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Scottish Waste Industry Training, Competency, Health & Safety Forum (SWITCH) (SCIO)

SC049670Registered charity from 18 October 2019
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Charity Information:
The Name the Charity is Known By SWITCH
Address 1 Damside
Ayr
Postcode KA8 8ER
Website https://switchforum.org.uk/
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
The organisation's purposes are: 4.1 The Charity's purposes shall be to promote the improvement of health and safety and wellbeing (which means the reduction of risk and accidents associated with the industry, amongst those associated with the industry and the general public) in the resource and wastes management industry in Scotland by: a. sponsoring positive changes in policy, legislation and practice to prevent and/or minimise risks to workers in the resource and wastes management industry, and others including the general public; b. initiating, assisting, supporting and encouraging the investigation, consideration, discussion and training of health safety and wellbeing in the resource and wastes management industry to help achieve the prevention, minimisation or reduction of risk and accidents to workers, others and the general public; c. initiating, assisting, supporting and promoting public education/training in all matters relating to the prevention, elimination, and minimisation of risks and accidents (to employees, others and the general public) associated with the resource and wastes management industry; and d. the advancement of knowledge, education and best practice in health safety and wellbeing among professionals, public authorities, industry, business and the general public in Scotland. Note: The Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 Sections 2 and 3 place a duty on employers, employees and the self employed to undertake their duties in such a way so as not to risk the health and safety of anyone.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
SWITCH (Scottish Waste Industry Training, Competency, Health & Safety) is a multi-partner forum made up of organisations from across Scotland’s resource-management sector — including industry, government, regulators and trade bodies. Its purpose is to lead and collaborate to raise health & safety standards, enhance training and professional competence, and develop learning and career pathways, making the waste and resource-management industry safer and more attractive as a career.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 18 Oct 2019
Main Operating Location: South Ayrshire
Number of Staff: 0
Number of Volunteers: 1-50
Purposes: "the advancement of health"
Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Oct 2021 £27,063 £7,952 13 Jul 2022 Yes
31 Oct 2022 £7,565 £21,276 12 Jul 2023 Yes
31 Oct 2023 £45,441 £33,709 28 Nov 2023 Yes
31 Oct 2024 £0 £10,031 19 Feb 2025 Yes
31 Oct 2025 £0 £4,821 16 Dec 2025 Yes Visit Charity's Website
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green   . If an annual return is late, the box is red   .
Income and Expenditure:
Charity Trustees:
First Name Last Name
James Brown
Gail Orr
Alasdair Meldrum
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