If so, visit us and get your free child car seat check at the You’re Kidding Me Expo!  This exciting free family event is on Wednesday 17 May 9:30-12:30pm at the Event Cinemas Glendale,1 Stockland Drive, Glendale. Please come by and say hello as we will also have lots of home safety information! 

Visit us at our stand where we will be distributing road, community, water, home and play safety resources.  We will be happy to answer any questions you have on child safety around the home. Please come by and say hello!

Register for your free ticket here.  Visit the Pregnancy, Babies and Children’s Expo website or the PBC Facebook page for a full schedule of events and list of participating organisations.

Each day, 500 children die in road collisions around the world, with tens of thousands injured and often suffering lifelong disabilities.

United Nations Global Road Safety Week is taking place from 8 – 14 May 2017, with this year’s focus on Save Lives - #SlowDown.

When we all slow down and follow the posted speed and road signs, we make the roads safer for everyone, including pedestrians, cyclists, passengers and other drivers. 

Research shows that even a 5% reduction in average speed can result in 50% reduction in the number of fatal road traffic crashes.

Speeding is one of the biggest risk factors in crashes.  The faster you go can mean a higher risk of a crash and injuries that are more serious.  You can show your support for the campaign by sharing this information and taking the pledge to slow down.

To find more information and to take the pledge to #slowdown click here. 

Homes are very special places and as more than half of injuries to children happen at home we need to make sure they are Kidsafe. Child safety products that may be useful include Mag Locks, Finger-Saver door hinge guards, Hector the Tap Protector and Micky Ha Ha power point covers. Visit our Safety Products Orders page to view products available or to place an order.

Click here to register for the Monday 5 June 2017 course at Westmead, NSW.

This course (Unit RSCICR301A: Provide information and advice on correct child car restraint use) is tailor made for those transporting children on a regular basis, including child care workers, family day care workers and intervention support staff. This course forms part of the nationally recognised 52778WA Course in Type 1 child car restraint fitting.

Topics include:

•           Child car restraint use

•           Types of restraints and accessories

•           Legal requirements

•           Australian Standards

•           Anchorage points and attachments

•           Older and second-hand restraints

Participants will be assessed in installing commonly used child car restraints. The course may also be valuable to hire car and limousine drivers as well as car sales people required to install child restraints in a newly purchased car.

Kidsafe NSW can provide in-house training for your organisation as part of your professional development program for staff.  If you would like to discuss training options please contact Kidsafe NSW on (02) 9845 0892 or email: schn-kidsafe@health.nsw.gov.au

For a complete list of product recalls including children’s clothing, furniture and toys go to ACCC Product Safety Australia