Weymouth Super Snails

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Super Snails Modern Slavery Statement


Introduction
This statement sets the Super Snails actions to understand all potential modern slavery risks and the steps that are in place to ensure that there is no slavery or human trafficking in its own business and its supply chains. The Super Snails also recognises their responsibilities as an employer and procurer of services. We acknowledge our dut

ies to notify the Secretary of State of suspected victims of slavery or human trafficking as introduced by section 52 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and to act and work with other responder agencies under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004. Modern slavery in its wider sense is commonly accepted to include forced or bonded labour, human trafficking, child slavery, anything involving offences under the Protection of Children Act 1978 or the Sexual Offences Act 2003 and forced or early marriage. The Super Snails is committed to doing all it can to prevent slavery and human trafficking in its corporate activities and to ensuring that its supply chains are free from slavery and/or human trafficking. The statement below sets out practices already in place at the council following the introduction of the Modern Slavery Act 2015. Organisational structure and supply chains
The Super Snails services cover everything from events and celebrations for the local community as well as for the tourist trade off the promenade and the beach. The Super Snails team is made by the owner and up to 3 staff, during summer months. The Super Snails procures goods and services from various suppliers . The Super Snails would expect all suppliers of goods or services to have their own policy relating to working practices or modern slavery, or for evidence to be available to ensure their standards are in accordance with the Super Snail’s expectations. We would request that our suppliers ensure the same of their own supply chains. Responsibility
The super Snails are committed to ensuring there is no modern slavery or human trafficking in our supply chains or any part of our business. Our policies and processes reflect our commitment to acting ethically and with integrity to prevent slavery and human trafficking in all of its operations. Policies
Super Snails policies are developed and adopted by the Owner. Risk assessments
Organisational responsibility for human rights encompasses all services and departments. Modern slavery risk analysis would be provided by colleagues who are actively developing strategies and safeguards around this. Management responsibilities
The Super Snails takes the welfare of its employees very seriously and as part of the day-to-day management role, there is a requirement that managers will hold regular supervision meetings with employees to make every effort to address and support any personal welfare issues employees may have. Investigations/due diligence
In respect of suspected or known incidents of slavery of trafficking we would refer these to Dorset Police. We would expect any colleague who may witness or suspect any wrongdoing to report their concerns to their line manager. Specific policies which apply;
Whistleblowing Policy:
Super Snails encourages all its workers, customers, and other business partners to report any concerns related to the direct activities, or the supply chains of, the organisation. This includes any circumstances that may give rise to an enhanced risk of slavery or human trafficking. Employee Code of Conduct:
The Employee Code of Conduct makes clear to employees the actions and behaviour expected of them when representing the organisation. The organisation strives to maintain the highest standards of employee conduct and ethical behaviour, including when managing its supply chain. Financial Regulations:
Financial Regulations are particularly important, and the owner make every effort to ensure the transparency act is enforced. The Super snails directly recruits its employees via our inhouse recruitment function. Our ethical procurement objectives are to ensure the well-being and protection of work forces throughout the supply chain, that people are treated with respect and their rights are protected. Health, Safety and Wellbeing:
The super Snails facilitates a high standard of employee care and wellbeing together with compliance to the Health & Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and other legislation. Manager will ensure they hold regular one to one meetings with individual members of staff, providing for an opportunity for all to raise any issues of concern and explore a way to resolve them. Due Diligence of suppliers
We are committed to undertaking due diligence at all stages of the procurement cycle to mitigate the risk of modern slavery and human trafficking within the supply chain. Our due diligence measures include:
• Working with partners to develop our understanding of modern slavery and the risk of it occurring
• To review the supply chain and identify areas of vulnerability and risk
• Working in collaboration with suppliers to mitigate risk of modern slavery
• Monitoring the performance of suppliers against the contract requirements,
• particularly in areas of identified high risk
• Developing contracts and policies to include appropriate clauses to require compliance with the requirements of the Modern Slavery Act; these will be applicable to subcontractors
• Following good practice guidance in relation to modern slavery
• Take appropriate measures in the selection of suppliers
• Consider appropriate steps to be taken to mitigate risks, particularly in those areas assessed to be at high risk of modern slavery

Training and awareness-raising
The Super Snails will implement a programme of mandatory safeguarding training for employees that enables them to identify and know how to report suspected or disclosed incidents of abuse and neglect, including modern slavery and human trafficking. Induction briefings on equality and diversity and safeguarding are provided to Councillors and employees. Promoting and Communicating Modern Slavery Issues
Information will be made available for all colleagues outlining their duties, potential warning signs and what to do if they have any concerns. This will be accessible to all colleagues and supplemented by an internal communications campaign which was implemented to raise awareness of modern slavery, what it is and how it might impact on the day-to-day work of employees. Declaration
This declaration is made pursuant to section 54(1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and constitutes The Super Snail’s modern slavery and human trafficking statement. Signature

The Super Snails
Date: 03/02/21

We will try to carry on and support our community and touristsplease sing our petition and share.
20/07/2025

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Restore Weymouth's Iconic Super Snails Ride

16/02/2025

Dorset Council Planning Meeting Announcement

Observation Wheel on the Beach Proposal

Good morning, friends, riders, and followers,

As many of you know, there has been much discussion regarding the planning application submitted by WTC for the installation of an Observation Wheel on the beach. We are pleased to inform you that Dorset Council will be holding a planning meeting to address this matter.

MEETING DETAILS
The meeting will take place on the 27th of February at 10:00 AM in the Council Chamber, County Hall, Dorchester, DT1 1XJ. This is an important opportunity for those who support or oppose the proposal to voice their opinions and participate in the decision-making process.

HOW YOU CAN HELP
We greatly appreciate the support and involvement of our community members. If you wish to speak at the meeting, you are welcome to do so. Each speaker will be allotted three minutes to present their views.

Registration & Speaking Guidelines
To speak at the meeting, you must register by 8:30 AM on the 25th of February. It is essential that you email the Democratic Services Team,( [email protected] ).
The Democratic Services Officer will require:
• Your name, address and contact details
• The name of the councillor to whom the question is directed
• The full text of the question or statement in plain English.
This ensures that everyone has a fair chance to be heard and allows the council to organize the proceedings efficiently.
- Prepare your comments in advance to make the most of your allotted time.
- Be respectful and concise in presenting your points.
- Focus on how the proposal will impact the community and environment.

Thank you for your dedication and support. Your participation is crucial in shaping the future of our community.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Best regards,
Cesar

P.S. for any more information please don’t hesitate to call me directly 07530503537

20/12/2024

Good morning everybody..
It is the last day to file the objections on the Dorset council planning page! P/VOC/2024/06716
We will applicate all your support and please take 5 minutes to file your objection, or we will face extinction😢😢😢

16/12/2024

Dear friends,
It is with a great deal of sadness and frustration that I inform you of the council’s latest decisions.
In February, I had a meeting with the council’s assistant clerk and the new resort officer. I was led to believe that this season would carry on as usual until the elections in May go through, at which point they will inform me of their decisions for the new way to go forward with the snails’ ride on the beach. At that meeting I asked to see the copy of the latest survey which was carried out for the new vision of what would happen on the beach. I am still waiting for this.
As the summer season progressed, I have been patient and waited for the council to gather themselves. To my great disappointment they sent me a PowerPoint presentation of what they would like to do, i.e. reunite 3 attraction sites into one, with no real scope for the snails’ ride apart from staying where it was most recently, site A6. Still yet to be confirmed.
Last year I made general enquiries to stay on the beach year around, I did talk with the Purbeck Motocross association and Weymouth Lyons association (organisers of the October motocross event) to see if the site A 6 (where the snails have been relocated) would be an issue for the event to run, to my great satisfaction they were on board and they did not see any objection or issues for the snails to stay on the beach, with the provision that they obviously not run during their event (for security and safety reasons).
In February I mentioned this to the assistant clerk and resort officer, to which they said that it would need planning approval form Dorset County Council, and I was looking forward to further discuss this opportunity with them.
Now the season has finished, and I received no update from the council’s team and representatives until an email at the end of November to inform me that they had put a planning application in place for a site encompassing A3, A4 and A5 into one main site, with the A6 to move to the left of the sand mans site to allow an Observation wheel all year round. And there is no mention of the snail ride.
So, I ask you to please help me object to this council planning. It seems like they just do what they want, ignoring the existing trade and a showing little care for the existing relationships. The snail ride was manufactured for Weymouth, at the demand of the Dorset council to bring a mechanical ride for all small children to enjoy and it has done so for the last 25 years. Just like that the Weymouth Town council decide to wipe out the snail ride the last 2 generations have enjoyed without constructive discussion. The couple of surveys Weymouth Town Council carried out have not been made public, nor has the decision making process that has led to such sudden and drastic change that will impact the existing landscape of the beach.
A few days ago, information was published on the Dorset Echo regarding this new planning application which has already received some opposition, including from Historical England, who have opposed to the observation wheel, that offers nothing of historical significance, and at 25 meters high you barely see the Nothe fort.
So, if like me, you feel you the council is not doing the right thing and in complete disregard of the existing businesses and attractions, as well as the heritage of Weymouth traditional seafront, please leave your comments and object to such changes on the beach.
I am attaching a link to the planning application, objections to be made before 20th of December 2024, please.
Thanking everyone for their support, please share this as much as you can.
Planning application number: P/VOC/2024/06716

15/12/2024

This is the link for the planning application, please leave your comment and objection on the Dorset planning, many thanks.

15/12/2024

Dear friends,
It is with a great deal of sadness and frustration that I inform you of the council’s latest decisions.
In February, I had a meeting with the council’s assistant clerk and the new resort officer. I was led to believe that this season would carry on as usual until the elections in May go through, at which point they will inform me of their decisions for the new way to go forward with the snails’ ride on the beach. At that meeting I asked to see the copy of the latest survey which was carried out for the new vision of what would happen on the beach. I am still waiting for this.
As the summer season progressed, I have been patient and waited for the council to gather themselves. To my great disappointment they sent me a PowerPoint presentation of what they would like to do, i.e. reunite 3 attraction sites into one, with no real scope for the snails’ ride apart from staying where it was most recently, site A6. Still yet to be confirmed.
Last year I made general enquiries to stay on the beach year around, I did talk with the Purbeck Motocross association and Weymouth Lyons association (organisers of the October motocross event) to see if the site A 6 (where the snails have been relocated) would be an issue for the event to run, to my great satisfaction they were on board and they did not see any objection or issues for the snails to stay on the beach, with the provision that they obviously not run during their event (for security and safety reasons).
In February I mentioned this to the assistant clerk and resort officer, to which they said that it would need planning approval form Dorset County Council, and I was looking forward to further discuss this opportunity with them.
Now the season has finished, and I received no update from the council’s team and representatives until an email at the end of November to inform me that they had put a planning application in place for a site encompassing A3, A4 and A5 into one main site, with the A6 to move to the left of the sand mans site to allow an Observation wheel all year round. And there is no mention of the snail ride.
So, I ask you to please help me object to this council planning. It seems like they just do what they want, ignoring the existing trade and a showing little care for the existing relationships. The snail ride was manufactured for Weymouth, at the demand of the Dorset council to bring a mechanical ride for all small children to enjoy and it has done so for the last 25 years. Just like that the Weymouth Town council decide to wipe out the snail ride the last 2 generations have enjoyed without constructive discussion. The couple of surveys Weymouth Town Council carried out have not been made public, nor has the decision making process that has led to such sudden and drastic change that will impact the existing landscape of the beach.
A few days ago, information was published on the Dorset Echo regarding this new planning application which has already received some opposition, including from Historical England, who have opposed to the observation wheel, that offers nothing of historical significance, and at 25 meters high you barely see the Nothe fort.
So if, like me, you feel you the council is not doing the right thing and in complete disregard of the existing businesses and attractions, as well as the heritage of Weymouth traditional seafront, please leave your comments and object to such changes on the beach.
I am attaching a link to the planning application, objections to be made before 20th of December 2024, please.
Thanking everyone for their support, please share this as much as you can.

02/04/2023

Hello dear friends and frequent riders,
This year we had to move location, unfortunately after 22 years on the same location someone else took our place and we have now moved towards the Pavilion just after the Weymouth Donkeys.
So we didn't leave, WE JUST MOVED.
We are now open and look forward to seeing you all for the new season.
The Weymouth Super Snails Team.

So wonderful to see people never forget the Super Snails
02/09/2022

So wonderful to see people never forget the Super Snails

Loved getting back on the Weymouth Super Snails for the first time since I was a kid 🐌

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