Kidsafe Victoria E-News July 2021
Well done to each and every one of you who has again juggled so many responsibilities during another lockdown. It has been a challenging time for everyone but hopefully you are all able to celebrate some respite from today. To all of the attendees who had booked to attend one of our free child car […]
Why Victorian children should get creative in Kidsafe Victoria’s Farm Safety Competition
Are you wondering what our Farm Safety Creative Competition is all about and what it would look like to get the kids involved? Primary School Teacher, Crystal, shares her experience participating in our Farm Safety Creative Competition last year with her Prep class. FARMS CAN BE A WONDERFUL, YET HAZARDOUS, PLACE FOR CHILDREN Farms offer […]
Encouraging Kids to Get Creative About Farm Safety
This month, Minister for Agriculture Mary-Anne Thomas launched the second annual Kidsafe Victoria Farm Safety Creative Competition, with an aim to encourage kids to think about solutions to farm safety issues. The theme for this year’s competition ‘Think Farm Safe, Be Farm Safe,’ is about teaching children to stop and think about the potential injury […]
Kidsafe Victoria E-News May 2021
With the recent 7-day lockdown announcement, our latest campaign – launched during the week on National Kidsafe Day – is more important than ever. Our ‘Nothing is Everything‘ campaign was developed in response to the 32 child deaths we saw from preventable injuries in 2020. Many of these occurred while families were in lockdown, which […]
Kidsafe Victoria E-News April 2021
April has been another busy month with lots of activities, programs and events taking place. Our ‘Safe Seats, Safe Kids’ program is going strongly, with around 25-30 free child car restraint fitting and checking days operating at locations across Victoria each week. We welcomed Steve McGhie, the Parliamentary Secretary for Health and local MP for […]
Kidsafe Victoria E-News March 2021
It’s hard to believe how fast 2021 has flown and that Easter and school holidays are almost here. Earlier this month we were excited to get together as a team with our Board for a 2 day planning session in Geelong. It was a rare opportunity to gather in person, step back and have strategic […]
Kidsafe Victoria E-News February 2021
It has been a challenging few weeks for many of us, including a short stint trying to juggle working from home, home schooling and entertaining the kids when COVID-19 lockdowns were reintroduced. Sadly, the number of children who have died from preventable injuries have continued to be significantly higher than average. We have written to […]
‘It Only Takes a Split Second’ – Raising awareness this National Kidsafe Day
Kidsafe Victoria has issued a reminder that all it takes is a split second for a child to be seriously injured, with an average of 3 children dying every week from preventable injuries in Australia. The call comes on National Kidsafe Day, Tuesday 27th October, the aim of which is to highlight key injury causes […]
Alarm at Spike in Children’s Deaths – Since 1st August, 8 children have died across metropolitan and regional Victoria.
Picture: Hunter Boyle – who tragically drowned in a Grahamvale dam while visiting his Grandfather’s farm. Kidsafe Victoria and The Royal Children’s Hospital are urging parents and carers to set up safe play areas and actively supervise children, in response to an alarming spike in unintentional injury deaths. Statistics from the Coroners Court of Victoria […]
Victorian Children Invited to Get Creative to ‘Reduce Harm on the Farm’
Kidsafe Victoria has launched their ‘Farm Safety Creative Competition’, a new program designed to engage Victorian primary school aged students in learning about potential injury hazards that exist in farm environments, in a fun and interactive way. As part of the campaign, children are encouraged to unleash their creativity to design educational messages and materials […]
