Health and Safety

Reporting Covid & Contact Cases

Covid infections continue to rise across the UK, though the vaccination programme correspondingly seems to be keeping the number of hospitalisations low, which is good news.

However, the virus is still here and with the restrictions easing from  19th July, we want to ensure we have the processes in place to keep you all safe. Therefore we are reiterating the simple Covid reporting process:

  • If you have been diagnosed with Covid 19 or been in direct contact with someone who has tested positive for Covid 19, you must not come to the office - remember, this rule is a crucial commitment for hot desk booking.
  • In any case, please inform your Line Manager with the following information: 1 whether it is a Covid or Contact case, 2. Period of isolation.
  • Your Line Manager will then inform HR.

Further information on isolating is available on the NHS website and is available here

Order free Lateral Flow tests by visiting the government website here

Huckletree provided the following information for all members in a communication dated 16th July 2021.

We’re excited to welcome this long awaited return to ’normal life’ but our first priority is the comfort, productivity, and wellbeing of you - our members. We want to ensure the transition is as safe and stress-free as possible for the entire community, which is why we’ve decided to keep many of our  safety measures in place to do our part to help control the spread of the virus:

  • Face Coverings: We’ll continue to ask all our team members to wear face coverings when moving through the communal areas and kindly ask that our members do the same.
  • Cleaning: Enhanced hygiene controls including our increased cleaning regimes, sanitising stations and sneeze screens will remain in place throughout the spaces to keep you and our team safe.
  • NHS Test & Trace: QR Codes will remain available at the Front of House at all of our UK locations so that all who wish to continue to check in to our spaces, can. Visitors should continue to be registered in advance as normal.
  • Meeting Rooms / Events: Our meeting rooms and event spaces will continue to be available to book with reduced capacities in place as suggested. Please continue to book your meeting rooms in advance so that our wonderful cleaning teams can keep them clean between each use.
  • Member Socials: Our members' breakfasts and drinks will continue to go ahead - - we won’t be enforcing seated socialising, but please be mindful of other members around you.
  • COVID Reporting: We continue to ask that if you’ve tested positive or someone you’ve been in close contact with has tested positive for Coronavirus, that you inform your location’s General Manager and isolate according to the current government guidelines.

Fire Systems Testing & Fire Evacuation Procedure

Fire System Testing

The fire alarm system weekly test takes place at:  4pm every Friday

 

Fire Evacuation Drills

Fire evacuation drills are arranged approximately every six months and will be managed by Huckletree. The main meeting point for the building is located on Gateway Green at the front of the Estate:

 

Wait at Assembly Point until given further instructions by a Huckletree fire warden who can be identified by their red hi-vis jackets.

 Fire Wardens at Huckletree West are:

  • Redmond Kelly / red@huckletree.com / 07828312465
  • Leo Medley / Leo@huckletree.com / 079494363945
  • Mairi Houston/ mairi@huckletree.com / 07886699743
  • Avee Viravaidya/ avee@huckletree.com / 07838246009

First Aid

The Colart First Aider is Josh Hart.

In addition, all Huckletree staff are First Aid trained so please contact them should the Colart First Aider not be available.

In the event of an emergency out of hours, please contact the Mediaworks Security Office: 0203 892 9918 / 0203 892 9897

First Aid boxes are available here:

The first aid boxes along with the first aid accident log books are located at reception and north/south side kitchens as seen in the pictures below:

 

Reception

 

London Hub

 

 

North Side Kitchen

 

 

The building also has a first aid room and a DFIB located in the NorthSide toilets by the turnstiles. You will need to ask the building reception team or security for the key.

Health & Safety & Huckletree COVID H&S Champions

The primary contacts at London Hub for any health & safety related issues are Alison Wabe and Jenny O’Brien who are our H&S Representatives.

Huckletree also have a designated COVID Health and Safety Champion to keep the guidelines in place and report back to the Huckletree Operations team on the health and safety of the space each day until further notice. The COVID champion will complete a building walk every morning to ensure hand sanitisers, soap, hand towels and sanitisation kits are fully stocked. They will also check that cleaning is being completed correctly.

Accident &

Near Miss Reporting

If you have an accident, no matter how small, or a near miss, please go to the Huckletree reception team located right outside the London Hub space and complete the report form.