Child Safety Week 2008
| Published: 14th June 2008 14:52 |
"Child Safety Week reminds the whole community - parents, grandparents, carers, children - not to get complacent about dangers around the home, garden and schools. A lovely fun way to remind us to keep safe"
Christine, mother
Child Safety Week, organised by national charity the Child Accident Prevention Trust, helps people understand the real risks to children and the simple changes they can make to reduce those risks - so that children can enjoy safer, healthier, more active lives.
This year Child Safety Week runs from 23 to 29 June, with the theme "Make a change. Make a difference". The message from the Child Accident Prevention Trust is that even small changes in our everyday lives can make big differences to children's safety.
For a parent or grandparent, this could mean driving more slowly in areas where children are out playing, getting their gas boiler serviced, fitting safety equipment such as smoke alarms or moving household cleaners where a young child can't reach them.
For a child or young person, this could mean stopping at the kerb rather than running straight across the road, taking on the weekly job of checking that the smoke alarms are working or remembering not to overload electrical sockets in their room.
To learn more about child safety, get involved in Child Safety Week activities locally details will soon follow.
You can also visit the Child Accident Prevention Trust's website www.capt.org.uk for useful safety hints and tips. Here you can download safety advice, test your safety knowledge with a quiz and enter safety competitions, with some great prizes to win.
