The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has launched a new website, Health and Safety Made Simple, stating that:
"The work of voluntary organisations and individual volunteers makes a valuable contribution to our everyday lives.
Health and safety is often wrongly blamed for preventing organisations from running events and people from volunteering.
Health and safety law is not a barrier to volunteering activities. Taking a sensible, proportionate approach is the key to making sure things go smoothly and safely and avoiding unnecessary bureaucracy".
The site should also be a useful tool for 'low-risk' office environments and shops.