“Child Safety Week brought to the forefront of people’s attention that, by making small changes, they can prevent accidents. A lot of the families were surprised at how many children have accidents and what accidents they have.”

Parent Inclusion Worker, Cheshire

Child Safety Week is the Child Accident Prevention Trust’s flagship community education campaign. It aims to raise awareness of the number of accidents that seriously injure or kill children and how to prevent them.

Thousands of local activities help to make Child Safety Week the great success that it is. In 2009 you reached around 6 million people through your local actvitites - both big and small. You can find some examples of local child safety week activities on the CAPT website.

Who is it for?

Child Safety Week is for anyone working with families or children. So whether you work in a nursery, children’s centre, GP surgery, school, your own home, in the community, in road safety, in fire safety or somewhere else with children or families, you can get involved with Child Safety Week. The emphasis of the Week is on empowering families to take action rather than on telling them what to do or lecturing them about what they are doing wrong.

Accident prevention is not about restricting children or wrapping them up in cotton wool. Instead it’s about creating safer environments where children can be active and thrive. Child Safety Week provides an opportunity to get this message across to parents and children in a fun and engaging way and help parents learn how to fit safety into their busy lives.