Welcome to the Kidsafe New South Wales Inc Website!!

Child safety is an important issue
and we hope this website will spread the word
to help make NSW a safer place for children.

Our Vision

MAKING A SAFER WORLD FOR KIDS

About Kidsafe

Kidsafe is the trading name of the Child Accident Prevention Foundation of Australia, which was founded in 1979 by a group of professionals and business people focused on the prevention of accidental injuries to children.

As a non-profit, non-government charity organisation, Kidsafe is internationally regarded as a leader in injury prevention and has relationships with government, research and advocacy organisations around the world, including the Child Accident Prevention Trust in the United Kingdom, and Safekids in the United States of America.

Kidsafe works at national, state and local levels and in cooperation with partners, such as government departments, industry, education, hospitals, the media, community groups and voluntary organisations, to address child injury issues for Australian children.

Kidsafe New South Wales Inc

Kidsafe New South Wales Inc is based in the grounds of the Children's Hospital at Westmead, at Kidsafe House, which is a child safety demonstration house.

Child safety issues are addressed at Kidsafe through various strategies, such as public education campaigns, the provision of information, development of resources, and the initiation of special projects to raise awareness of child safety issues and injury prevention.

Four key areas of child safety addressed at the NSW office include:

HOME safety - which is demonstrated in the Kidsafe demonstration house, supported by representation on various committees, training provided in these issues, and production of resources.

PLAYGROUND safety - currently addressed by the Playground Advisory Unit of Kidsafe.

ROAD & VEHICLE safety - which includes the Child Pedestrian and Road Safety In Communities project, funded by the Motor Accidents Authority and based at Kidsafe, and representation on various other committees.

WATER safety - is addressed through representation on various committees, and is demonstrated at Kidsafe House.