The Trusted Experts In Automated Gate Safety

Empowering gate installers and gate owners with the knowledge and tools to ensure a safe installation and helping them to understand their legal obligations. Ultimately, Gate Safe exists to prevent accidents and protect lives.

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Gate Safe is a registered charity, founded specifically to improve the standard of safety for the installation and maintenance of automated gates and barriers in a variety of applications, including housing developments, schools, commercial premises and of course, residential settings.

The charity, established in 2010, actively promotes awareness of the protocol required to deliver a safe automated gate or barrier, delivers IOSH approved Gate Safe training, and runs the Gate Safe Register of Approved Gate Safe installers.

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How We Can Help

Training

IOSH approved gate safety course that simplifies complex safety legislation, ensuring every installer understands the required protocols to install a safe and compliant gate.

Find An Installer

A national register connecting trained installers with customers seeking appropriately trained installers.

Guides

Practical step-by-step guidance and advice relating to the selection, installation and maintenance of safe and compliant gates and barriers.

Help & Advice

Gate Safe provides help and advice to installers, gate users / owners and all professionals associated with automated gates / barriers.

What the HSE says

“The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) supports the work which Gate Safe began in 2010 to improve the safety of automated and manual gates and barriers in the UK. We commend the Charity’s commitment to providing clear, practical and easy to understand information on what constitutes a safe and legally compliant gate.”

Philip White

Chief Inspector of Buildings

The Role of Gate Safe

Gate Safe is widely acknowledged as the leading expert on best practice to ensure the safety of automated gates and barriers.

Gate Safe is a registered charity whose overriding priority is to prevent any further accidents – including fatalities – caused by unsafe automated, and manual, gates or barriers.

The Charity’s Main Focus Is:

☛ To deliver specialist, independently approved training to equip installers with the required knowledge to understand the steps that need to be taken to ensure a safe gate or barrier

☛ To provide unbiased, independent and impartial assessments (via survey activity) of any automated gate or barrier

☛ To provide access to specialist technical support regarding automated – and manual – gate & barrier safety

☛ To raise awareness of and educate on the importance of automated gate / barrier safety