the videos as widely as possible with staff and supply chain partners so they are as accessible as possible.
Companies are encouraged to get involved and to use these short stoppages as a time for staff and sub-contractors to really engage with each other on the important topics. Question packs can be used to stimulate discussion on the chosen topic and a helpful discussion aid is available for each subject to reassure the member of staff facilitating the discussion.
Jonathan Caughey, Federation Manager at the CEF, commented,
“We are really excited that the industry will be again joining us by getting involved in #SafetyReboot2025. Health and safety is such an important part of every day on construction sites across Northern Ireland. Safety Reboot gives the industry the opportunity to demonstrate its commitment by reminding staff and the wider supply chain of the key messages to keep themselves and their colleagues safe and healthy. Use the resources provided and don’t forget to share how you get involved across social media using the hashtag #SafetyReboot2025”.
Resources can be found here. #SafetyReboot2025 Resources CEF
