Child Safety Week makes accident prevention doable for anyone working with children and families no matter the circumstances. You don’t have to figure anything out, do any research or hunt for resources. It’s all here for you. Read more
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Download the free Child Safety Week Action Pack. No matter how you find yourself working with families over the year or how much experience you have of accident prevention you can do something to help the children and families in your community. Read more
Child Safety Week is brought to you by the Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT), the leading child safety authority in the UK.
Serious childhood accidents can devastate lives and are an unnecessary burden on families. Most are preventable with simple changes that take just a moment.
Child Safety Week makes accident prevention doable for anyone working with children and families no matter the circumstances.
You don’t have to figure anything out, do any research or hunt for resources. It’s all here for you.
“Child Safety Week gave us a process to follow and activities to get behind.” Family support project
What’s more, child safety doesn’t have to be an extra thing on your to-do list. It can support and enhance the work you do year round:
“One of the fundamental issues we try to address is confidence in parenting. One of the key building blocks of this is feeling safe and having the information to ensure your child is safe.” -Family support project
The Action Pack, and other resources, for Child Safety Week can be downloaded here. Resources for 2020 will be available soon.
It's thanks to our official sponsors, partners and supporters that Child Safety Week takes place. Their support means we can provide you with the action pack, offer you a host of online resources, run competitions with great prizes, share our safety messages through the media, and support you to run the thousands of local activities and events that reach families nationwide.
Parents play down the life-saving role they play, but the truth is, the small actions we all take day-in, day-out to prevent accidents from happening in the first place are as just as heroic as rescuing children after an accident has happened. Read more
Accidental injury is a major cause of death and one of the most common causes of hospital admissions for children in Scotland. Child Safety Week raises awareness of serious childhood accidents and how to prevent them. Read more
Events held during previous Child Safety Weeks to give you some more ideas for your own events and activities. Read more
Just some of the brands, companies and industry bodies who have helped make Child Safety Week possible. Read more
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Child Safety Week is a great opportunity to establish or continue partnership working. It also offers a way of pooling budgets and resources, and reaching more parents, carers and children. Read more