The lives of children and young people across theworld are ending prematurely and unnecessarily dueto unintentional injuries. The ‘World Report on ChildInjury Prevention’ states that child injuries are a majorpublic health issue. The report, published inDecember 2008 and produced by the World HealthOrganisation (WHO) and United Nations Children’sFund (UNICEF) has revealed some alarming statisticsin relation to unintentional injury including:

• Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death in children aged from 5 to 19 years old.

• Tens of millions of children require hospital care every year for non-fatal injuries.

• When a child reaches the age of 9 years, drowning, road traffic injuries, burns and poisoning together cause the biggest threat to his or her survival.

• Child injuries remain a problem in high income countries and account for 40% of deaths.

CSEF has welcomed and supported the goals and actions outlined in the report. The charity continues to work in partnership with the Emergency Services and Local Education Authorities to ensure that resources, knowledge and expertise are used in a way that it maximises the impact of accident prevention work and deliver positive outcomes.

A copy of the World Report on Child Injury Preventioncan be found atwww.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/child/injury/world_report/en/

NewsletterSpring 2009

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Registered Office: Hilton House, Lord Street, Stockport, Cheshire SK1 3NACSEF Registered Charity Numbers: 1103344 and SCO37714

Chairman: Lord Wade of Chorlton; Trustees: Liam McGurrin, Terry Spurr MBE and Ann Alexander; Patron: Alison O’Brien

New Partnershipfor CSEFThe Children’sSafety EducationFoundation (CSEF) has announced a partnership with a leadingprovider of child safety products,Fingershield (UK) Limited.

Fingershield and its sisterCompany, Simple Safety Solutions,is a leading provider of child safetyproducts to schools and nurseriesin the UK. The partnership will runfor one year initially and during thistime, CSEF and Fingershield willundertake a drive to raiseawareness of safety in the home.

The announcement follows aperiod of discussion between thetwo organisations as to how theirproducts and resources could bemade available to a widerpopulation. The collaboration willhelp to increase awareness ofFingershield’s products whileraising funds for CSEF.

On announcing the partnership,John McNamee, Chief Executive,CSEF comments: “We are veryexcited about the possibilities thatwill arise from this partnership, whichwill unquestionably be beneficial toboth organisations. We have sharedgoals and the combined forces ofboth organisations will create anideal platform to educate youngpeople, schools and families aboutpreventative safety educationthrough new and existing channels.This collaboration demonstrateshow CSEF continues to be theleading facilitator in the delivery ofchild safety education in the UK.”

Paul O’Carroll, Managing Director,Fingershield UK says: “Fingershieldis delighted to be supporting CSEF,a charity which works hard toimprove child safety. It is anexciting venture for us and onewhich will not only raise money fora worthy cause but will alsoenable us to make our productsaccessible to more people.”

‘Respect’ to North GlasgowHousing AssociationNorth Glasgow Housing Association is a leadinghousing provider and is committed to promotingrespect among young people.

As well as building and improving homes theAssociation is dedicated to creating new opportunitiesfor local people through other initiatives.

In recent years the Association has worked with localyoung people to deliver a range of activities includingan internet café in Possilpark and business enterpriseprojects in partnership with local schools.

The North Glasgow Housing Association recognises thatthe majority of young people make a positive differenceto their communities and is focused to celebrating theirachievements through the ‘Respect’ programme.

To find out more about the Association visit its website atwww.northglasgowha.com.

World Report on Child Safety

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World Martial Arts Champ Delivers Self Discipline to Stockport School

Pupils from Adswood Primary School, Stockporttook part in a special assembly in March deliveredby a multiple British, European and World MartialArts Champion.

Over 180 pupils aged between 4 and 11 years old,and approx 30 parents attended the assembly,which provided children with vital education in areassuch as self discipline, self control and self esteem,in a fun and interactive way.

CSEF’s Carl Thomas, 24, who holds numerousaccolades including the Double World Martial ArtsChampion and MBC Sports Coach of the Year, taughtthe pupils about physical and motivational techniquesthat he learnt through his Martial Arts experience whichcan then be transferred to their everyday activities.

Carl introduced a ‘Self-Discipline Challenge’ duringthe assembly, which pupils will be asked to completethe week after the Easter break. With the support oftheir families, the pupils will carry out a series of tasksand challenges at home. The purpose of the tasks isto increase their awareness of how positivebehaviour can impact on other family members.

Family and friends will be encouraged to sponsorpupils during the challenge with all proceedsdonated to CSEF.

Over 1000 pupils from 12 schools across the NorthWest have so far participated in CSEF’s Self-DisciplineChallenge, raising over £4,000 for the charity. A furtherseries of assemblies will be held at local schools in theStockport area during spring and summer.

School Rewarded for its Fundraising Efforts

Pupils at Newtown Primary School in New Millsraised over £800 for CSEF by taking part in the Self-Discipline Challenge.

A total of 69 pupils completed the Challenge raisinga total of £806.75. Over £400 of this was raised byReception and Year 1, while 4 year old ChloeWeatherilt raised £182. This is the highest amountraised by one pupil so far with the Challenge socongratulations to Chloe and a big thank you from allat CSEF!

To reward the school’s effort, Carl Thomas attendedthe school in March to deliver a one-off sports lesson.

Introducing CSEF’S Self Discipline Challenge

Children at four Rochdale PrimarySchools are being encouraged to‘Stay Safe’ when they are out andabout thanks to sponsorship fromOperon, one of the country’s leadingfacilities management companies.

Operon has donated £3,725 to a scheme run byCSEF, which will see over 500 pupils, including somewith special needs, benefit from books designed togive them the knowledge, skills and understandingthey need to travel safely on a daily basis.

Key stage 2 pupils aged 7-11 at Marland Hill, Hollin,Hamer and Springside Schools received ‘Out andAbout’, a unique educational resource developedwith the Government’s Road Strategy ‘Tomorrow’sRoads - Safer for Everyone’ in mind.

Young people are advised how to travel safely onfoot, road, rail, canal and plane and what to do in an

emergency. The activities are designed so that theynot only stimulate discussion but also link closely tothe children’s own experiences.

Stuart Craig, Operon FM Operations Director, said:“This subject is particularly close to our hearts asparents because we all want our children to be safe.We were keen to get involved in local schools to helppromote these messages to children and make themthink about the dangers when travelling, whether that’son longer journeys or to school and back each day.”

Operon manages contracts for the Department forTransport and other Government organisations, andcontinues to expand its operational presence in theEducation sector with charity partnerships at AstonUniversity and Buckingham New University; and clientsincluding Rochdale Schools, Aberdeen Schools, NorthYorkshire Schools, Gateshead College, StockportCollege and The Manchester College.

Operon Helps Children in Rochdale to Travel Safely

“It was a pleasure having Carl Thomas in our schooltoday. His assembly was amazing. Carl is double worldchampion in Tae Kwan Do and his presence in our Fridaycelebration assembly made it a really special event forthe children, their parents and of course the staff. Carl was able to demonstrate not only his own talents buthis interactive approach enabled our children to displaytheirs, too. The assembly was all about self awarenessand self discipline and the children were captured fromstart to finish because the message was put across byCarl via a truly hands-on approach. Any school that promotes Mind Friendly Learning andSocial and Emotional Aspects of Learning (SEAL), needsto book Carl for an assembly as what we promote inschool every day can so easily be reinforced andunderstood when someone with ‘street cred’, like Carldelivers the same message. As a follow-up to the assembly, Carl sets every child aset off challenges regarding their behaviour in the homesetting. Members of the family can support the childthrough the challenges and verify on a tick chart thateach challenge has been met for the period of one week.Children seek sponsorship for completing the challengesto earn rewards for themselves and to raise money forthe charity, Children’s Safety Education Foundation.Citizenship at its very best!”Kath ConwellHeadteacher at Adswood Primary School

UKSE TacklesFiery Issue withSchool ChildrenUK Steel Enterprise (UKSE), theCorus subsidiary tasked witheconomic regeneration, has teamedup with the CSEF to educatechildren from across Glasgow andLanarkshire on fire safety.

Anne Clyde, area manager ofUKSE has provided over 250booklets targeted at childrenbetween the ages of five and 11for St Cuthbert’s Primary school inPossilpark, Glasgow and StBernard’s Primary school inCoatbridge, Lanarkshire.

‘Deedee and Dennis the Dragon’and ‘Fire Safety – Red Alert’ teachchildren about fire and the dangersit can pose.

Anne Clyde of UKSE said: “The firesafety booklets tackle a veryimportant issue which childrenhave to be taught about at a youngage so I am pleased we are able toprovide books for these schools.Hopefully the children will learnhow to treat fire with respect, andbecome more aware of the seriousconsequences of playing with fire.”

Brian Bell, head teacher at StBernard’s, added: “Teachingchildren about fire and theaccidents that can occur if we arenot careful, is extremely importantto the school. Thanks to UKSE wecan use these booklets to broachthe subject at an early stage of thechildren’s education and in a waythey will respond to.”

Dates to watch…The Alliance of Childhood isholding an event ‘Childs Play -How we risk giving our childreneverything except freedom to play’on 23 April 2009 at the ScottishParliament. For full details visitwww.allianceforchildhood.org.uk