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Area of Home Safety: General Child Safety

Title: Clifton Supported Purchase Home Safety Equipment Scheme
Lead Agency: Selby and York Primary Care Trust
Partners: Members of the York Accident Prevention Group, Sure Start York (for more details please contact the project organiser).

Aim/Purpose: The project aims to support the purchase of home safety equipment in families with children under the age of five.

Target Audience: Families living in York, particularly in the Clifton Single Regeneration budget area, with children under five years.

Description: The project offers the supported purchase of home safety equipment in families with children under the age of five. Referrals to the scheme come from a variety of sources e.g. health visitors and housing support officers who identify the families in need and refer them to the project co-ordinator. Following referral the co-ordinator assesses the client’s home and garden and identifies the need for safety equipment as well as providing home safety information. The scheme also provides a handyperson who is available to fit equipment.

Impact:  Equipment purchased for approximately 200 families.

Evaluation: A database has been set up to monitor the number of referrals to the scheme, how many families received home safety assessments and how many families received home safety equipment.

In addition to this the project co-ordinators carry out a follow up visit to every family that receives a home safety assessment and equipment to reinforce messages, check equipment is being used properly and to get feedback on the project.

It has also been agreed that GP surgeries in the area collect data on injuries from accidents to children under 5 who go to A & E.

Costs/Funding: £39,800 obtained from DTI Modernisation Grant.

Contact/More Information: Clare Barrowman Health Improvement Specialist Telephone 01904 623142

Area of Home Safety: General Child Safety

Title: Play Safe
Lead Agency: Stockport MBC
Partners: Stockport Primary Care Groups, Stockport Early Years Development and Childcare Partnership.

Aim/Purpose: Play Safe was a user friendly resource developed to provide a wider range of information, facts and worksheets which would assist those working with children to establish a safer environment, encourage children learning about their safety and to increase children’s understanding about other people’s safety.

Target Audience: Adults who work with children up to the age of 14 on a voluntary or professional basis.

Description: Play Safe was distributed to professionals and voluntary workers living in the Stockport area to use as a resource to teach children and young people about the topic of safety. As well as containing a wide range of information about accident statistics and a range of worksheets; the book also contained risk assessment advice and contact lists for local and national information.

The book was launched in April 2001 at the Healthy Stockport Forum and has since been distributed to Social Services departments, Primary Care Trusts, Community Services, Public and Private Education bodies, uniformed organisations and colleges and training centres across the borough of Stockport.

Impact: 1,350 copies of Play Safe were distributed. The document is also available in downloadable PDF format on www.stockport.gov.uk/council/eh

Evaluation: An evaluation form was sent to 1140 recipients of the book six months after distribution. 63 replies were received. People were asked to comment on the book and to place on a scale of ten how they felt certain aspects rated. A summary of the results is as follows; Presentation 93%, Ease of Use 90%, Enhancement to your work 66% and Usefulness of materials 71%.

Costs/Funding: The publication was made possible by joint funding from Stockport East Area Primary Care Group, Early Years Development and Childcare Partnership and Stockport MBC’s Environment and Economic Development Division.

For further details about costs please contact the project organiser.

Contact/More Information: Joan Lomas, Stockport MBC, Telephone: 0161 474 4205

Area of Home Safety: General Child Safety

Title: StaySafe West Lothian
Lead Agency: West Lothian Council
Partners: West Lothian Healthcare NHS Trust, Lothian and Borders Fire Brigade.

Aim/Purpose: To provide low cost safety equipment purchase for families with children under five years of age.

Target Audience: Low income families with children under five years of age living in West Lothian.

Description: Families on means tested benefits with children under five are assessed by their health visitor. Following this assessment the health visitor then offers appropriate safety equipment such as fireguards, safety gates and cupboard locks. Families then complete an application form with the required equipment specified. A numbered voucher is then issued for the family to take to a retail outfit to enable the purchase of a specified stair gate or fireguard at approximately one third of the cost. Cupboard locks are purchased, stored and distributed locally. A small stock of smoke alarms are also available for families to purchase. Following the purchase of safety equipment the health visitor then visits the family to check that the equipment has been installed. Home safety information packs are also distributed via health visitors and social workers.

Impact: 1000 safety information packs distributed. Assistance with the purchase of safety equipment to approximately 1000 households.

Evaluation: Appointment of an external professional evaluator to produce a final report of the effectiveness of the project alongside the project co-ordinator. The evaluation will monitor the uptake of equipment via the numbered voucher and feedback from health visitors on the use of the equipment. For more information please contact the project co-ordinator.

Costs/Funding: £46,800. Project funds were obtained from DTI Modernisation grant money.

Contact/More Information: Helen Yewdell, Project Manager
Telephone: 01506 419666 Ext 5030

Area of Home Safety: General - Older People

Title: Safe at Home
Lead Agency: Age Concern Rotherham
Partners: Rotherham Health Authority, Rotherham MBC, South Yorkshire Police, South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue, Community Initiatives programme.

Aim/Purpose: To reduce the risk of accidents in the home of older residents living in the Rotherham area. To help older people to become more safety conscious.

Target Audience: Older People living in the Rotherham area.

Description: An Accident Prevention Officer was appointed by Age Concern Rotherham to carry out risk assessments in the homes of vulnerable, older people. On visiting clients the Accident Prevention Officer completes a form detailing any basic medical conditions requiring treatment, history of falls, other types of previous accident and types of heating and servicing carried out in the property. A visual inspection is then made of the property for things such as fire risk or tripping hazards. The Accident Prevention Officer then refers any work required to the relevant agency. The majority of referrals go to the Age Concern Handy person scheme, which carries out minor household repairs at a minimal charge.

A video has also been produced to highlight areas of risk within the home. This has been produced in partnership with Rotherham Health Authority department of Health Promotion. The intention is that copies will be made for the local network of display screens in waiting rooms and other similar locations.

Impact: Approximately 250 assessments have taken place each year since the project started in 1999.

Evaluation: For evaluation details please contact the project organiser.

Costs/Funding: A grant was obtained from Henry Smith of Kensington Trust to appoint the Accident Prevention Officer. Approximate funding required to set up the project was £33,000.

Contact/More Information: Alan Hindmarch, Age Concern Rotherham, Telephone: 01709 336873

Area of Home Safety: General

Title: Streetwise Safety Centre
Lead Agency: Multi-Agency
Partners: Bournemouth Borough Council, Dorset County Council, Dorset Fire & Rescue Service, Dorset Police, Dorset Health Authority, The Borough of Poole, Liverpool Victoria, Ellis Belk Associates.

Aim/Purpose: To raise the awareness of safety issues both in and around the home.

Target Audience: All Ages

Description: Streetwise is a life-sized ‘village’ built inside a warehouse on the border of Bournemouth and Poole aimed at teaching people how to keep safe in their everyday lives. Small groups are offered guided safety tours around the centre to a range of scenarios including home safety, farm safety and safety in the countryside. All the scenarios have been built to be as realistic as possible and learning involves interactive role-play and communication skills with volunteer guides. The centre is also currently developing specialised tours for teenagers and older people concentrating particularly on key safety messages for these age groups.

The centre was awarded Beacon status in 2001.

Impact: Since the centre opened to the public in January 1999 the centre has delivered interactive safety education to over 14000 people from within a sixty-mile radius of Bournemouth with some from London and beyond.

Evaluation: All visitors to the site are given an evaluation sheet to complete at the end of their visit. Also, each visitor is given a free leaflet pack at the end of their visit containing safety leaflets and resources. A Parent and Teachers Study Pack has also been developed containing information about pre-visit preparation, scenario background information and further work suggestions linked to the national curriculum. The Study Pack is available to all: free to schools and at a small charge to everyone else.

Contact/More Information: Alison Curtis, Centre Manager, Tel: 01202 591330

Area of Home Safety: General

Title: Homestamp
Lead Agency: West Midlands Fire Service
Partners: Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council, Wolverhampton City Council, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, Telford and Wrekin Council, West Midlands Police, The Association of Midland Landlords, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council.

Aim/Purpose: To enhance the quality of housing in the Private Rented Sector.

Target Audience: Potential tenants and landlords living in the West Midlands area.

Description: ‘Homestamp’ is a consortium of Dudley, Sandwell, Telford & Wrekin, Walsall and Wolverhampton Councils plus the West Midlands Police and Fire Services. The partnership has been formed with the objective of improving the quality of housing in the Private Rented Sector and has been in existence for 18 months. The project has initially revised a guide to renting private property entitled ‘Read This First’ which is available free of charge in the West Midlands area. The booklet is aimed at those intending to let or rent a property and provides a useful risk assessment checklist to be followed as well as information and advice about gas and fire safety. There are also plans to translate the booklet into an appropriate number of languages.

Homestamp are now hoping to develop their partnerships further and recognise the responsible landlords who do provide safe and comfortable accommodation. Homestamp are looking to facilitate meetings of all relevant parties and to devise an accreditation scheme of existing private landlords.

Impact: The project is currently still being developed but it is anticipated that potential tenants and landlords will be reached across the West Midlands area.

Contact/More Information: John Bates, Homestamp Partner, West Midlands Fire Service, Telephone: 0121 380 6570

Area of Home Safety: General

Title: The Accident Notebook
Lead Agency: Birmingham Accident Task Group
Partners: Heart of Birmingham Primary Care Group

Aim/Purpose: The Accident Notebook is a practical, visual health promotion resource aimed at raising the awareness of accidents to young children from birth to five years. The Notebook is to be used by professionals and fieldworkers concerned with injury prevention.

Target Audience: Parents and carers of young children, from birth to five, older children themselves, e.g. in school or activity club settings, students from healthcare, public and voluntary sectors. *Implementation training on use of the Notebook is offered on a regular basis.

Description: The A5 sized, spiral bound, laminated Notebook shows a series of scenarios in which a child is at risk, covering most of the situations in which accidents can happen. Bullet points exist for each scenario giving safety advice and a brief illustration of the danger involved. Scenarios are colour coded to indicate the age and stage of children’s development when they are likely to be at risk.

Health professionals/fieldworkers can use the notebook and related resources to raise awareness of accident prevention. The new resources build on the success of the Accident Notebook by using the original scenarios in two new formats, - an A3 sized flipchart version featuring themed risk scenarios to be used with larger groups, e.g. Sure Start, together with four new A6 sized condensed notebooks in community languages - Somali, Arabic, Urdu and Punjabi, for use on a one to one basis.

Impact: 250 to date (training programme for professionals). The nature of use with clients makes estimation of numbers reached for this group more difficult to calculate.

Evaluation: Ongoing, both in terms of the training and contact with users.

Costs/Funding: Phase 1, £20,000 initial funding was obtained from Birmingham Health Authority, Southern Birmingham Community Health NHS Trust and Birmingham City Council Home Safety Unit. Phase 2, £20,000 (Companion resources)

Contact/More Information:
Jackie Cobb,
Health Promotion Co-ordinator
Telephone - 0121 333 8428
Email - jackie.cobb@bhamchildrens.wmids.nhs.uk

Area of Home Safety: General

Title: Safety Town
Lead Agency: Dudley MBC
Partners: Dudley LEA, Dudley Health Authority, West Midlands Fire Service, West Midlands Ambulance Service, West Midlands Police, Dudley Environmental Health, Dudley Road Safety Unit.

Aim/Purpose: To provide an interactive exhibition for children to learn a variety of safety messages through active involvement.

Target Audience: Children aged 5-7 years.

Description: Safety Town is a replica town complete with road system. Behind each facade is a series of scenes where children can understand how to recognise danger and learn how to cope in an emergency. All sets are staffed by professionals from the appropriate agency. Three of the sets deal specifically with home safety - the kitchen set, the dangers of electricity in the home set and the dangers of household products and medicines set (see pictures below).

Impact: Thirteen schools have participated in the project to date with children of all age ranges.

Evaluation: An initial assessment of the effectiveness of Safety Town was carried out via a pre- and post-visit questionnaire asking children questions about the range of dangers and risks explored in the exhibition. The results of the questionnaires are then recorded in both tabular and graphical form. Previous results have shown that children score significantly higher in the post questionnaire suggesting that Safety Town is an effective way of teaching children safety messages.

Costs/Funding: £3,000 per event. £12,000 was raised initially to launch the project through sponsorship from the Cradley Rotary Club.

Contact/More Information: Heather Jenkins, Health Promoting Schools Team, Ward House, Himley Park, Himley, West Midlands, DY3 4DF
Tel: 01902 326193. Email: wsidudley1.ed@mbc.dudley.gov.uk

Safety Town, Dudley MBC
Living Room Safety Demonstration	Kitchen Safety Demonstration

Area of Home Safety: Child Safety (General)

Title: Loan to Own Scheme - Peterborough
Lead Agency: Peterborough Accident Prevention Group
Partners: Local residents, Appointed Project Health Worker

Aim/Purpose: The aim of the scheme is to make safety equipment available to community residents at time of need with a view to ownership. The scheme also aims to achieve community involvement and ownership of the project and a small group of residents act as a steering group and provide volunteer support.

Target Audience: Initially parents with young children living in the areas of Welland and Parnwell in receipt of Social Security Benefits, additional to Child Benefit.

Description: The loan to own scheme is a joint venture funded by Peterborough Accident Prevention group facilitated by a Project Health Worker and run by local residents. The project has initially been organised as a ‘pilot’ project in the areas of Welland and Parnwell in Peterborough.

The scheme operates by providing safety equipment, initially stair gates, to residents. Residents pay a small deposit and agree to pay the remainder within a set time period, then at the time of the final payment the ownership of the equipment passes to the client. The scheme also gives the project worker an opportunity to raise awareness of accident prevention in the home with parents through the use of a written questionnaire and ‘area’ hazard posters.

Evaluation: It was agreed that the ‘pilot project’ would be evaluated and reviewed six months from the launch date. The evaluation of the scheme will take the form of a participatory questionnaire devised by the Peterborough Accident task group. Every individual who has used the scheme will receive a questionnaire. Results of the evaluation are currently being correlated and will be available from Mo Collins, project worker of the scheme.

Costs/Funding: The start-up cost for the scheme was approximately £200. This was provided by Peterborough Accident Prevention Group. The start-up cost provided six stair gates and six bed guards. Some limited further funding has been provided, but the scheme, which has now made available over 50 stair gates, has sufficient funding from the sale of those gates to buy further stocks of gates when it needs.

Contact/More Information:

Ashley Martin, Health Improvement Partnership Co-ordinator
Environmental Services, Peterborough City Council
Telephone 01733 453429 or

Mo Collins, Project Health Worker (Welland and Parnwell)
Partnership House, 56 Hallaton Road, Welland.

Area of Home Safety: General

Title: Lifeskills for learning disabilities
Lead Agency: Torbay Council (Environmental and Social Services departments)
Partners: Devon Fire and Rescue Services, Devon and Cornwall Constabulary.

Aim/Purpose: To help people with Learning Disabilities learn about Safety and Injury Prevention through active involvement.

Target Audience: People with learning disabilities living in and around Torquay.

Description: Torbay Council have developed their Junior Life Skills project for Adults with Learning Disabilities. Adults from Local Centres are invited to visit the event held at Torquay Fire Station.

The event begins with a chip pan fire demonstration then visitors are guided in small groups around six safety scenarios. Most of the scenarios involve an interactive element aimed at raising the awareness of safety messages in a more enjoyable and effective way. The event lasts for approximately two hours and on completion visitors are given a 'goodie bag' containing leaflets and posters to further reinforce safety messages.

Impact: Approximately 70 adults have visited the event to date.

Evaluation: A short evaluation form is completed on site by the group leaders and further follow up sessions are held at the centres by the tutors. The results of these are available from the event organiser, Lyn Ware.

Costs/Funding: Minimal – funding obtained from Torbay Partnership Committee (JCC) to cover insurance, vehicle hire and refreshments.

Contact/More Information: Lyn Ware, Health Initiatives Officer
Torbay Council, Torquay, Telephone – 01803 208022

Area of Home Safety: General

Title: Home Safety Information Pack for New Parents
Lead Agency: North Staffordshire Health Authority – Directorate of Health promotion.
Partners: North Staffordshire Health Authority Combined Health Care NHS Trust Department of Trade and Industry, Npower.

Aim/Purpose: To reduce childhood injuries in North Staffordshire by raising parents' awareness of positive accident prevention techniques by providing home safety advice and information packs to new parents.

Target Audience: Initially all new parents living in target areas including Leek, Cheadle, Chesterton, Kidsgrove, Blurton. These five areas were chosen as a pilot project. Following a successful pilot of 300 families, the project was evaluated, packs are now being distributed across North Staffordshire.

Description: The pack is distributed by health visitors and is used to encourage parents to take positive steps to reduce the risk of accidents to their children.

The pack consists of an A5 folder containing a selection of free and bought leaflets from the Department of Trade and Industry including;

• Huggy Bear home safety leaflet
• Percy Parrot height chart
• Carbon monoxide leaflet
• RoSPA (First Steps to Safety)
• The Home Office (smoke alarm)
• DTLR (Out and About)
• Npower originally Midlands Electricity (MEB) provide a room thermometer.
• Handy hints printed on the inside of the front cover of the pack provided additional information for parents.
• A duck bath thermometer was also included in the original pack but these were expensive at 33p each. Evaluation showed that parents did not know how to use the thermometers and some did not work. It was decided not to use the thermometers in the final pack to reduce cost etc.

Impact: Over a six month period 236 packs were given out to parents in contrasting rural and urban areas. The health visitor used the pack as a tool for discussion.

Evaluation: At a later date (usually one or two months later), a questionnaire was given to parents to complete during parent and toddler clinics, asking them to comment on the pack and to indicate what, if any, changes they had made as a result of receiving the pack. 218 questionnaires were distributed. 119 questionnaires were completed, resulting in a response rate of 55%. The results showed that 42% had made changes to their home as a result of receiving the pack. These include environmental improvements by purchasing and fitting safety items such as stair gates (11%), smoke alarms (4%), fireguards (10%) and cupboard locks (6%). Other improvements reported included moving cleaning chemicals out of reach of children and having a heating system serviced.

Overall parents expressed a high level of satisfaction with the pack and made suggestions as to how it could be improved further in future.

Costs/Funding: All parents involved in the pilot received the pack free of charge. Funding was obtained from Staffordshire Moorlands District Council, Directorate of Health Promotion and Combined Health Care NHS Trust; the total cost for the six month pilot project was £964.00.

Further information about the breakdown of costs can be obtained from the project organiser.

Current project to date
Since the beginning of September funding has been secured to ensure that every new parent in North Staffordshire over a 12 month period receives a pack. A total of 5000 will be distributed. A full evaluation of the project will be carried out in September 2002.

Contact/More Information: Stephanie Lawley, Project Worker – Accidents, Herbert Minton Building, 79 London Road, Stoke- on-Trent
Staffordshire, ST4 7PZ. Tel 01782 400527
Email stephanie.lawley@nsha.wmids.nhs.uk

Area of Home Safety: General

Title: Lifeskills – Learning for Living. Permanent Regional Safety Centre
Lead Agency: Multi-agency
Partners: Health Authority, Local Councils (former Avon Area), emergency services and various statutory and voluntary agencies in the area.

Aim/Purpose: To help children and other sectors of the community learn about safety and injury prevention in a practical way.

Target Audience: Vulnerable groups in the community - Children, Older People, Young People and Adults with learning difficulties.

Description: Within the centre a number of realistic sets have been built which house various hazard/safety scenarios where a wide range of safety issues can be portrayed in a realistic way. Volunteer Guides take small groups of children around each scenario explaining key safety messages as they go. Many of the scenarios have an interactive element, which makes learning more enjoyable and effective for those who visit the centre. After visiting the centre children are then given a Home Safety Check Sheet to assess the safety in their own home. Upon completion and return to their school they are given a certificate. They are then a Lifeskills Detective.

Impact: Approximately 10,000 per year

Evaluation: A full two year evaluation of the project began on Monday 17th September. This is being carried out by Oxford and Oxford Brookes Universities.

Costs/Funding: Information upon request

Contact/More Information: Andy Townsend, Centre Manager,
Lifeskills – Learning for Living, The CREATE Centre,
Smeaton Road, Bristol, BS1 6XN
Telephone 0117 922 4511, Fax: 0117 9224544
E-Mail: centre.manager@lifeskills-bristol.org.uk

Area of Home Safety: General

Title: Fife Council - Homecheck
Lead Agency: Fife Council, Economic Development Service
Partners: Fife Council, Fife Health Board, Home Safety Forum Members

Aim/Purpose: Accident reduction in the homes of the over 60s.

Target Audience: Anyone aged over 60 living in Fife can benefit from the service, both private and public sectors.

Description: To carry out a free visual risk assessment in the homes of the elderly and offer a backup repairs service (e.g. fitting of smoke alarms/replacing batteries, replacing damaged iron flexes, appliance testing, promotion of Tenants Improvement Grants Scheme).

Impact: Over 4,600 homes visited since January 1996.

Evaluation: A very successful project, which has been much appreciated by the clients, home carers, district nurses, health visitors and sheltered housing wardens. The scheme was originally piloted in the Central Area of Fife. The expansion of the scheme to cover all of Fife was welcomed by all agencies involved.

Costs/Funding: The service is free to all clients and has received sponsorship from many local organisations, who have supplied items to assist with repairs etc. Core funding from Fife Council Economic Development, Housing Service and Fife Health Board.

Contact/More Information: For a Homecheck contact 01592 599599.

For further information contact David Birrell, Home Safety Liaison Officer, on 01592 417534 or e-mail David.Birrell@fife.gov.uk

Area of Home Safety: General

Title: Opportunities for Safety Education - A Guide to Principles and Practices for Childminders
Lead Agency: RoSPA
Partners: National Childminding Association, Oxfordshire Road Safety

Aim/Purpose: To encourage childminders to see themselves as a powerful influence and resource in the child's life, offering a safe and caring environment in which they can begin to gain an awareness of safety issues.

Target Audience: Childminders, Childminder Tutors, Registration and Inspection Officers.

Description: This document provides background information and practical suggestions for good practice for those caring for children in a home setting. These practical suggestions highlight opportunities for children's learning through everyday experiences. There are also practical ideas for childminders to check both the environment and equipment for potential risk. The guidelines can be used by individual childminders to help them focus on safety issues, as a training resource for teams involved in the registration and initial training of childminders, or by tutors of childcare and childminding courses. The ideas are intended to be used as a springboard for further investigation and training.

Impact: An initial print run of 129,000 was distributed through Local Authority Social Services Departments to childminders throughout England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Copies have also been distributed through National Childminding Association (NCMA), Regional Managers and Tutors in local colleges.

Evaluation: Initial evaluation of the document consisted simply of establishing whether the guidance had been received and how they were to be distributed, determine training provision for childminders and ask for an initial impression of the guide.

Costs/Funding: Funding was secured from Domestos and covered all development, production and distribution costs.

Contact/More Information: Jan Barratt, Curriculum Development Officer, Safety Education, RoSPA, Edgbaston Park, 353 Bristol Road, Birmingham, B5 7ST. Tel: 0121 248 2114; e-mail jbarratt@rospa.co.uk

Area of Home Safety: General

Title: Home Safety Starter Packs
Lead Agency: East Dunbartonshire Council- Community Safety Implementation Team.
Partners: Greater Glasgow Health Board Health Promotion, Health Visitors, members of the implementation team Pre-5 Registration, Protective Services, Community Education. The administration and support of this working group is undertaken by the lead officer of the Implementation Team.

Aim/Purpose: The aim of the project is to reduce accidents in the home to babies and young children. It was felt that if first time parents were given Home Safety Starter Packs at their baby's eight month check up it would make them think about making their house safe for their children and themselves. The pack was given out to all first time parents regardless of their social class, area and whether the house was rented or owner occupier. Health Visitors were also given discretion to distribute the packs to other families they felt would benefit from using the pack.

Target Audience: First time parents - packs given out at Baby Clinics when babies have their eight month check up. The packs are made up by the Home Safety Working Group and distributed by Health Visitors. Description: The pack is put into a cloth bag with long handles, so it is able to be put over your shoulder, with the Council’s and Greater Glasgow Health Board's Logo. The bag can be used to carry nappies, wipes etc. In the bag we put the starter pack which includes: Childproof video covers, plug protectors, security locks for cupboards, fridges, cushions for sharp table corners, door wedge and socket covers. DTI Safety leaflets, health board leaflets and RoSPA Little Book of Home Safety are all included in the bag. A booklet on Council Services to Women was also included. (A good opportunity to put in freebies ie., my first toothbrush, feeding cup etc.)

Impact: It was anticipated that the birth rate for East Dunbartonshire with a population of 110,000 was going to be 450 for the year 1999/2000. We ordered 480 Home Safety packs and 500 bags. Last year all 480 bags were given out. This year we have ordered 500 Home Safety packs and bags.

Evaluation: Through the Health Visitors we circulated a Questionnaire. A fair return was received and the majority said they found the packs useful and if not using all the various bits they were using some. The table cushions came in for most criticism as they did not fit many tables. Some people did not like the door wedges etc. The majority felt that the pack was very worthwhile. At present, through the Health Board, we have a post graduate student evaluating the 'Starter Safety Pack'. Her methodology is to "Evaluate the pack as an intervention to promote safety in the home. The study focuses on the perceptions of the three groups of people involved with the pack. 1 The parents 2 The Health Visitors 3 The Safety/Health Promotion Specialists

Costs/Funding: The Implementation Team put in £1,000 and did all the administration and support work. The Health Board put in £2,000 and distributed the packs.

The bags were purchased from: Creative Promotion Ltd, 79 West Regent Street, Glasgow, G2 UAW. Tel: 0141-332-7471

Price: 500 @ £1.00 each

Artwork chargeable against 1st order @ £20
Screens/set up chargeable against 1st order @ £35 per colour
Carriage and VAT extra. As a Council we can claim VAT back so we did not include this in our calculation.

Bags cost in total £500, Artwork £70, Screenprint £40. Total £610.

The Home Safety Starter Packs were purchased from:
Beldray Ltd, PO Box 20, Beldray Road, Bilston, West Midlands,
WV14 7NF. Tel: 019202-353500

480 packs @ £4.92 each = £2361.60
We did not pay carriage nor did we pay for VAT as the Council claims back the VAT. DTI Leaflets and Health Board Leaflets were all supplied free

Contact/More Information: Maisie McCrae, Community Safety Implementation Team Lead Officer, East Dunbartonshire Council,
Bishopbriggs Resource Centre, The Triangle, Kirkintilloch Road,
Bishopbriggs, G64 2TR.
Tel: 0141-578-8561, E-mail: maisie.mccrae@eastdunbarton.gov.uk

• Have thought about what keeping safe means to them
• Have practiced a number of transferable skills
• Have greater knowledge and awareness of safety issues
• Have participated in practical skills development
• Have met and talked with safety professionals
• Have developed risk assessment and decisions making skills
• Encourage their parents to adopt safer behaviour