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Child Safety Week 2012, Small steps for safety. Raising awareness about accident prevention 

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Every child should be kept safe 

The week aims to raise awareness about the amount of accidents that seriously injure or kill children and how this could be prevented. 2012 theme is 'Small steps for safety'

This year’s Child Safety Week is 18 – 24 June 2012 and the theme is 'Small steps for safety'.

Make sure the date’s in your diary, and help raise awareness about keeping children safe from serious accidents. .
Encourage colleagues to sign up to the CAPT database, to ensure that they’re kept informed of new developments and free resources.

Small steps to safety
The key messages are:

  • The steps to safety are small but by taking these steps families can make a big difference to children’s safety.
  • By building small steps to safety into your everyday routine, safety habits will become second nature and not forgotten.

By supporting Child Safety Week and by working together, the thousands of early years practitioners, health professionals, road safety teams, police and fire service personnel, community organisations as well as many others who take part in Child Safety Week make a big impact on the safety of children in their community.

Further information:

To read more about Child Safety Week 2012, visit the Child Safety Week website

Free Child Safety Week resources

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