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    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. Read more

  • Child Safety Week is here!

    Child Safety Week is here!

    Do you work with families? Download our free safety advice to share far and wide. We’ve got fact sheets, articles and activity sheets as well as our hugely popular Parents Pack. Read more

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    Register for free resources

    Don't miss out - sign up for Child Safety Week 2021 and other free campaign resources. Simply fill in your details and we'll email you links to free downloads as soon as they're available. Read more

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Child Safety Week

Child Safety Week is an annual community education campaign run by the Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT).

In response to COVID-19, we’re changing what we do this year, to meet the changing needs of families and the frontline staff who support them:

  • We’ve adapted the Child Safety Week Parents’ Pack, so it helps parents take on child safety and win, even when they’re feeling under pressure.

  • We’ve created new content that practitioners can use right now in their digital communications, however they’re reaching out to families. This includes our top tips for child safety during lockdown and beyond, plus advice on preventing burns and poisoning.

  • We’re reworking the Child Safety Week Action Pack as a year-round resource, so practitioners can use it in face-to-face work with families as lockdown eases.

During Child Safety Week itself, our emphasis will be on social media, to reach as many families as possible.

We’ll be adding to our safety advice, so do stay in touch by liking or following our Facebook page. And, if you work with families, sign up to our email alerts.

Meet our official supporters

It's thanks to our official supporters that Child Safety Week takes place. Without their generosity we couldn’t develop new content for your communications with families, offer the Parents’ Pack as a free download or redevelop the Action Pack as a year-round resource to use as lockdown eases.

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Burns and Scalds

Burns and Scalds

For parents under pressure, preventing serious burns at home in lockdown can seem like too much to think about. But with these simple tips parents can feel like they are winning against burns. Read more

Published: 13th May, 2020

Updated: 1st June, 2020

Author: Kirsty Stephenson

Related topics:
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  • Burns and Scalds
  • Child Safety Week
Child Safety Week is here!

Child Safety Week is here!

Do you work with families? Download our free safety advice to share far and wide. We’ve got fact sheets, articles and activity sheets as well as our hugely popular Parents Pack. Read more

Published: 2nd June, 2020

Updated: 22nd June, 2020

Author: Kirsty Stephenson

Related topics:
  • Resources
  • Strangulation
  • Drowning
  • Burns and Scalds
  • Suffocation
  • Child Safety Week
  • Choking
  • Poisoning
Parents

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. Read more

Published: 3rd January, 2021

Author: Kirsty Stephenson

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  • Button Batteries
  • Electric Shocks
  • Resources
  • Pandemic safety advice
  • Strangulation
  • Falls
  • Drowning
  • Burns and Scalds
  • Suffocation
  • Child Safety Week
  • Choking
  • Poisoning
Poisoning

Poisoning

Our hands and homes have never been so clean! But do all these cleaning things increase the risk of poisoning to small children? Here we share simple tips to keep children out of harm’s way. Read more

Published: 30th April, 2020

Updated: 23rd June, 2020

Author: Kirsty Stephenson

Related topics:
  • Home Safety
  • Pandemic safety advice
  • Child Safety Week
  • Poisoning
Register for free resources

Register for free resources

Don't miss out - sign up for Child Safety Week 2021 and other free campaign resources. Simply fill in your details and we'll email you links to free downloads as soon as they're available. Read more

Published: 21st July, 2019

Updated: 3rd January, 2021

Author: Kirsty Stephenson

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  • Child Safety Week
Roads

Roads

As roads become busy again, how do we adjust and make sure children are safe around them? Our simple tips can help. Read more

Published: 27th May, 2020

Updated: 23rd June, 2020

Author: Kirsty Stephenson

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  • Out and About
  • Cycle Safety
  • Pandemic safety advice
  • Child Safety Week
  • Road Safety
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    Do you work with families? Download our free safety advice to share far and wide. We’ve got fact sheets, articles and activity sheets as well as our hugely popular Parents Pack.

  • Button batteries

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  • Making sense of accidents

    Making sense of accidents

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    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.

  • In-car safety

    In-car safety

    In-car safety can be a confusing area for parents and carers. You may find that you're not completely clear about the law, are unsure of the safest way for a child to travel, aren't using the most appropriate restraint or have badly fitting child car seats or booster seats which put a child at risk.

  • Burns and scalds

    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

    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.

  • Falls

    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.

  • Fidget spinners – a hidden hazard in the latest playground craze

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