North Somerset Childhood Safety Equipment Fitting Scheme
Many unintentional childhood Injuries occur in the home, where there are risks from falls, poisoning, burns and strangulation.
To minimise the possibility of childhood injuries in the home, North Somerset Council fund a Childhood Safety Equipment Fitting Scheme. It enables Health Visitors and staff from Children’s Centres to refer families with a higher risk of a childhood injury occurring in the home, to an organisation who can fit safety equipment. The equipment fitted includes stair gates, fire guards, cupboard/drawer locks, window restrictors and blind cord cleats.
If you are a Health Visitor or work in a Children’s Centre in North Somerset and would like more information, including a referral form, please contact the healthy early years team on healthy.ey@n-somerset.gov.uk
Health Protection in Early Years and Educational Settings
The South West Council have a selection of resources on their website designed to support early years settings with planning and preparation for winter infections and outbreaks including information on outbreak investigation and management. You can access the toolkit here
FREE Home Fire Safety Visits for families with children under 5 .
Avon Fire & Rescue provide a FREE home safety visit for families with children under 5. You can promote this service to families you work with. Please click here to find out more. They also provide Fire Safety Intervention Training for Practitioners. You can access the latest training dates here
