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The APPCOG holds a busy events programme, holding roundtable discussions, seminar debates, and larger conferences both in Parliament and across the UK. These events bring together relevant Parliamentarians, industry experts and senior officials from the energy sector and beyond.

If you would like to discuss our events programme in more detail or find out about partnership opportunities, please contact the APPCOG secretariat on 0207 202 8582 or benjamin.klos@policyconnect.org.uk. 

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CO Safety At Festivals Reception

5th June 2018

With the 2018 festival season getting started, the only stories we want to see are about music, dancing, and perhaps a little bit of mud. However, every year amongst the revellers enjoying themselves, there are worrying reports of festival-goers unnecessarily risking their lives.

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Carbon Monoxide Alarms: Tenants Safe & Secure in their Homes with Alok Sharma MP, Minister for Housing & Planning keynote address

7th November 2017
The Minister for Housing & Planning, Alok Sharma MP, will be addressing an APPCOG audience on 7 November in Parliament. This report has never been of greater significance, both in light of the Government’s White Paper and following the recent tragic Grenfell Tower fire, which has highlighted the need for a fundamental review of health and safety regulations to protect tenants in England.
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Carbon Monoxide: Healthcare Perspectives Report Launch

11th October 2017

Carbon Monoxide (CO) is a silent killer with accidental poisoning often going undetected.  Key medical and CO experts have come together to develop a report that recommends important healthcare reforms in order for the effects of poisoning to be better recognised and treated. Healthcare professionals are likely to be the first person to meet someone feeling unwell due to CO exposure, and are therefore best placed to intervene.

The launch will cover a discussion (with Q&A) of three themes with healthcare experts:

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Launch of Gas Safety Week 2017

13th September 2017

Gas Safety Week, an annual awareness week held by the Gas Safe Register, will take place this year between the 18 and 24 September. 

For more information, please visit the website of the Gas Safe Register here.

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Schools' Competition

29th June 2017

This competition, organised by the APPCOG and Gas Distribution Networks, is an annual event held to raise awareness of the danger of CO amongst children and their parents.

Schoolchildren across the country are challenged to design a poster to raise awareness for carbon monoxide safety. After the posters are judged by a panel, the children who produced winning enteries will be invited along with their parents to the House of Commons, where they will be awared their prize by Barry Sheerman MP, chair of the APPCOG, and given a tour of the Palace of Westminster.

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