Road Safety
Road safety is a great subject to engage children and young people with. Even the youngest children know something about road safety because everyone uses roads, and road danger affects everyone. It’s also a vitally important subject. Road crashes are a major cause of...
Magnetic Toys
The Child Accident Prevention Trust has highlighted the dangers associated with magnetic toys where a child may swallow the magnets. Concerns have been raised following the case of a three-year-old child in Northern Ireland. If a child swallows the small balls,...
Public Health England (PHE) Launches New Online Training Resource.
Public Health England has launched new Psychological First Aid training resource. The online training course, developed by PHE, is now available for those supporting children and young people affected by the Corona virus (COVID-19). People who care for or work with...
New Knife Crime Toolkit
A new knife crime toolkit is available in response to the levels of knife crime in London and the rest of the UK. BraveSpace has been working with The Mayor's Office for Policing And Crime to develop a Knife Crime Toolkit. This intervention is for children on court...
Online Safety
While lockdown continues and schools remain closed for a while longer, it's likely that children and young people will be spending more time online. It's important that their online activity does not place them at risk from exploitation and grooming, but parents often...
Christmas Greetings
The end of 2020 is approaching and what a year it's been with the many challenges that Covid-19 has presented. From all of us at Child Safety Media we would like to wish our friends and supporters a safe, happy, and peaceful Christmas, and hope that the coming year...
Back to School after Lockdown – Tips from an NHS Psychologist
As some schools start to return, your child’s wellbeing is a top priority for parents. Your Tutor has shared some useful information that may help with managing the process. Since some schools across the UK have started to re-open in phases, it’s opened up a whole new...
Covid 19 Resources on E-Bug
PHE’s infection control education resource, e-Bug, has provided continued support to teachers, parents and carers throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The e-Bug website now includes a dedicated hub of COVID-19 resources, with quick links to hand and respiratory hygiene...
Flu vaccination guidance and resources for schools from Public Health England
The annual flu vaccination programme is critical to our winter planning. PHE is working with the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England to roll out the biggest campaign in UK history to protect more people than ever this coming season. For the first...
Reigate & Banstead Junior Citizen Competition Winner
We're pleased to announce that Tameka is the winner of our picture competition from this years Reigate and Banstead Junior Citizen event. We had lots of excellent entries from all the schools that came to the event, but Tameka's really stood out making her a worthy...