SELF-HARM FIRST AID ADVICE
Countries Covered: UK Date: 2013 The British Red Cross have worked with YoungMinds to produce video and Facebook first aid advice on the first actions to take on discovering someone who has taken a...
View Article“LIGHTING THE WAY” – A NEW BOOKLET TO HELP THE FAMILIES AND FRIENDS OF PEOPLE...
Countries Covered: UK Date: 2013 “Lighting the Way” is an accessible information resource for those bereaved through suicide. The booklet contains important information on the practical and emotional...
View ArticleABUSE RESEARCH
Countries Covered: Wales Date: 2013 The Unit for Development in Intellectual Disabilities at the University of Glamorgan has released the findings of their Looking into Abuse research Read the rest...
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...
View ArticleHOME OFFICE: THIS IS ABUSE – NEW ADVERT
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 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 ArticleTHE LINTEL TRUST – FUNDING OPPORTUNITY
Countries Covered: UK Date: 2013 The Lintel Trust’s revised Grants Programme comprises small funds for older people and equalities, in addition to donor-advised grants for specific geographical...
View ArticlePOISONING RISKS POSED BY E-CIGARETTES
The levels of nicotine in e-cigarettes can kill a child, and one child has died after recently ingesting the liquid nicotine solution in e-cigarettes. Read the rest of this entry »
View ArticleMORE THAN A MILLION CHILDREN IN UK UNABLE TO SWIM
More than a million primary schoolchildren are unable to swim, says a major survey out today. A report by swimming’s governing body, the Amateur Swimming Association, shows that 51 per cent of seven to...
View ArticleESC RESPONSE TO PARLIAMENTARY REPORT ON PRIVATE SECTOR HOUSING
The Electrical Safety Council (ESC) has welcomed the Communities and Local Government (CLG) Select Committee’s recommendation that private sector landlords be required to undertake a mandatory...
View ArticleDROWNING RESEARCH IDENTIFIES POTENTIAL TARGETS FOR WATER SAFETY CAMPAIGNS
Young Scottish and Welsh men, some watersports and areas with the greatest amount of inland water should be targeted for drowning prevention campaigns, according to the findings of a pioneering...
View ArticleRESEARCH RAISES CONCERNS OVER SMOKE ALARM’S EFFECTIVENESS AT WAKING UP CHILDREN
Standard domestic smoke detectors may not always wake children in the event of a fire, according to research by the University of Strathclyde’s Centre for Forensic Science and Derbyshire Fire &...
View ArticleEUROSAFE CALLS ON EC: LEGAL REQUIREMENT ON INJURY DATA NEEDED
In a joint statement, EuroSafe and seven related EU-level organisations representing a broad social and economic spectrum in Europe, urge the Commission to revise its proposal for a Regulation on...
View ArticleEU-CONSULTATION H&S POLICY
The Commission launched a public consultation on the new EU occupational safety and health policy framework. The main purpose of this consultation is to gather insights and contributions from the...
View ArticleVIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN REPORT
The report presents the first global systematic review of scientific data on the prevalence of two forms of violence against women: violence by an intimate partner (intimate partner violence) and...
View ArticleSPORT INJURY PREVENTION: UK-PARTNERSHIP
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), the UK’s leading accident prevention charity, and Sportscover, established in 1986 as a worldwide specialist sports and leisure insurer, will...
View ArticleNEW WELSH ROAD SAFETY FRAMEWORK
Countries Covered: Wales Date: 2013 The new Road Safety Framework for Wales published last month (22 July 2013) sets a target for a 40% reduction in the total number of people killed and seriously...
View ArticleROAD DEATHS AND SERIOUS INJURIES REACH RECORD LOW IN WALES
Countries Covered: Wales Date: 2013 The number of people being killed or seriously injured on Welsh roads has reached a record low, according to new statistics released by the Welsh Government. Read...
View ArticleCREATING AN ACTIVE WALES
Countries Covered: Wales Date: 2013 The Welsh Government has released a progress report about the progress made on the strategic aims for the Creating an Active Wales action plan. Read the rest of...
View ArticleBRITAIN’S DRUGS AND ALCOHOL PROBLEM
Countries Covered: Britain Date: 2013 This Centre for Social Justice report lays bare the reality of substance abuse and addiction in Britain today. Read the rest of this entry »
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