CARBON MONOXIDE ALARMS IN NEW NI HOMES NOW COMPULSORY
Countries Covered: Northern Ireland Date: October 2012 Carbon monoxide alarms have become a legal requirement in all new homes in Northern Ireland. Read the rest of this entry »
View ArticleROSPA HOME SAFETY POSITION STATEMENTS
Countries Covered: UK Date: 2013 RoSPA’s revised home safety position statements are now available. The position statements cover a wide range of home safety issues and concerns. The document can be...
View ArticleNEW FIRE KILLS CAMPAIGN ‘ON YOUR CHILD’S LIFE’
Countries Covered: UK Date: March, 2013 Fire Kills – the Government ‘s channel for promoting fire safety – has launched a brand new campaign to urge people to do one extra thing when they put their...
View ArticleCAPT GUIDE TO COMMISSIONING
Countries Covered: UK Date: March 2013 CAPT has produced a free, downloadable guide to commissioning effective child accident prevention services, both as a standalone programme and as an integral part...
View ArticleMAKING THE LINK: ENGAGING WITH PARENTS AND FAMILIES
Countries Covered: UK Date: 2013 The Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT) has produced a number of topic briefings of relevance for those who commission services for children and families. These...
View ArticleACTIVE TRAVEL BILL
Countries Covered: Wales Date: 2013 The Active Travel Bill places a legal duty on councils to create a network of routes for walking and cycling, and will require them to continuously improve them....
View ArticleGUIDANCE ON THE USE OF SEAT BELTS ON SCHOOL BUSES
Country Covered: Wales Date: 2013 The Welsh Government has published new guidance for bus companies, governing bodies and local authorities about the use of seat belts on school transport which will be...
View ArticlePRIORITIES FOR TACKLING SUBSTANCE MISUSE IN WALES
Countries Covered: Wales Date: 2013 The third delivery plan of the Welsh Government’s 10 year Substance Misuse Strategy, “Working Together to Reduce Harm”, sets out the actions to be taken to reduce...
View ArticleAN EVIDENCE-BASED ALCOHOL STRATEGY FOR THE UK
Countries Covered: UK Date: 2013 This Institute of Social Marketing report sets out a strategic plan with key recommendations, and the evidence to underpin them, to reduce the harm from alcohol. Read...
View ArticleVIOLENCE AGAINST OLDER WOMEN
Countries Covered: UK Date: 2013 The University of East Anglia have conducted research on intimate partner violence against older women (60+) and have produced a report of their findings. Read the rest...
View ArticleHOME OFFICE: THIS IS ABUSE – NEW ADVERT LAUNCHED
Countries Covered: UK Date: 2013 A series of three new hard hitting TV adverts has been launched as part of the This is Abuse campaign to raise awareness and challenge abusive behaviour in teenager...
View ArticleTHE ADVOCACY FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY STUDY: CLUSTER RANDOMISED TRIAL EVALUATING...
This study demonstrates the feasibility of an innovative approach to translational public health by targeting local politicians in a randomised controlled trial. The intervention package was positively...
View ArticleSCOTLAND’S HOME SAFETY EQUIPMENT SCHEME
Hundreds of families are being given the opportunity to secure essential home safety equipment in areas of Scotland as part of a special scheme. Scotland’s Home Safety Equipment Scheme, which was...
View ArticleWHO’S GLOBAL STATUS REPORT ON ROAD SAFETY 2013 – SUPPORTING A DECADE OF ACTION
Countries Covered: World Date: 2013 The Global status report on road safety 2013 presents information on road safety from 182 countries, accounting for almost 99% of the world’s population. The report...
View ArticleREPUBLIC OF IRELAND’S: ROAD SAFETY STRATEGY 2013-2020
Countries Covered: Ireland Date: 2013 The Strategy – ‘Closing the Gap’ – will run until 2020 and aims to make Ireland one of the safest countries in terms of road deaths in the EU. It will also focus...
View ArticleJOINT CALL BY 28 EU-LEVEL ORGANISATIONS: PAN-EUROPEAN ACCIDENT AND INJURY...
Countries Covered: Europe Date: 2013 On the occasion of the European Consumer Day organised by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) on March in Brussels, a coalition of 28 European...
View Article2008 – 2010 ‘INJURIES IN THE EUROPEAN UNION’ REPORT NOW AVAILABLE
Countries Covered: Europe Date: 2013 EuroSafe’s the fourth edition of Injuries in the European Union is being released. The report reveals that an annual average of 40 million people within the EU need...
View ArticleBBC DOCUMENTARY ‘LICENSE TO KILL’ HIGHLIGHTS THE DANGERS FACED BY YOUNG DRIVERS
After her own accident left her unable to walk, Sophie Morgan wants to know why traffic collisions are the single biggest killer of young people – and how that can be stopped. With exclusive access and...
View Article‘SAFE DRIVE STAY ALIVE’
An award winning initiative to prevent young people being killed or seriously injured on our roads. A live stage show based around a filmed reconstruction of a road traffic collision delivering...
View ArticleTHE BIG TASTE TEST – HELPING TO PREVENT CHILDHOOD POISONING
Q. How can you drive home to parents the message about childhood poisoning and the real risks lurking under their kitchen sinks? A. Get them to taste Bitrex® the bitterest substance on Earth. The Big...
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