Carbon monoxide awareness in a cost of living crisis

As well as learning about carbon monoxide risks from the Gas Safe Charity, there will be input in the workshop from the Fire and Rescue Service, Wales & West Utilities and local charities who support vulnerable people.

You may not really have thought about carbon monoxide (CO) risks in your day-to-day work or volunteering, both as it affects your clients and also you. But, your organisation has a duty of care to both. These workshops are aimed at front-line staff and volunteers from social care, NHS, the Fire & Rescue Services, Housing Associations, the voluntary / community sector and the private sector which supports vulnerable people.

The cost-of-living crisis is also seeing unsafe practices arise, as people try to save money. The workshops will look at these issues too, as well as fire safety and fuel poverty and the help and resources available to your clients.

The workshops will tell…