GV Safety Group Annual

WorkSafe Health & Safety Month Breakfast

 
 

The GV Safety Group Annual WorkSafe Health & Safety Month Breakfast occurs annually for members in conjunction with Worksafe Health and Safety Month. 

  • Friday, 17 October 2025

  • GV Hotel, 223 High Street, Shepparton

  • 6:30am for 7am start

  • To conlude before 9am

  • GV Hotel, 223 High Street, Shepparton

  • Breakfast provided

This year, our speaker is Patrizia Cassaniti. Patrizia is an International award-winning work health and safety advocate with a compelling and confronting life story.

Patrizia is an International award-winning work health and safety advocate with a compelling and confronting life story.

ENTRIES ARE NOW OPEN for the 2025 Safety Awards.

The GV Safety Group Annual WorkSafe Health & Safety Month Breakfast is a fantastic opportunity for organisations to recognise safety initiatives and network with like-minded peers.  Well-known keynote speakers will deliver an address to members and present awards

Please email gvsafetygroup@gmail.com to register your interest or return your entry form.

The GV Safety Group is pleased to host the annual WorkSafe Health & Safety Month Breakfast. CONNECT HERE via LinkedIn for updated on the 2025 event.

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In 2024 Tom Boyd spoke about the importance of Mental Health and Wellbeing and how individuals, teams and businesses can improve performance.

Our 2022 Winners

the Keynote speaker FOR The GV Safety Group 2022 Breakfast and Awards was Christine Nixon AO QPM.

As she could not attend in person due to the flood crisis affecting Victoria, Ms Nixon shared her lifetime of extreme achievement, public profile and the associated pressures of leadership via ZOOM.

 
 

2022 Health
and Safety Representative in a Workplace - Under 20 Employees

Winner: Ashlee Clowes - iPar

Best Health
and Wellbeing Initiative Programs - Under 20 Employees

WINNER: GV Hospice

2022 Best Health
and Wellbeing Initiative Programs - Over 20 Employees

WINNER: Unilever & GV Health

2019 Health
and Safety Representative in a Workplace

Andrew Hawkes
GV Health

Steve Trianidis
SPC

Best Health
and Wellbeing Initiative Programs

Greater Shepparton City Council

Goulburn Broken
CMA

2019 Workplace Safety Initiative or Solution

Tatura Milk Industries
(Bega Cheese Group)
Resolving heights access issues

2022

award categories

Nominations open in August each year. All local organisations are encouraged to nominate, no matter how big or small their organisation or safety initiative.

Nominations will close Monday 12 September. The judging panel consists of three independent people outside the group to ensure fairness. Winners will be announced at the GVSG Breakfast on Friday 14th October 2022.

This year we will have four awards across two entry categories:

 

  • This award recognises leadership in commitment to promoting safety and wellbeing at work. Entries may include examples of organisational systems, policies, workplace safety/wellbeing/training programs, products or process-based solutions, engineering innovation, an awareness-raising activity or other risk control measure that reduces the risk of work-related injury and/or actively promotes workplace wellbeing.

  • This award recognises leadership in commitment to promoting safety and wellbeing at work. Entries may include examples of organisational systems, policies, workplace safety/wellbeing/training programs, products or process-based solutions, engineering innovation, an awareness raising activity or other risk control measure that reduces the risk of work-related injury and / or actively promotes workplace wellbeing.

  • This award recognises initiatives to establish, improve, inspire and maintain best practice in safety and workplace wellbeing by an individual within an organisation.

  • This award recognises initiatives to establish, improve, inspire and maintain best practice in safety and workplace wellbeing by an individual within an organisation.