📣 With 1 in 5 diagnosed with at least 1 skin cancer in their lifetime, outdoor workers at 60% greater risk and men 69% more likely to die from the disease - SKCIN are delighted to partner with National roofing merchant, SIG Roofing to educate their employees and raise the roof on sun safety and skin cancer across the roofing industry.
Chris Lodge, MD of SIG Roofing said: “When we saw that SKCIN was launching a Sun-Safe Workplace accreditation programme for employers of outdoor workers, there was no hesitation that we would look to implement this for our colleagues as the facts exposed are shocking. SIG Roofing employs staff that work outdoors in our yards all day across our 107 branches nationwide, and they engage daily with roofers, largely males, who spend long periods of time exposed to UV.
SIG Roofing has therefore signed up for this charity partnership to raise awareness through education at scale through our branch network. We will be encouraging our colleagues in branch to take part in the training on sun-safe practices, as well as how to recognise the early signs of skin cancer and the importance of conducting regular self-examinations. We are installing sunscreen stations that dispense SPF30+ sunscreen in all branches, free for colleagues and customers. We hope that cumulatively all these initiatives will help make a difference.”
Kathryn Clifford, Co-Founder of SKCIN, responded: “We are delighted that a national business like SIG Roofing is one of the first to sign up to our new ‘Sun Safe Workplaces National Accreditation Programme’ sunsafeworkplaces.co.uk/. The business engages daily with hundreds of higher-risk roofers, largely male, with whom they can share knowledge. We are looking forward to seeing the rollout of sunscreen stations across their branches and delivering the vital training to their employees over the coming weeks.”
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