CHILD SAFETY EDUCATION COALITION LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE
England’s pioneering Child Safety Education Coalition (CSEC) is marking a milestone today with the launch of its online presence.
CSEC, which aims to tackle the problem of unintentional injuries to children and young people, now has a website – at www.csec.org.uk – to raise awareness of its work and the injuries it seeks to prevent.
Comprised of a variety of member organisations, the coalition is hosted by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents and NCB. It works to reduce the number and severity of unintentional injuries through interventions based on high-quality practical safety education.
According to the World Health Organisation’s European Region, injuries are the leading cause of death in children aged from five to 19-years-old, and send many millions of children and young people to hospital each year.
The CSEC website will act as an information hub for coalition members, as well as introducing parents, children and young people to the five types of unintentional injury that its work covers: road traffic injuries; drowning; poisoning; burns and scalds; and trips and falls.
The site will also help CSEC in another of its goals - developing consensus on key safety issues - by acting as a portal through which new members can join the coalition.
John Vallender, CSEC manager, said: “Unintentional injuries cut short and affect the lives of far too many of our children.
“CSEC passionately believes that as they grow up, children should have opportunities to learn valuable skills to enable them to develop a confidence in risk management that will benefit them throughout life.
“We hope that organisations which affirm our mission will join the coalition so we can share knowledge and promote the expansion of high-quality practical safety education, and ultimately reduce the number of children who are seriously affected by unintentional injuries.”
CSEC, which was launched in February 2009, is one of the fruits of the Government’s Staying Safe Action Plan, which set out actions to improve children and young people’s safety in England.
CSEC co-ordinators are involved in a range of projects, including working with sports clubs and schools, training childminders and developing interactive teaching resources for education agencies.
The coalition, which is funded by a £1.6million grant from the Department for Children, Schools and Families, aims to become the national authority on practical child safety education.
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