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.

We help families build confidence and skills in managing the real risks to children's safety. We want all children to have the freedom to grow and learn, safe from serious harm.

This year, Child Safety Week runs from Monday 7th to Sunday 13th June.

"Words can't describe how grateful I am for my friend posting of the dangers on her Facebook page." - Mum to one-year-old Veda, who swallowed a button battery.

Sharing safety knowledge saves lives. Veda's Mum knows only too well how true this is.

Without her friend's post, she would never have known about the dangers of button batteries and rushed baby Veda to hospital, where doctors saved her little girl's life.

That's why, this Child Safety Week, we are asking you to Share because you care.

The sharing starts right here:

Connect with us on Facebook and start sharing our new safety animations and illustrations launching on Monday 7 June.
Read our safety fact sheets and then share what you’ve learnt with family, friends and colleagues.
Find a range of fresh and free resources for your work with families, including fact sheets, session plans and materials for colourful displays.
Download our Child Safety Week Information Pack for a quick overview of our theme and free resources.

Child Safety Week Information Pack [PDF]

Meet our official supporters

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

Our funders:

Our partners:

Latest

Visual Aides

Coming soon: Our free downloadable gif and copyright-free photos can help you explain what dangerous toys look like and how to shop safely.
Poster

A free poster from the Office for Product Safety and Standards, highlighting safety risks when shopping online and asking: ‘Who are you buying from?’
Dangerous toys to avoid

Michelle, mum and trading standards officer, shares the inside scoop on dangerous toys to watch out for this Christmas, especially if you’re shopping online.
Free lunchtime webinar: Dangerous toys and how to avoid buying them

On Monday 6 December we’re running a 45-minute webinar, quizzing product safety experts and demonstrating dangerous toys to avoid. Book your free place now.

Road safety

Brake celebrates Road Safety Week with the theme Road Safety Heroes. You can be your child’s road safety hero by teaching them how to stay safe while out walking and cycling. Read our tips.
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.
Support us

Our fundraising team are on hand to support you with fundraising ideas, materials and guidance and would love to hear from you. We can also inform you of local events that you can participate in.
Translations

Five 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

Download our poster and other resources to create a colourful Child Safety Week display.
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.
Register

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

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.
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.
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.
About Child Safety Week

Find out more about our theme and how you can get involved, download our Information Pack and meet our official supporters.
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.
Parents

Our Parents Pack is full of quick wins that can help put you in charge of child safety, even when you’re feeling under pressure. Download your copy here.