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NEW - Safety Open Days - Local Radio Adverts

Listen to the radio adverts being broadcast to promote the free Safety Open Days being held in March at Bierley, Community Works, Farcliffe and Holmewood Children's Centres - files are in MP3 format.

Bierley Community Works Farcliffe Holmewood

Click here to see the free Open Days flyer in PDF


Home Safety Equipment Scheme : StoryBoards

These are the storyboards developed by children's centres on the home safety equipment scheme training with Artworks.  They can be used in sessions with parents - just use these as a template and put in your own words and pictures!  All are in PowerPoint.

Bright Sparks Fabulous Six Ignite
Shipley Safeguarders Smooth Operators The Incredibles

Keeping Children Safe in Bradford - Leaflet and Poster

Download the new leaflet and poster here - leaflet (PDF, 3.5Mb) poster (PDF, 8.5Mb)


“MAKE A SONG AND DANCE ABOUT SAFETY”

There was a multi-agency workshop event for practitioners working with children and their families regarding creative ways to engage about child safety issues/unintentional injury held at Manningham Mills
Thursday 14th May 2009.  The event was very well attended and received excellent feedback and evaluation.  See the full event evaluation document here.  Photos below show some of the workshop presenters and one of the very effective 'props' used.




Useful Links for Information on Accident Prevention and Child Safety

Click here for an extensive list of links to organisations offering information, advice and updates on accident prevention and child safety.


The Priority Review of Accident Prevention Amongst Children and Young People

The Priority Review of Accident Prevention Amongst Children and Young People covers injuries and deaths of children and young people under the age of 18 in England. It has been carried out by officials from the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF), the Department of Health (DH), the Department for Transport (DfT) and researchers from the University of Surrey and the University of the West of England. They carried out a literature review, interviewed a wide variety of stakeholders and visited local areas to look at different practices in child injury prevention.

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Child Accident Prevention Activities in Bradford - Final Report 2008

The Child Accident Prevention Activities in Bradford Report is based on the survey work conducted with key stakeholders in child accident prevention across the Bradford district, information collected at the stakeholder event in November 2007 and interviews with a sample of individuals fulfilling the role of accident prevention co-ordinator elsewhere.  See a copy of the full report here.


Myth of the Month

The HSE web page "Myth of the Month" is an excellent resource for children and young people to help them understand and achieve proportionate risk management.


Trading Standards Recall Notices

Below is listed information showing recent recall notices taken from the trading standards website on www.tradingstandards.gov.uk.  This information includes recall notices relating to child safety (toys and / or products which may affect children in your care). These newsletters will be available regularly and are intended to alert your services to the numerous recalls which occur.

February 2010-April 2010

November 2009-January 2010

August-October 2009

February-April 2009

November 2008 - January 2009

August - October 2008

May - July 2008


Bradford's Accident Prevention Strategy

See a PDF of the Summary here

As part of the campaign to cut childhood accidents a far-reaching strategy has been produced to slash unintentional injuries to the district’s children.

See a video at the T&ATV website here

 

Child Injury Prevention Newsletter

Edition Fourteen May 2010 -
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Edition Thirteen January 2010 -
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Edition Twelve November 2009 -
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Edition Eleven September 2009 -
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Edition Ten July 2009 -
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Edition Nine May 2009 -
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Edition Eight March 2009 -
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Edition Seven January 2009 -
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Edition Six November 2008 -
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Edition Five July 2008 -
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Edition Four July 2008 -
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Edition Three April 2008 -
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Edition Two January 2008 -
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Edition One October 2007 -
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Bradford's Child Safety Week 2008
Monday 23rd – Sunday 29th June

‘make a change, make a difference’

See the calendar of main events here
 

Community Pride - June edition
See the Child Safety article in this month's edition here



Child Injury Prevention Strategy Launch 25th June 2008
1pm - 2.30pm, Coral Stand, Bradford Bulls Grattan Stadium
See the invitation and more details here


Let's get serious about Child Safety - A workshop for professionals who work with families.
Topics include In-car, Home, Road, Fire, & Product safety.
08.30 – 16.00 hrs - Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Bradford University School of Management
See the invitation and more details here

See the first edition of the Accident Prevention Newsletter

See the invitation and more details here


Events and Current Activities

  • Mapping Project – to map what’s currently going on in Bradford around accident prevention

  • Car Seat checking days

  • Accident prevention sub-group meetings

  • Development of Strategy and task group


Child Safety Stakeholder Event – 21st November 2007

See Event Report PDF here - key findings and details of workshops etc.


PowerPoint Presentations from the Event

Accidental Injury in Primary Schools
RoSPA
Child Safety and Deprivation
Road Safety Interventions