30 professionals from as far away as Fife in Scotland attended the recent 'Child Safety - Simply Fun' event at LV= Streetwise ...

 

 

 

 

The event was targeted at people working directly with children up to 7 years old and it enabled delegates to discover safety ideas and information in bite-sized memorable chunks. As a result they took away practical tools and information to help them deliver child safety messages in a fun and engaging way - almost as if by accident! 

The action and inspiration packed programme included a FREE Safety Sack of useful items for spreading the messages.  

 

 

 

The event was described by delegates as 'interesting', 'thought-provoking', 'well-presented' and 'valuable'. Their feedback also included comments about changes they would make as a result of attending including "I will be feeding back to four children’s centre teams what I have learnt today and as a whole team we will adapt our practice where needed", "Will suggest additional child safety equipment for distribution", "(We will change) the way we think and follow up safety equipment given out to families". 

Delegates attending the event, which was coordinated by LV= Streetwise and the South West Home and Leisure Safety Council, also travelled from Portsmouth, Southampton and Devizes and was such a success that more similar events are planned for next year.

Throughout the day delegates had the chance to meet and talk with like-minded professionals with presentations from the following people and organisations:

Children's Perception of Risk	Colin Morris, Regional Home Safety Manager (West of England), RoSPA
Your first choice for the second line of defence	Carol Ainge, Managing Director, Kidrapt
Fighting fire through education	Jo Malyon, Education Officer, Dorset Fire & Rescue Service
Being safe around dogs	Caring Canines - Julie Lankshear's demonstrations with real dogs and help from Jack and Jade at Elmrise Primary!
The Return of Humpty Dumpty finger puppet show	With Colin Morris, RoSPA
Putting the right foot forward	Nick Ellis, Borough of Poole Travel Plan Coordinator and Road Safety Education Officer
Free online safety games and resources you never knew about!	Alison Shelton, LV Streetwise Manager
E.L.F.S. injury prevention programme for 3 - 5 year olds linking hospital and education	Debbie Lock, I.M.P.S. Development Lead

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alison Shelton, LV= Streetwise manager, said "Everyone gained lots of really useful information and ideas and I was delighted that our two chairs - Debbie Fleming, NHS Bournemouth and Poole's Chief Executive, and Jane Portman, Executive Director, Bournemouth Council, Children and Families - were able to lend their presence and personal support to our inaugural event."

The South West Home and Leisure Safety Council is a regional alliance of health and local authority representatives whose aim is to stimulate and co-ordinate activity and publicity to reduce home and leisure accidents in the South West.