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TIPS FOR CHILD SAFETY WEEK
EACH year in
the UK, unintentional injury results in more than 6million visits to
accident and emergency (A&E) departments. Approximately 2 million of
these involve children. With Child Safety Week starting on 18 June 2007, there’s no better time to remind
ourselves on how to keep our children safe.
These top tips have been compiled by leading children’s charity, The
Children’s Safety Education Foundation, to help ensure your children
are safe at home, at school and when they’re out and about.
1. Fire, fire! – Make sure your children know what to do if a
fire breaks out or you can smell smoke: stay calm, get out of the
building, call 999 for the fire brigade. NEVER EVER go back into the
building!
2. Fun in the Sun – If you’re heading to the beach this
Summer, remember to check how far your children are ok to swim or
play in the water. Safety in swimming pools also means checking how
deep the pool is and absolutely NO DIVING in the shallow end!
3. The Road to Safety – Now the light summer evenings are
upon us, don’t forget to look out for young cyclists. Encourage your
children to wear their helmets or high visibility jackets. Both will
help protect them and make them more visible to passing cars.
4. Stay Cybersafe – Make sure your children are aware of the
golden rule of staying safe on the Internet: NEVER EVER give out
personal information (name, address, email) to anyone they’ve met in
chat rooms or arrange to meet with someone they’ve met online. Be
sure to talk to your kids about Internet bullies too – encourage
them to talk to you or someone they feel safe talking to if they
feel threatened or upset by online messages.
5. No Place Like Home – remember that household items can be
really dangerous for very young children. So be careful with hot
items like hair straighteners and kettles, as well as leads and
cords, when little ones are around.
For more safety information, contact CSEF on 0161 477 5122 or log on
to
www.csef.net.
Letters to
Editor:- “Southport St John Ambulance asked… Can you help?”
“WE have a
plaque dedicated to Southport ‘A’ Nursing Division, but we do not
have the history to go with it.
The information
we have on in our records about the Nursing Division does not match.
So we are very interested to find out more about this plaque and
also to find the family’s named on it.
If you can help
please let us know via the Southport Reporter or via popping in to
our Southport HQ on a Thursday night.”
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Starbucks discussion: Refugees and Asylum seekers
MERSEYSIDE
residents are invited to a unique event in Liverpool City Centre –
The Coffeehouse Challenge - a nationwide initiative that brings
people together in coffeehouses to discuss the issues that matter to
them, exchange ideas and change things in their local area.
The event will take place during Refugee Week 2007, on Thursday 21
June at Liverpool’s Bold Street Starbucks, where anyone is invited
to drop in, grab a coffee and listen to experts who will be sharing
some facts and exploring myths surrounding refugees and asylum
seekers in the UK. The informal discussion will begin at 7pm
and is free to attend.
Keynote speakers will
include staff and volunteers of Refugee Action, from ‘RAP’
(Raising Awareness Project) and ‘Get Connected’, their
project for unaccompanied young people. Organised by Ronnie
Murphy from Refugee Action, the discussion – ‘Understanding
Asylum: Raising awareness of general asylum issues and revealing the
reality of seeking asylum in the UK’ – is set to spark an
insightful and topical debate to encourage local people to come up
with ways to offer more support to Refugees and Asylum Seekers in
the city.
Ronnie said:-
“This debate will address concerns and create understanding of any
issues relating to asylum. The open discussion opportunity should
succeed in raising awareness of issues affecting refugees living in
our local community; providing correct information, facts and
advice.”
Derek Graham,
District Manager for Starbucks in Liverpool said:- “This is
set to be an inspirational evening, giving people who attend the
opportunity to learn and express their ideas and opinions on the
topics of immigration and public policy. Starbucks is passionate
about contributing to the communities that we serve. The format of
the Coffeehouse Challenge creates a natural platform for people to
raise issues and discuss them constructively.”
Set up your own discussion
There are still opportunities for people to set up their own
Coffeehouse Challenge discussions throughout the North West.
People from all parts of the community are needed to take part in
the informal discussions over the summer, which can be organised and
chaired by anyone who has a local issue they want to discuss. The
idea behind the Coffeehouse Challenge is to get people together in
Starbucks coffee houses or community venues and bring about change.
Four years after its launch, the campaign is established as a
positive and popular way of addressing local issues in communities.
To date, 3,500 people have got involved in 350 Coffeehouse
Challenges across the country.
The informal discussion format suits people’s lifestyles, and is
both relevant and easy to engage with. As an incentive, the RSA and
Starbucks are offering a share of £20,000 in awards to get the most
innovative projects off the ground following the meetings, beginning
in June.
Matthew Taylor, CEO of the RSA, said:- “A survey we
commissioned earlier this year found that people are struggling to
find ways of making a positive contribution to society. It all seems
too hard and they are absenting themselves from involvement. We need
to build confidence and provide new public spaces for people to be
creative and collaborate on solutions to the really difficult
problems we are all having to face up to in our local communities.
That’s what the Coffeehouse Challenge seeks to do, offer a new
public space for discourse and action.”
Phil Broad, managing director of Starbucks Coffee Company UK, said:-
“Starbucks is committed to contributing to the communities we
serve, and enabling people to come together in our coffee houses to
discuss local issues and bring about positive change is something we
are really proud of. The Coffeehouse Challenge aims to remove the
barriers and help kick-start projects across the country, which will
make a tangible difference locally.”
For more information on the Coffeehouse Challenge and how you can
get involved, visit
www.coffeehousechallenge.org.
The Coffeehouse Challenge discussion will be held at Starbucks, Bold
Street, Liverpool, on Thursday 21 June 2007at 7pm, and everyone is
welcome to attend.
For further information please contact Ronnie
Murphy on 0151 702 8541. |
