About Child Safety Week

Child Safety Week 2021 runs from 7th to 13th June 2021 with the theme Share because you care

Child Safety Week is an annual community education campaign run by the Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT), acting as a catalyst for thousands of safety conversations and activities UK-wide.

Helping families stop serious accidents lies at the heart of Child Safety Week.

Being clear what the risks are at each stage of their child’s development and knowing what simple changes to make means parents can feel confident to take charge.

That’s why the theme for Child Safety Week 2022 is ‘Safety in mind’. We want to make sure busy families have the ‘Safety in mind’ that really matters, especially when under pressure.

For parents

Download our fact sheet and activity sheets (coming soon).

For practitioners

Share our fact sheets, translations and activity sheets (coming soon)
Use our session plans to run engaging workshops
Download our Child Safety Week Information Pack to find out more.

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Meet our official supporters

It's thanks to our official supporters that Child Safety Week takes place:

Our funders:

Thanks also to the British Blind and Shutter Association (BBSA) for their funding in support of window blind safety

Our partners:

Latest

WATCH: Button battery dangers and how to stay safe – Free webinar replay

Watch the free recording of our webinar on the dangers of button batteries to learn why they are so dangerous, where they can be found and what to do if you suspect a child has swallowed one.
Flyer and poster

Our hard-hitting flyer, available in English and Welsh, explains the risks and offers safety tips and emergency advice. Our colourful poster prompts parents to hunt for button batteries in their homes.
Session plan

Our dual-purpose flashcard and session plan is designed to help you run an engaging workshop with parents. With a visual aid, workshop outline and safety facts and tips to share.
New English fact sheet

Our fact sheet provides essential advice about the risks to children, where to look for button batteries and what to do in an emergency. Download and share.

Child Safety Week kicks off year-round safety work

We’re delighted to kick off Child Safety Week with our offer of a host of downloadable resources to help build families’ confidence and skills in preventing serious accidents.
Fact sheets

Bite-sized facts and safety tips on the main accident risks to children. Easy to read, use and share. Suitable for printing off, emailing, Whatsapp-ing or posting on social.
Translations

Six fact sheets translated into five languages – Urdu, Bengali, Panjabi, Polish and Arabic – for speakers of English as an additional language.
Session plans

Prompt cards illustrating eight common safety scenarios, complemented by short workshop outlines. Use for virtual group work or in-person with parents of under-fives.
Displays and logo

Download our poster and other resources to create a colourful Child Safety Week display. And download our Child Safety Week logo to show your support on your social and emails.
Jean Johansson highlights the increased risk of danger for children with families at home

Popular TV presenter Jean Johansson highlights the increased dangers to young children in the home during the pandemic, including those posed by all our cleaning things and sanitisers.
Preventing accidents in the home

With children at home over the coming weeks and the NHS overwhelmed, many families are likely to be worried about their child having a serious accident. To help you, here at CAPT we focus on the accidents that are the most serious and the easiest to prevent.
Window blind cords

Practical advice on window blind safety. Free resources to download, share and use with parents and carers, including accident scenarios, a fact sheet and session plan.
Register

Make sure you’re alerted when free content is available for Child Safety Week as well as our year-round safety campaigns.
Bitrex is a lifesaver. Literally.

Child safety caps aren’t completely child-proof – some three and four-year-olds can open them in seconds. Find out more about Bitrex.

Why are grapes so dangerous?

Doctors have issued a stark warning that young children can choke to death on whole grapes.
Button batteries

Button batteries, particularly big, powerful lithium coin cell batteries, can badly hurt or kill a small child if they swallow one and it gets stuck in their food pipe. Find out more.
Making sense of accidents

Many accidents are a part of growing up. Children need to explore and experiment. But some children suffer the pain of serious accidents that can alter the course of their lives forever. Most of these serious accidents are completely preventable by making simple solutions or changes to routines.
Choking

Each day around 40 under-5s are rushed to hospital after choking on something, or swallowing something dangerous. Be particularly aware of sweet items such as mini eggs around Easter time - these are exactly the same size as a toddler's airway.
Fact sheets

Bite-sized facts and safety tips on the main accident risks to children. Easy to read, use and share. Suitable for printing off, emailing, Whatsapp-ing or posting on social.
Falls

Falls are the most common cause of accidental injury to children. While most falls aren’t serious – active children often fall over – some falls can lead to death or long-term disability.
In-car safety

Car seats can be mind-boggling! How do you know if you’ve got the right seat for your child and for your car? When should you move them to the next stage? Our advice on in-car safety can help.
About Child Safety Week

Child Safety Week is an annual community education campaign run by the Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT), acting as a catalyst for thousands of safety conversations and activities UK-wide.
Suffocation

Babies and young children don't have the control that adults have over their bodies. They can wriggle and squirm but it is harder for them to move out of a dangerous situation.
Burns and scalds

95% of all childhood burns and scalds happen at home. Most are caused in the day-to-day situations that many parents don’t anticipate, like children reaching for hot coffee or grabbing hair straighteners.