DOG AWARENESS WEEK- MESSAGES, BRIEFINGS AND STAFF COMMS

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No. 429/14

Ref P18/14

Date: 1 July 2014


To: All Branches

Dear Colleagues,

ROYAL MAIL/CWU - DOG AWARENESS WEEK 30 JUNE-4 JULY 2014 - MESSAGES, BRIEFINGS AND STAFF COMMUNICATIONS

Further to LTB 413/14 which gave a detailed update and information prior to this week's Dog Awareness Week Launch here is an report on the planned staff messages, briefings and communications. I would urge all ASRs and WSRs to become actively involved during the week and concentrate attention to the week's activities, messages and communications to staff, adding support. The 2014 Royal Mail/CWU Dog Awareness Week is launched today with a joint embargoed press release and will be a high profile awareness raising campaign aimed at Royal Mail customers who are dog owners and our own delivery staff members. The annual Dog Awareness campaign's aim is to raise understanding of the issue of dog attacks on postmen and women with a purpose of avoiding and reducing the high number of serious injuries sustained by postal workers across the UK. Royal Mail and CWU will be working in partnership to encourage responsible dog ownership and to appeal to dog owners to keep their animals under control when the postman or woman calls to deliver letters, packets and parcels or 'signed for' items.

Dog Awareness Week - Messages and Staff Communications

Royal Mail has planned a number of activities for the week. Please see listed below together with relevant attachments:

Monday 30th June - Press and Media Day - Press Conference

Tuesday 1st July - Tuesday's Message:

(a) Staff to watch the dog awareness film.

(b) WTL Managers Briefing Document circulated plus

(c) A Delivery Staff Hand Out/Information Sheet to be distributed.

Wednesday 2nd July - Wednesday's Message:

Delivery Managers to complete a WTL Briefing/Huddle to go through completing WPQs/WRAP, Walk Logs, Hazard Cards, marking

'D' on mail items to dog hazard addresses plus using the 'Posting Peg'.

Thursday 3rd July - Thursday's Message:

Delivery Managers to review the WRAP/Dog Risk Assessment Control Matrix so that they know what to do when faced with a reported dog hazard.

Friday 4th July - Friday's Message:

Thank you message to delivery staff for raising hazards and remind staff of key top tips for avoiding dog attacks.

Why This Week?

The number of dog attacks peaks during the summer school holidays and we annually see a sharp increase in dog attacks on delivery A third of all dog attacks on Postal Workers occur during the months of June, July and August.

Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union will be appealing to dog owners to work with them to help keep their animals under control when the postman/woman calls to deliver mail, packets, parcels and signed-for items, during the school holidays this summer.

Yours sincerely

Dave Joyce

National Health, Safety and Environment Officer

Attachments - http://www.cwu.org/ltb-429/14-royal-mai ... tions.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Dog Awareness Week - Tuesday's Message Managers Briefing Document

Dog Awareness Week - Tuesday's Message Delivery Staff Hand Out

Dog Awareness Week - Wednesday's Message

Dog Awareness Week - Thursday's Message

Dog Awareness Week - Friday's Message