Home Safety in Scotland

The RoSPA Scotland office home safety department is based in Edinburgh, but covers the length and breadth of Scotland. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents was established more than 90 years ago, beginning its life as the London Safety First Council. RoSPA spread to Scotland with the formation of the Scottish "Safety First" Council and an office opened in Glasgow in 1930. Now in Edinburgh, home safety is part of the community safety department and there are also specialists in road safety and occupational safety and health.

Campaigns:

Trampoline Safety
Greater Glasgow and Clyde NHS has joined forces with RoSPA and local B&Q stores to offer parents and children safety guidance when using a trampoline at home.
Make it Safe 2010 - North Lanarkshire
The campaign’s aim is to provide information about the dangers of looped blind cords to families. The final report is now available to view online.
Make it Safe 2011 - Fife, South Lanarkshire, East Dunbartonshire and Scottish Borders
This Make it Safe Campaign is an extension of the pilot project run in North Lanarkshire. Due to the success of the pilot campaign further funding was obtained to ensure that more areas across Scotland were made aware of the dangers of looped cords.
Make it Safe leaflet translation
To support the Make it Safe campaign Gaelic and Polish leaflets are now available to download.
Straight Off, Straight In, Straight Away
This is a campaign that RoSPA has been involved in, developed by the health improvement team from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde to raise awareness of hair straightener burns to children.

Resources:

Reports

Investigating Home Safety Amongst Young Parents - BSure2BSafe (PDF 740kb)

If you would like further information about membership, training, local activities or help and information about any home safety issues then please contact +44 (0)131 449 9378 or email help@rospa.com.

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Home Safety in Scotland

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